The next Grand Theft Auto game is still coming in fall 2025, but there’s more to the story than just the release date. Take-Two’s CEO Strauss Zelnick shared some careful words about the game’s progress during the company’s latest financial update.
“We feel really good about it,” Zelnick said about the fall 2025 timeline, but quickly added that “there’s always a risk of slippage.” This careful way of talking makes sense – Rockstar Games has experience with game releases, with Red Dead Redemption 2 having three public delays and GTA 5 seeing a significant delay from spring to September 2013.
The numbers behind this release tell an interesting story. GTA 5, the current game, has sold an incredible 210 million copies worldwide. The game’s online mode still pulls in lots of players even after ten years. These numbers help explain why other game companies are planning around GTA 6’s release – EA’s CEO Andrew Wilson even said they might move their new Battlefield game to avoid competing with it.
PC players might need to wait longer than everyone else. While PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S owners will get to play in fall 2025, Take-Two hasn’t said a word about a PC version. This follows a pattern – many industry observers predict the PC version might not arrive until 2026.
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The game appears to bring some changes to the series. Reports suggest players will get to play as Lucia, who would be the first female protagonist in the series. The story takes place in Vice City, in the fictional state of Leonida, where leaked information suggests players might see various environments including urban areas, swamps, and beaches.
Take-Two has other big games coming too – Mafia: The Old Country in summer 2025 and Borderlands 4 by the end of that year. But GTA 6 is clearly their main focus. The company expects to break their sales records in 2026 and 2027, showing just how much they’re betting on this game’s success.
What’s still missing are the details most players want to know about – how the game actually plays, what new features it brings, and what the story is about. Rockstar released one trailer in December 2023, but players are still waiting for a second one that might show more of the actual game.
The time between GTA releases shows the scale of modern game development. The last main GTA game came out in 2013, when the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 were the current consoles. This long development cycle suggests the complexity and detail that goes into making such games today.