Source: AFP
Rockstar Games parent Take-Two Interactive said Thursday that the highly anticipated “Grand Theft Auto VI” video game will be released in the fall of 2025.
Rockstar had previously stated that the next installment of the blockbuster franchise would be available next year, without further details.
The rollout “stop” came on New York-based Take-Two’s earnings data, although no specific date has been set.
“Consumer anticipation for the title is unprecedented, and our expectations for its commercial success continue to rise,” said Take-Two.
However, executives sidestepped questions by looking for details on GTA VI during an earnings call.
“Rockstar has not given any details about its launch expectations,” Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick told analysts.
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“A great trailer they released blew up the internet and more news will be coming from Rockstar in due course.”
The trailer shows that GTA VI will take place in the fictional Vice City, reminiscent of Miami, and appears to feature the franchise’s first playable female character.
Set to Tom Petty’s song “Love Is A Long Road,” the GTA VI trailer opens with a female character named Lucia being released from prison in a fictional version of Florida.
Near the end of the one-minute-and-30-second trailer, she tells her male partner in crime, “The only way we’re going to get through this is to stick together, be a team.”
The pair stormed into a store with guns drawn and bandanas covering the lower halves of their faces.
Fans were quick to conclude that the scene meant that the rumors of a ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ type criminal couple were coming true.
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GTA V, released a decade ago, has sold more than 200 million copies, according to Zelnick.
With the series’ wild success has come a lot of controversy.
Critics from the start accused Grand Theft Auto of glorifying violence and encouraging players to engage in criminal behavior – claims that Take-Two executives have denied.
GTA V players sell drugs, fight, rob, carjack and more.
Play options also included attacking sex workers and going to strip clubs, drawing the ire of activists.
Source: AFP