Individuals are very moderately skeptical about Grand Theft Auto VI‘s November 19, 2026 launch date, not least given two earlier launch plans have been deserted. Rockstar revealed in Could 2024 that it might now not launch as deliberate in fall 2025, however now Could 26, 2026. Then in November the identical yr it was pushed again one more six months to the present promised date. Individuals are on tenterhooks ready to search out out if it’ll slip but once more, 13 years on for the reason that launch of the earlier entry within the franchise. However an ambush interview of Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick by Tiktoker The College of Laborious Knocks has as soon as extra affirmed there might be no extra delays. The TikTok channel seems to be a reasonably gross outlet for interviewing billionaires to ask them how they acquired wealthy “to assist the youthful technology,” and ew. On this explicit occasion, what seems prefer it must be a staged ambush does look like fairly real, given the Tiktoker’s obvious shock to be taught who Zelnick is and the corporate he runs. Who is aware of, perhaps he can act a bit, however his query of “When is GTA 6 popping out man?” (captioned “GTA XI,” however Roman numerals, man) actually doesn’t come throughout as somebody demanding to know if a promise is being saved however quite as somebody genuinely not realizing. “November 19,” Zelnick replies, earlier than being bombarded with additional goggle-eyed questions. “What was probably the most amount of cash you made in a single yr?” he asks the CEO, who then provides Take Two’s income figures for 2025 ($6.7 billion) and this yr’s projected determine (“a bit of over $8 billion”). He’s then requested for a enterprise lesson he wasn’t taught at Harvard, to which the proprietor of the corporate that releases NBA 2K video games yearly says, “By no means compromise your integrity. It’s the one factor you will have.” Requested if folks ought to “chase their ardour,” Zelnick provides a barely nuanced response. “I feel that’s horrible recommendation, half the time. Individuals ought to chase the intersection of what they’re good at and what they love to do, with emphasis on what you’re good at.” It’s nonetheless spoken from a place of privilege, but it surely’s not the worst recommendation. However then he goes straight again to Wealthy Man Bullshit by including, “Do this and the world will in all probability divulge heart’s contents to you.” No dude, it opened as much as you, a member of the self-selecting minuscule minority of those that acquired stupidly fortunate.
However there we’re. Even off the cuff it appears Take-Two are satisfied Rockstar are going to hit this deadline with simply 5 months left to go. May it really be true? There can be so many builders and publishers so very pissed off if it weren’t!
