Take Two just held its most recent earnings call, just hours after announcing plans to host the GTA 6 gameplay reveal on Netflix. As you would expect, the publisher is very happy with GTA 6 pre-order numbers, and it has raised its financial forecast for the fiscal year too. 

Take Two previously estimated that it would be making around $8 billion over the next fiscal year, thanks to a massive boost from GTA 6, which launches this November. Now, Take Two expects to make a few hundred million more than that.

Recently, one analyst estimated that GTA 6 pre-orders have generated around $300M so far, but didn't think the number was anywhere close to the rumoured 1 million mark. However, pre-orders are expected to increase once marketing for the game really ramps up, which starts later this month with the Netflix premiere.

Grand Theft Auto 6 will only be available on Xbox Series X/S and PS5 consoles when it launches on November 17th. However, a PC version of the game is expected to arrive within a year or two.

KitGuru Says: Are you planning on picking up GTA 6 when it launches, or will you be waiting for the PC version? 

Last week, a series of backend updates to the GTA 6 website led many fans to believe that more news would soon be coming. It turns out, they were right. Rockstar has announced plans to show an “extended look” at GTA 6 gameplay later this month. 

For some reason though, this gameplay reveal is happening in one of the strangest ways imaginable. Rather than taking to its own YouTube channel, Rockstar has partnered with Netflix for the premiere of GTA 6 gameplay.

As for why Netflix wants in on the action, the company's VP of nonfiction series said that GTA reveals have “become cultural moments in their own right”. So, if you want to see the big GTA 6 gameplay reveal, you'll have to be a Netflix subscriber for the time being.

The gameplay shown will eventually be uploaded to YouTube, several hours after the initial reveal on Netflix, which takes place on August 27th. In total, Netflix is getting about six hours of exclusivity out of this, so I'm not sure they'll be gaining much from it.

KitGuru Says: Will you be watching the gameplay reveal on Netflix, or catching it on YouTube a bit later on? 

Rockstar appears to be gearing up for new Grand Theft Auto 6 reveals. The official GTA 6 website has remained dormant since pre‑orders went live last month, but over the past day, the site has been updated repeatedly, suggesting that Rockstar’s marketing push may be about to ramp up through August.

In a new post from iGrandTheftAuto, a fan site that monitors Rockstar’s backend changes, multiple updates were detected across the GTA 6 webpage. While none of the changes introduced new text or visual elements, the site received fresh CSS and JavaScript bundles and new font preloading behaviour. Three separate updates were recorded in a single day, which is unusual for a page that has otherwise been static since June.

Take‑Two has previously confirmed that its marketing plans for GTA 6 are set for a summer rollout. With the game currently scheduled to launch in November after several delays, Rockstar still has plenty left to show. The existing trailers have focused on cinematic footage and quick cuts, leaving fans waiting for a deeper look at gameplay and for details on the next iteration of GTA Online.

If Rockstar is preparing the website for new content, it could indicate that fresh reveals are imminent as the publisher moves into the final stretch before launch.

KitGuru Says: The GTA 6 site has been quiet for weeks, so this sudden burst of backend activity should indicate that more reveals are on the way. 

Many analysts have been trying to predict how much money GTA 6 will make at launch. Now that pre-orders have been available for a few weeks, the predictions are starting to become more beleivable. Apparently, then game has already generated around $260M through pre-orders, and based on historical pre-order trends, that number should grow exponentially in the lead-up to launch.

According to NewZoo, GTA 6 generated $260M worldwide during its first week of pre-orders. As pre-order numbers tend to snowball in the lead-up to launch, particularly when marketing really ramps up, NewZoo expects GTA 6 to have the most successful pre-order campaign in history.

Beyond that, they anticipate that Rockstar will sell somewhere between 30 million and 50 million copies at launch, a number partially informed by current pre-order trends. If it hits those numbers, GTA 6 could bring in as much as $5 billion during the launch period, though they expect the number to fall closer to the $4.5 billion range.

These numbers aren't as crazy as what was previously reported on social media. Some began claiming that GTA 6 had already earned $1 billion through pre-orders during its first week, but NewZoo says that number is “absurd” and they don't beleive any game could pull those kinds of numbers now or in the future, this many months ahead of launch.

KitGuru Says: 50 million copies at launch does seem feasible for GTA 6. Between the Xbox Series X/S and the PS5, there is a high enough install base to achieve such a number.

A new report has clarified yesterday’s retailer claims that Grand Theft Auto 6 would eventually receive physical disc copies. According to a source speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, emails and support team messages are being misinterpreted and there are actually “no plans” to ever put GTA 6 on a disc. 

While physical discs are still around, nowadays the vast majority of game sales on both PC and console are digital. There is still a small group that prefers physical, but they are being supported by new releases less and less. Chances are, even if Rockstar did put GTA 6 on a disc, it wouldn't be the complete game and it likely wouldn't include the day-one patch. This has been a growing issue for physical games, as users still need to sit through lengthy downloads even when buying a disc most of the time.

With this new clarification, yesterday’s retailer listing appears increasingly unreliable. The source speaking to THR claims the December production date is incorrect and that no disc manufacturing plans exist at all.

Grand Theft Auto 6 is launching on November 19th for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles. So far, Rockstar has only talked about the single-player side of the game, so GTA Online announcements are expected later in the year.

KitGuru Says: Rockstar isn't alone in its abandonment of physical disc production, but GTA 6 is arguably the biggest game to skip physical media in quite some time. 

New retail listings for Grand Theft Auto 6 have gone live across several regions, revealing additional details about the game. Brazilian retailers, including Amazon Brazil and Kabum, have published updated product descriptions outlining new gameplay features, world interactions and systems players can expect when GTA 6 arrives in November 2026.

As spotted by fans on Reddit, one of the most notable additions is a more advanced in‑game smartphone. Players will be able to browse in‑game social networks, follow influencers and even watch “viral videos”. The listings also confirm the return of random events and a wider range of interactive establishments, which I take to mean additional shops, food outlets, mini game activities etc. Dynamic weather and improved AI‑controlled NPCs are also highlighted, all of which should contribute to a more believable and reactive open world.

However, the Premium Edition of GTA 6 is drawing attention for less positive reasons. Priced at $100, this version includes exclusive side quests and grants access to several in‑game stores that are completely inaccessible in the standard edition. These stores cover customisation options such as a car mechanic, clothing outlets, haircuts and tattoos. While none of this appears to be gameplay breaking, the presence of locked buildings in the world will be immersion‑breaking for players on the base version.

This also ties back to Rockstar’s earlier messaging, which described GTA 6 as a “single‑player experience”, with no mention of GTA Online. With the multiplayer component seemingly arriving later, there are also questions over whether or not we will have to pay extra for the next version of GTA Online as a standalone game, or if it will be included with purchases of the single-player game just like GTA 5.

KitGuru Says: We won't know how well all of this stuff works until we can get hands on the game for ourselves. Fortunately, there is not much longer to wait, as the game is now locked in for its November 19th release on PS5 and Xbox.

Rockstar has begun taking pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6, but the studio is being unusually quiet about the future of GTA Online. While GTA V became one of the best-selling games of all time thanks in part to GTA Online’s explosive success, Rockstar is currently positioning GTA 6 very differently.

As spotted by Eurogamer, Rockstar’s pre-order materials describe GTA 6 as a “single-player experience launching on November 19th”, with no mention of GTA Online or any multiplayer component. This careful wording has raised questions about whether the next iteration of GTA Online will be ready for launch, or if it will even be included with purchases of the main game.

This would mark a shift from GTA V, where GTA Online was included with every purchase of the game, even though the online mode itself launched several months after the single‑player campaign. With GTA 6, Rockstar may be preparing to treat the multiplayer component as its own product from day one, though the studio has not made any official announcements in that regard.

For now, Rockstar is only talking about the single-player portion of GTA 6. It remains unclear when the company will begin discussing the future of GTA Online. What we do know is that Rockstar is looking to bridge the gap between the GTA Online experience on consoles and PC, allowing more user‑generated content and RP servers on console platforms. Previously, popular modes like FiveM’s GTA Online RP were PC‑exclusive due to the use of modded files but are expected to be an official integration for the next version of GTA Online.

KitGuru Says: Rockstar’s silence on GTA Online is interesting, especially given how central it was to GTA V’s long-term success. It seems increasingly likely that the multiplayer component won’t be ready for launch, but we’ll have to wait for Rockstar to confirm its plans.

Pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6 are finally going live ahead of the game's November launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles. There has been much debate around the potential cost of the game, with some estimates going as high as $120. GTA 6 will be more expensive than a typical AAA game, but not by much. 

Grand Theft Auto 6 will officially be priced at $79.99, making it the first game to go even further beyond the $70 price point set by Sony and other publishers at the start of the current console generation. The Ultimate Edition for GTA 6 is only $20 more, a move likely done intentionally to convince more people to buy the edition with extra content. Chances are, the Ultimate Edition will sell very well even at this price tag.

Rockstar has also so far only focused on the single-player experience in all of its marketing. This might indicate that GTA Online won't be available at launch, and Rockstar may even go as far as giving it its own price tag as a standalone purchase and not including it with the single-player game at all. That's all just speculation for now, but there are big financial pressures on GTA 6 to deliver, and selling GTA Online as an extra purchase would help them meet those goals pretty quickly.

KitGuru Says: Are you grabbing GTA 6 when it launches? 

Following on from the announcement that the Xbox Series X/S and PS5 upgrade for GTA V will now be free, Rockstar has also announced that pre-orders for the next game, Grand Theft Auto 6, are finally opening up. 

Starting on June 25th 2026, you will be able to pre-order Grand Theft Auto 6 on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles. The announcement came alongside the reveal of the new box art for the game, which you can see below:

Right now, there is no price tag announced. Some anticipate that Grand Theft Auto 6 will end up being the first AAA game to cost more than $70 at launch. Some estimates go as far as a $100 price tag but we won't know for sure until the store listings go live next week.

Grand Theft Auto 6 is set to release on November 19th this year for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles. No version of the game has been announced for the Nintendo Switch 2, but a PC version of the game is expected to arrive a year or so after launch.

KitGuru Says: Are you planning on getting GTA 6 on console when it first comes out, or will you be holding off and waiting for the PC version? 

A few years back, Rockstar finally updated GTA V for modern consoles, bringing a 60FPS mode and ray-traced graphics to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Now, with the sequel on the horizon, Rockstar is making the current-gen update for GTA V free for all. 

As part of the next GTA Online update, Rockstar has announced that anyone who owns a digital copy of GTA V on Xbox One or PS4 will be able to upgrade to the newer Xbox Series X/S or PS5 version. However, you must be upgrading within the same console family. For instance, you can't have the Xbox One version and upgrade to PS5, or vice versa for PS4 and Xbox Series consoles.

The free upgrade will be available to claim starting from today. Upon upgrading, you'll find the game now runs at higher graphics settings, with the option for 60FPS, as well as newer features like HDR or 3D Audio.

This is all happening just a few months ahead of Grand Theft Auto 6, which launches exclusively for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S in November. a PC version of the game is expected a year or so after launch.

KitGuru Says: Personally, I think this upgrade should have been free the whole time but that might just be me. If you've yet to upgrade to the current-gen version of the game, grab it while its free. 

Take-Two just held its end-of-year earnings report, confirming sales from the previous year and forecasting the next 12 months. As you would expect, Take-Two used the opportunity to reaffirm the November launch date for GTA 6, while also estimating a massive $8 billion in revenue for the year ahead. 

Many analysts already expect Grand Theft Auto 6 is going to be the best-selling game of all time. Take-Two is inclined to agree, with a significantly higher forecast for the next year. While Take-Two brought in $5.33 billion in 24-25 and $6.72 billion in 25-26, the company expects to make as much as $8.1billion in the 26-27 fiscal year. The reason for the bump is obvious – Grand Theft Auto 6 is coming out.

With all of this in mind, it would seem that Take-Two expects GTA 6 to bring in more than $1 billion on its own during the current fiscal year.

During the call, Take-Two CEO, Strauss Zelnick, also reaffirmed that Grand Theft Auto 6 is still planned to release on November 19th, and marketing is due to ramp up this summer, although Take-Two says it will be handling marketing a little differently this time around compared to GTA V. There will be fewer ‘network TV' ads and instead, the focus will be on web advertisement, as network TV is considered a less reliable medium nowadays given the rise of streaming over the past decade.

KitGuru Says: Are you planning on picking up GTA 6 at launch or will you be waiting for the PC version in a couple years' time? 

It looks like Take-Two will soon ramp up marketing for Grand Theft Auto 6. We already knew that there were plans to reveal more about the game this Summer, but now a major US retailer may have leaked the pre-order date. 

According to a Best Buy Affiliate Program email sent out to participants, the US retail giant will begin accepting pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6 next week. This has fans anticipating a new trailer to release around the same time, reaffirming the release date and opening up pre-orders widely.

It is also entirely possible that Best Buy is acting on its own here and opening up pre-orders to get an idea of the number of physical copies it will have to order. Many retailers offer pre-orders for highly-anticipated games separately from the publisher, as they can source the product through distribution channels.

As pointed out by VGC, Take-Two is set to hold its quarterly earnings call on May 21st, which would line-up with Best Buy's plans to open up pre-orders. In the past, Rockstar has made announcements either right before, or immediately after Take-Two earnings calls.

KitGuru Says: While we have had two trailers so far, Grand Theft Auto 6 still seems like an intangible thing at the moment. With marketing ramping up, fans should start to feel confidence in the November release date. 

Grand Theft Auto 6 is launching later this year, but only for current-generation consoles like the Xbox Series X/S and PS5. A PC version is expected to arrive eventually, but according to Take-Two CEO, Stauss Zelnick, PC players aren't necessarily the ‘core audience. 

In an interview with Bloomberg published this week, Zelnick said: “Rockstar always starts on console because I think with regard to a release like that you're judged by serving the core. Like really serving the core consumer. If your core consumer isn't there, if they're not served first and best, you kind of don't hit your other consumers.”

Zelnick isn't entirely wrong, the console market has been hugely lucrative for Rockstar over the decades and thanks to the GTA Online, that disparity between PC and console revenue has only grown. In a recent leak we learned that GTA Online was still bringing in over $500M per year in microtransaction sales, but the vast majority of that income was generated on console, with PC players engaging with things like Shark Cards less.

With that said, Rockstar games do still sell millions of copies on the PC platform and for many, PC is the definitive way to play modes like GTA Online. That sure sounds like core audience material to me.

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KitGuru Says: How long do you think we'll be waiting before GTA 6 comes to PC? Considering the size of the game, I have a feeling that it could end up taking multiple years. 

Late last week, a hacking group claimed to have breached Rockstar Games, stealing a selection of data, none of which is believed to be related to Grand Theft Auto 6. Now, Rockstar has confirmed it did suffer a cyber-attack recently.

In a statement sent to press outlets like Kotaku and Insider Gaming, Rockstar confirmed the reports of a hack, saying: “We can confirm that a limited amount of non-material company information was accessed in connection with a third-party data breach. This incident has no impact on our organization or our players.”

The group behind the attack, known as ShinyHunters, claimed to have company data, including financial information, studies on player habits and other information, all obtained from cloud-based servers.

The group has since said that their ransom demand went unpaid and as a result, the stolen information will be released. It does not sound like any information related to Grand Theft Auto 6 will be part of this leak, unlike Rockstar's previous breach in 2022, which did lead to multiple gameplay clips of an alpha version of the game making their way online.

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KitGuru Says: Rockstar was never going to be paying a ransom, as the company's past history shows.