If it is GTA 6 that has caused this spike, this would suggest that a delay has occurred. Originally this spike was expected to take place in the fiscal year 2023, however, it's been pushed back to 2024. If this prediction is correct then we would expect to see GTA 6 release sometime between April 2023 and March 2024.

In a note (opens in new tab) to investors, Cohen pointed out that previous marketing budgets have predicted the releases of other big releases from Take-Two Interactive, including Red Dead Redemption 2. This led industry analyst Jeff Cohen to predict that this spike is because GTA 6 is expected to release within this period (which now looks likely). Take-Two's 10-K SEC filing (opens in new tab) from 2020 (which lays out financial plans for the next five years) shows that the company expects to spend $89 million on marketing between April 2023, and the end of March 2024 – that's a huge spike and more than half the marketing budget expected for any other fiscal year over the next decade Until now, our most solid GTA 6 release date hint came via the marketing budget of Take-Two Interactive, Rockstar's parent company. Given this extended development time, they reckon GTA 6 is still at least two years away from release, pinning the sequel to a 2024 launch.Īlthough only speculation, it tallies with other reports and leaks from the last couple of years. Very few of them suggest it'll be anytime soon.Īccording to a recent report by Bloomberg (opens in new tab), several current and former Rockstar employees suggest the developer has spent a long time figuring out exactly what the next Grant Theft Auto will look like. But there have been plenty of reports and rumors that could hint at when we'll get our hands on Grand Theft Auto 6. If anything, at least Rockstar’s aim to better itself with new and healthier policies is encouraging, and hopefully, more companies (ahem, Blizzard Entertainment) can follow in its footsteps.While Rockstar Games has finally announced it's working on GTA 6, it’s kept release details tightly under wraps. When GTA VI finally releases, development work will continue with new missions and cities planned for the years ahead. Take-Two, Rockstar Games’ parent company, says that it expects the game to launch sometime in 2023 or 2024, but no official date has been firmed up yet. These adjustments, however, have inevitably resulted in extremely slow progress, with the release of GTA VI expected to be at least two years away, despite being in development since 2014. This change in location was specifically made to give a more realistic scope for developers, so the burden of research and ideation can be eased without the constant need for overtime. GTA VI will additionally be set in a fictionalised version of Miami and the surrounding areas, scrapping original plans for a world that covered many locations throughout North and South America. Developers are also putting in extra care to not make jokes about marginalised groups, in contrast with previous GTA titles. The woman is reportedly a Latina, and will be one of a pair of leading characters in a story influenced by the bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde.

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