Take-Two: GTA 6 is finished, will not be delayed again, and GTA Online keeps going

Take-Two, the company that owns Rockstar Games, says GTA 6 is done. “Rockstar has completed the development of GTA VI,” its boss Strauss Zelnick told investors on November 9, The Verge reports. The game still comes out on November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

No third delay

GTA 6 has already been delayed twice. Our FAQ has both dates. On the same evening, IGN asked Zelnick if the game could slip again. His answer was short: “It’s not going to be delayed again.”

Zelnick also told IGN that Take-Two is “very focused” on a smooth launch for every player. Hannah Sage, Take-Two’s chief accounting officer, added that the pre-load, which opened the next day, is meant to limit the strain of so many downloads. Our pre-load guide shows how to get the game onto your console now.

GTA Online is not going away

Take-Two’s results say Rockstar will keep supporting GTA Online with new content and regular events. Zelnick told IGN that Take-Two intends to keep supporting it. He called GTA Online very successful and “very resilient”, and said it has kept growing over the years. He gave no end date. Short answers on GTA Online are in our FAQ.

Pre-orders are still ahead of plan

In its results presentation, Take-Two says pre-orders for GTA 6 are running far above what it first expected. It still gives no number. It only says that “the numbers will speak for themselves soon enough.”

The GTA series also did better than Take-Two’s own forecast from July to September, before GTA 6 is even out. For October to December, the three months that include launch day, Take-Two expects net bookings (the sales measure it uses) of $3.35 billion to $3.5 billion. It says the release of GTA 6 drives that forecast.

After GTA 6

IGN also asked if Rockstar can make games faster from now on. Zelnick gave no dates. He said he will keep backing all three of Take-Two’s labels, Rockstar included. He added that what comes out of its biggest series, GTA included, and how often, “will look dramatically different over the next decade.”