GTA 6 fans despair after learning release date for highly anticipated game | indy100

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The announcement Grand Theft Auto 6 will release in Autumn 2025 has sent social media into meltdown.

Take-Two, which owns Rockstar Games, issued a press release detailing its financial performance ahead of explaining it further in an earnings call.

It reported on Q4 in the financial year for the company, along with its overall performance in the full financial year and forecast for the next - with the expected timeline for GTA 6 being shared as part of that.

And a number of X / Twitter users have been reacting to the news.

every gta 6 fan rn waiting till fall 2025:
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Can we clock how the GTA 6 trailer made every game boring right after \u2026..
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#GTA6 will release between September - November of 2025.
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I\u2019m really gonna be 40 when GTA 6 drops.
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Gotta wait another two summers till GTA 6
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GTA6 FALL 2025
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Lmao at Take-Two casually announcing the GTA VI release window during an earnings call. Not even a single peep from Rockstar's social media accounts.
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Well you all got your information on GTA VI. Even if it wasn\u2019t how we expected it to be announced \ud83d\ude02\n\nRoll on fall 2025! \ud83c\udf34
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We won guys!!\n\nGTA 6 will be released in Fall 2025 (between September and November 2025.)\n\nNow we finally have the official launch period, I really hope there are no delays.
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\u201cGTA VI\u00a0continues our efforts to push the limits of what\u2019s possible in highly immersive, story-driven open-world experiences."
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In the release, Strauss Zelnick, chairman and CEO of Take-Two, said: "As we enter Fiscal 2025 with positive momentum, we expect to deliver Net Bookings of $5.55 to $5.65 billion.

"Our outlook reflects a narrowing of Rockstar Games' previously established window of Calendar 2025 to Fall of Calendar 2025 for Grand Theft Auto VI.

"We are highly confident that Rockstar Games will deliver an unparalleled entertainment experience, and our expectations for the commercial impact of the title continue to increase."

At the end of the earnings call, a Q&A was hosted with shareholders asking further questions to Take-Two bosses.

Zelnick was further asked about the release of GTA 6 and said: "We narrowed to Fall 2025 and we feel really good about that release date.

"Rockstar hasn't given details of expectations, they released a wonderful trailer which broke the internet and there will be more news from Rockstar in the fullness of time."

Karl Slatoff, president of Take-Two, was asked about the increased expectations of the commercial impact of the GTA series.

He said: "GTA 5 continues to perform so well, we've sold more than 200 million units and we continue to be pleased of sales of the full game.

"Market's anticipation for GTA 6 is at fever pitch and expectations are high in this boardroom and everyone around the world in terms of the perfection that Rockstar delivers."

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