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Grand Theft Auto VI is coming this yr after a protracted wait, and because it will get nearer, rumors have begun to pop up about its launch. One rumor that has gained appreciable traction is that the sport would launch as a digital-only title, with a bodily launch coming in some unspecified time in the future after launch. The logic behind the rumor was {that a} bodily launch of the sport may result in early leaks forward of the sport’s launch, and that writer Take-Two could be keen to go to nice lengths to keep away from this.
As it seems, although, this isn’t the plan. Speaking to Variety following an earnings name, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has confirmed that the writer doesn’t intend to delay the sport’s bodily launch. When requested straight concerning the rumor that the sport won’t be out there bodily on launch day to keep away from potential leaks, Zelnick gave an easy response: “That is not the plan”.
Primarily based on this, it appears that evidently you can purchase the sport on disc on launch day if that is your choice, which is sweet information for bodily video games shops world wide. Zelnick additionally stated that the sport’s launch date, November 19, 2026, continues to be locked in, though rumors will doubtless proceed to flow into proper via to launch date–there’s hypothesis that the sport will carry a larger-than-normal price ticket, as an example.
As a part of their earnings name, Take-Two additionally confirmed that GTA V continues to promote extraordinarily well–it has now bought over 225 million copies, and is among the best-selling video games of all time.
GTA 6 developer Rockstar lately allowed a terminally-ill fan to play the sport forward of launch at their workplace in Ontario. The studio has additionally been in scorching water for firing a number of builders in what some have described as an act of “union busting”.