Everybody within the gaming world is ready for GTA 6 with bated breath, and there is one query that many are questioning about: Simply what precisely goes to occur to the sport we presently know as GTA Online when GTA 6 releases? Whereas we nonetheless haven’t got the reply, in a latest interview, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick hinted that the present GTA Online may proceed after GTA 6 releases as a “legacy title.”
Chatting with (*6*), Zelnick mentioned that the writer has a historical past of “assist[ing] our properties when the customers are concerned with these titles.” He cites the 2012 instance of NBA 2K Online in China, noting that the unique recreation continues to be on-line and available on the market, even after the discharge of NBA 2K Online 2 in 2017. “…We have proven a willingness to assist legacy titles when a group needs to be engaged with them.”
Zelnick was fast to make clear that he was talking “theoretically,” and that an announcement might be made sooner or later. Nevertheless, this seems to be an necessary indication as to what Take-Two’s future plans is likely to be. GTA Online is a large moneymaker for Rockstar and Take-Two normally, but it surely’s been extensively speculated by many who GTA 6 will convey a brand new model of GTA Online together with it. It is unclear how precisely this hypothetical new GTA Online would interface with the previous GTA Online, notably when you think about the quantity of assets that some gamers have put into the sport. Followers nonetheless haven’t got the clarification they search, however this may imply they’ll relaxation a bit simpler.
We nonetheless do not know GTA 6’s launch date, however Take-Two has mentioned a number of instances that it will launch in Fall 2025. Zelnick mentioned in one other interview again in late 2024 that Borderlands 4 and GTA 6 will in all probability not be launched shut to at least one another–Borderlands 4 releases on September 23, which could point out that GTA 6 will come later within the 12 months, assuming it does not slip to 2026.