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Take-Two Interactive, the publisher of the Grand Theft Auto video game series, revealed in a quarterly earnings report on Thursday that it is expecting a fall 2025 release date for Grand Theft Auto VI.
Although the announcement was met with some enthusiasm, many fans of the series expressed disappointment on social media over how long they have had to wait to play the next installment in the popular franchise.
One fan wrote: "IT HAS BEEN OVER A DECADE AND STILL ANOTHER YEAR???"
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"We get two summers before GTA 6," wrote another.
Further complaints read: "Rockstar is taking way too long with this," whilst others lamented that the game was "so close, yet still so far away."
Newsweek has contacted Take-Two Interactive for comment via email.
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It has been 11 years since the last entry in the Grand Theft Auto series was released in 2013. The game saw players navigate a fictional Los Angeles (called Los Santos in-game) through the eyes of three protagonists: Michael, Franklin, and Trevor.
GTA V has enjoyed an extended lifespan thanks to the success of GTA Online, the game's multiplayer live-service mode, which has seen countless updates since its initial launch.
Rockstar still releases weekly updates for the game, which often include new vehicles, game modes and missions for players to enjoy.
GTA Online has proved highly lucrative for the video game developer. It has made over $8 billion in revenue and Grand Theft Auto V was the fastest game to gross $1 billion. Take-Two has said that GTA V has sold over 200 million copies.
The main way Rockstar has been able to monetize the game for so long is through "Shark Cards" that allow players to exchange real-world cash for in-game currency, which can be spent on virtual items like cars and apartments, and cosmetics.
The original Grand Theft Auto was released back in 1997. Rockstar's last major release was Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2018.
The western—a prequel to 2010's Red Dead Redemption—was met with widespread critical acclaim for its attention to detail, entrancing storytelling, superb voice acting and cinema-quality soundtrack.
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