Take-Two confirms GTA 6 Nov 19

Take-Two Interactive used its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings release on Thursday to lock in the date investors and players have been watching: Grand Theft Auto VI is still due on November 19, 2026. The company paired that confirmation with an initial fiscal 2027 net bookings forecast of $8.0 billion to $8.2 billion and said the game should help drive record operating performance. (take2games.com) Strauss Zelnick, Take-Two’s chief executive, put GTA VI at the center of the company’s next fiscal year in prepared remarks released with results for the quarter ended March 31. (take2games.com) The company reported fiscal 2026 net bookings of $6.72 billion and fourth-quarter net bookings of $1.58 billion. (variety.com) ### Did Take-Two actually confirm the November 19 date again? Take-Two said on May 21 that fiscal 2027 “will establish new record levels of operating performance driven by the November 19th launch of Grand Theft Auto VI,” repeating the date in its official earnings materials. That matters because the date had already been on the market, but Thursday’s filing and release made it part of the company’s formal guidance to investors. (take2games.com) Bloomberg also reported that Take-Two confirmed the Nov. 19 release date on Thursday. ### How much of next year’s forecast is riding on GTA VI? (take2games.com) Take-Two’s initial fiscal 2027 outlook calls for net bookings of $8.0 billion to $8.2 billion. In the same prepared remarks, Zelnick said the company expected those record levels to be driven by GTA VI’s launch “along with strong execution across our portfolio.” The company did not break out a stand-alone GTA VI revenue target in the earnings release. Instead, it framed the game as the main driver inside a broader slate that also includes ongoing live-service revenue and releases across labels. (take2games.com) (bloomberg.com) ### Why didn’t Take-Two say what the game will cost? Zelnick told Variety before the earnings call that Take-Two would not use the analyst event to disclose pricing. Asked whether a GTA VI price announcement would be tied to the earnings release, he replied: “No. We never make marketing announcements in our analyst calls. Never ever ever.” (take2games.com) Variety reported that the price had not yet been announced as of Thursday. That leaves one of the biggest remaining commercial questions about the game outside the earnings package. ### When does the marketing campaign start? (take2games.com) Zelnick told Variety that marketing for GTA VI will begin this summer. That lines up with Take-Two’s long-running practice of spacing major promotional beats closer to launch rather than running extended campaigns years in advance. Variety described the rollout as being on track to start in summer 2026, with the November 19 release date unchanged. (variety.com) ### What else did Take-Two report alongside the GTA VI update? Take-Two said fourth-quarter net bookings were $1.58 billion, flat from a year earlier, while recurrent consumer spending rose 7% and accounted for 82% of total net bookings. (variety.com) The largest contributors included NBA 2K26, Grand Theft Auto Online and Grand Theft Auto V, Toon Blast, Match Factory, WWE 2K26 and Red Dead Redemption 2. The company also said GAAP net revenue for the quarter was $1.68 billion and GAAP net loss was $59.5 million, or $0.32 per share. (variety.com) For the full fiscal year, net bookings reached $6.72 billion. (variety.com) ### What happens next before launch? Summer 2026 is now the next concrete milestone because that is when Zelnick said marketing will start. Take-Two’s investor relations calendar also lists the company’s next scheduled public event as the TD Cowen 54th Annual Technology, Media & Telecom Conference on May 27, 2026. November 19, 2026 remains the date attached to GTA VI in Take-Two’s formal outlook, and pricing remains undisclosed as Rockstar and Take-Two move toward the summer marketing push. (take2games.com) (variety.com)