GTA 6 announcement expected ‘in coming months’

Take-Two pours cold water over suggestions announcement was imminent

Rockstar Games have suggested they won’t be announcing Grand Theft Auto 6 in the next few months.

It has been nearly seven years since the release of the best-selling GTA V, and fans are desperate for confirmation of a sequel.

The studio behind GTA and Red Dead Redemption has prioritised updates to the popular online mode of GTA V, instead of hurrying the follow-up.

There is still no official word from Take-Two, Rockstar’s parent company, about the next entry in the franchise – despite speculation that the game could hit shelves within the next two years.

According to The Motley Fool, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick was asked at an investors’ meeting whether there would be a new AAA (high-budget) game release in 2020.

Zelnick responded by emphasising the company’s reliable income stream in the absence of new releases, saying: “We’ve now built a company that has these very strong underpinnings of catalogue titles and ongoing titles that live on in the hearts and minds of our consumers, generating engagement and generating net bookings and profits.”

Asked how many AAA games were currently in development, Zelnick remained tight-lipped, although he did say the company will “share more about the pipeline” over “the coming months”.

What this could mean for the game’s chances of a PS4 and Xbox One release remains to be seen.