Latest Take-Two Interactive News
Tuesday9th Dec 2025
News Take-Two Hires Former Perfect Dark Leads To Spin Up A Brand-New Project
A second take
Following Perfect Dark's cancellation back in July, we heard reports that GTA maker Take-Two had tried to take over the project before talks collapsed, but it sounds as though the mega publisher liked what it saw. The same so
Wednesday19th Nov 2025
Talking Point Do You Think GTA 6 Will Actually Launch On Xbox A Year Today?
November 19, 2026 is the new date... or is it?
Earlier this month, we got the somewhat inevitable news that GTA 6 has been delayed again. Yep, Rockstar Games has given us another date for its upcoming open-world epic, with November 19, 2026, now circled on the calendar. The question is, do we actually think it'll launch on that day - exactly a year...
Thursday30th Oct 2025
News Take-Two Boss Says GTA Couldn't Be Made With AI Because 'There's No Creativity In That Model'
Some sense, finally!
In a new interview with CNBC, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick talked down the use of AI in the company's video games - going on to say that GTA couldn't be developed with that technology because "there is no creativity" in the AI model. In what's a remarkable bit of common sense from a video game publisher boss, Zelnick says that...
Monday22nd Sep 2025
News Borderlands 4 Sales Figures Impress As Take-Two Makes Over $150 Million
Bringing in the loot
Following positive critic reviews and some less positive opinions on the game's performance, we're seeing some early player and sales data for Borderlands 4 across all platforms - and the outlook is pretty good for publisher Take-Two and developer Gearbox Software. According to Alinea Analytics figures from
Monday15th Sep 2025
Rumour Journalist Suggests GTA 6 Release Date Could Be Delayed To October 2026
Water is wet?
Earlier this year, Take-Two delayed GTA 6 to May 2026 to allow Rockstar "extra time to deliver at the level of quality you expect and deserve", but not everyone thinks that launch date is likely. To be honest, we've questioned it here at PX HQ ever since we heard it - and now reporter Tom Henderson suggests that we could soon learn of...
Wednesday20th Aug 2025
News Xbox Vet Rod Fergusson Has Been Drafted In To Help Launch BioShock 4
This guy ships games
Earlier this month, we heard from Bloomberg that BioShock 4 had hit development troubles over at 2K - and now the master of saving games from the brink has been drafted in to help ship the upcoming sequel. Rod Fergusson — an Xbox veteran who helped launch Gears of War, Bioshock Infinite and Diablo 4, amongst others — is now...
Monday16th Jun 2025
News 2K Not Following Microsoft & Nintendo With $80 Game Prices, For Now
The price of Borderlands 4 has been revealed
Around a month ago now, 2K developer Gearbox Software speculated that its upcoming Borderlands 4 release could be pushed to $80 to meet rising costs, but we can confirm that that's not the case, thanks to digital storefront listings going live today. Borderlands 4 is priced at $70 on Xbox Series X|S, for...
Monday12th May 2025
News 2K Studio Says Next Game 'Might' Be $80 Due To Doubled Development Budget
"I think it's going to be fine, it's worth it"
Recently, both Nintendo and Microsoft have announced their moves into $80 game territory with Mario Kart World and future AAA Xbox titles, respectively - and now it sounds like other companies could be considering following suit. In a new chat at PAX East this past weekend, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford...
Monday10th Feb 2025
News Take-Two CEO Believes GTA 6 Will Help Sell Xbox Consoles In 2025
"I think that will happen this year"
In light of new financial details from GTA owner Take-Two, we've been hearing a bit more about GTA 6 in recent days, including the company reaffirming the game's Fall 2025 release window. On the back of these financials, IGN h
Friday7th Feb 2025
News New Financial Report Provides Estimated Xbox Series X|S Sales Figure As Of Late 2024
Take-Two drops new estimates
As we know by now, Microsoft no longer provides accurate sales figures for Xbox Series X|S consoles, meaning we often have to go off estimates to get an idea of how the systems are selling. As it turns out, it's not just us that has to try and work things out either - mega-publisher Take-Two has provided a fresh consoles...
News GTA 6 For Xbox Series X|S Is Still Targeting A 'Fall' 2025 Release
Take-Two's CEO reassures fans
There have been concerns about whether Rockstar can deliver Grand Theft Auto 6 this year, but according to its parent company Take-Two, it really is arriving this Fall 2025. This information comes from the company's latest financial earnings update, with Take-Two Interactive Chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick mentioning...
Friday17th Jan 2025
News GTA 6 Raising Prices To '$80 Or Even $100' Could Cause Industry To Follow Suit, Says Analyst
"Breaking a key price barrier"
Video game prices continue to be a bit of a sore subject, especially in a world where the cost of practically everything seems to only be going up and up. Unfortunately, those rising costs are leading to ballooning game budgets - and an investment analyst believes GTA 6 could provide a potential "moving up" point for...
Friday3rd Jan 2025
News GTA 6 'Likely' To Make More Than $1 Billion Before It Launches In 2025, Say Analysts
Extremely strong pre-order game
Well, we're officially into 2025 now - which means it's GTA 6 launch year... if all goes to plan over at Rockstar. Yep, for now the game is simply slated to release sometime this year, and analysts have begun predicting just how lucrative a launch this could be for publisher Take-Two. In an overview of GTA 6's...
Thursday7th Nov 2024
News 2K Provides Updated Launch Windows For Its Upcoming Xbox Lineup
GTA 6 still on for 2025
Sports games aside, 2K tends to take its time when releasing big games on Xbox, and a new financial update from the company reiterates some of its planned release windows for a batch of major Xbox titles. Of course, minds immediately wander to GTA 6 here - and there's been no change in that regard. The Rockstar Games title...
Friday9th Aug 2024
News Take-Two CEO Says 'Rational Decisions' Result In No Day One Xbox Game Pass Releases
"Because our decisions are rational"
There's been a lot of attention on Microsoft putting Call of Duty onto Xbox Game Pass day one, with the company doubling down on its subscription model after the ActiBlizz acquisition. While lots of other publishers are on board with the service as well, particularly when a deal makes sense, Take-Two has bee
Thursday2nd May 2024
Report GTA Owner Take-Two Plans To Shut Down Two Development Studios
According to documentation reviewed by Bloomberg
Unfortunately, we have more layoff news coming through today as GTA owner Take-Two Interactive reportedly plans to close two of its internal developers. Those two teams are supposedly Rollerdrome and OlliOlli World dev 'Roll7' along with Kerbal Space Program 2 makers 'Intercept Games'.
Thursday28th Mar 2024
News Gearbox Entertainment Acquired By 2K As Team Confirms 'Borderlands 4'
Changing gears
At some point during its mad spending spree, Embracer Group acquired Borderlands developer Gearbox as it sought to strengthen its development portfolio. However, the company has since begun shedding studios, and Gearbox is now heading back to 2K - the team who helped it build the Borderlands series. This time around though, Gearbox...
Thursday9th Nov 2023
News 2K Reveals New, Astronomical Sales Figures For GTA & Red Dead Franchises
Two incredibly successful series
The grand reveal for GTA 6 is finally upon us, with developer Rockstar officially confirming that an announcement trailer is coming next month for the hotly-anticipated sequel. In the wake of this GTA tease, IP owner Take-Two has revealed some new sales figures for its most popular series. We've known for ages now...
Wednesday9th Aug 2023
News GTA Owner Expecting 'New Record Levels' For 2025 Financial Year
GTA 6 is in their sights
Take-Two Interactive has made its latest earnings call public this week, and once again, the industry's biggest secret in GTA 6 appears to be having a substantial impact on the company's outlook. While the report talks plenty about Fiscal Year 2024, which is currently ongoing through March of next year, the GTA owner also...
Friday26th May 2023
News Rockstar Is Seeking 'Nothing Short Of Perfection' With GTA 6
"That's a challenge that the folks at Rockstar face every time"
Will GTA 6 come out this generation? We certainly hope so, but it's been a long development cycle so far for the team at Rockstar, and parent company Take-Two has hinted at one of the big reasons why. Basically, Take-Two believes that Rockstar "seeks perfection" with its Grand Theft...
Friday19th May 2023
News 2K Seems To Be Totally In Favour Of Xbox Acquiring Activision Blizzard
It could be a slam dunk
Earlier this week, 2K parent company Take-Two released its latest financial report, and a batch of related Q&As have led to some interesting Xbox tidbits. We already reported on the company's CEO saying we're "probably" going to see mid-gen console upgrades, and the 2K boss also discussed Microsoft's ongoing acquisition...
Thursday18th May 2023
News We're 'Probably' Getting Mid-Gen Xbox & PlayStation Consoles, Says Take-Two CEO
Xbox Series XX
If you can believe it, we're already into the third year of Xbox Series X|S, which means hardware refreshes could be inbound soon. Last generation we were about to learn of the Xbox One S and Xbox One X at this point in the console's life cycle, and publisher Take-Two reckons we could be close to seeing similar refreshes for Xbox...
Wednesday10th May 2023
News Pokémon Dev Teams Up With Take-Two To Create New IP
"Creating ambitious new action-adventure IP"
This is a pretty big surprise! Last night, the team at Private Division — a publishing arm of 2K owner Take-Two — announced a brand-new partnership with Pokémon developer Game Freak. The two companies will be working together on 'Project Bloom', a new action adventure IP. For now, we don't know any...
Tuesday8th Nov 2022
News Take-Two CEO Says It 'Doesn't Make Sense' To Launch Day One With Xbox Game Pass
"I don't think that ever made sense"
Oh boy, here we go again! Much like Sony's recent comments on day one subscription service releases, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick believes launching "frontline titles" day and date doesn't make sense from a business perspective. As part of Take-Two's recent quarterly earnings report, Zelnick discussed...
Wednesday12th Oct 2022
News Take-Two CEO Backs Microsoft's Acquisition Of Activision Blizzard
"It's a good thing for Microsoft and for the industry"
We're hearing a lot of discourse online about Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard and whether it's a good or bad thing for the industry. In a recent video interview with The Grill, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick was asked about his own thoughts, and mentioned how he's "in favour" and...
Tuesday9th Aug 2022
News GTA 6 Will 'Set Creative Benchmarks' For The Industry, Says Take-Two CEO
Raising expectations
Details surrounding GTA 6 and its development are finally starting to be talked about by Rockstar and Take-Two. We know the studio is busy with development following the winding down of Red Dead Online, and now, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has come out with a pretty bold statement regarding the Grand Theft Auto 5 sequel. In a...
Wednesday18th May 2022
News Take-Two CEO Talks Acquisition Rumours In New Interview
"we like being an independent organization."
Every week it feels like a gaming company is being acquired by another, larger gaming company. Take-Two has taken part in this cycle themselves recently, with the acquisition of mobile developer Zynga still being finalised. However, for now, it seems that Take-Two itself is keen to remain independent. In...
Tuesday17th May 2022
News Take-Two CEO Says FIFA Is A 'Great Brand' After EA Drops The Name
High praise
Just a week ago, EA officially decided to end its decades-long partnership with FIFA; a partnership that basically monopolized the football game market (or soccer if you prefer). EA will now use its 'EA Sports' branding for upcoming football games, and rival Take-Two (2K) has now chimed in on the huge name that EA is leaving behind...
Wednesday16th Feb 2022
News Netflix Reveals Plans For A Live-Action BioShock Movie
Opportunity Awaits
Well, it's been a good ten years since Gore Verbinski had the wheels blown off of his planned BioShock movie adaptation, a reportedly "hard-R" effort that looked to feature plenty of blood and adult content, and now it seems Netflix and Take-Two Interactive are deep in talks to bring their version of a BioShock cinematic universe...
Tuesday8th Feb 2022
News GTA Trilogy Sales 'Exceeded Expectations' Despite Buggy Launch
Up to 10m sales
The remastered GTA Trilogy arrived late last year, although not without its own set of problems. There were severe brightness issues, collision glitches, and the rain made things, well... unplayable at times. Some of these issues have since been fixed, and they don't appear to have affected sales too much. In a recent revenue report...
Thursday20th Jan 2022
Badly botched rereleases just had a "glitch"
It's been quite some time since we were as shocked and disappointed with a set of remasters as we were last November when the awkwardly named Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition landed in an absolute state on consoles and PC. The collection, which should have been an easy victory for...
Thursday30th Sep 2021
News Take-Two CEO Seems To Think Xbox Game Pass Subscriber Count Is Now At 30 Million
It was around 18 mil back in January
In what's being described as a "leaked" figure shared in an interview that went live ahead of schedule, Take-Two's CEO, Strauss Zelnick, has apparently revealed the Xbox Game Pass subscriber count is now at 30 million. In the same "Fireside Chat" with Yahoo, head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, said the subscriber count...
Monday9th Aug 2021
News Take-Two Working On Three Unannounced Remasters, Some ‘Almost Certainly’ GTA
The company previous said it doesn't deliver "simple ports"
If you thought the era of remasters and remakes was over, then get ready for at least three new games, as Take-Two claims it has several more on the way. The news comes from Take-Two's Q1 2022 earnings report (thanks, VGC), which reveals the company has three unannounced "iterations of...
Tuesday3rd Aug 2021
News Take-Two CEO Believes GTA V Will Be 'Highly Appealing' To Xbox Series X And Series S Owners
The enhanced version arrives this November
It's easy to forget a new version of Grand Theft Auto V is on the horizon for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, but it's just a few short months away from gracing our consoles... again. Speaking about the game in a recent earnings call, Take-Two Interactive shared an interesting note about the enhanced...
Wednesday19th May 2021
News Grand Theft Auto V Has Sold 145 Million Copies Since Its Launch
"Sales of Grand Theft Auto V also surpassed our expectations"
If you were wondering why Grand Theft Auto V is getting another version for Xbox Series X|S, then Take-Two's recent earning's call will undoubtedly shed some light. The simple fact is that the game has managed to shift 145 million copies since its launch in 2013 and c
Friday5th Mar 2021
News NBA 2K21 Developer Believes Consumers Are ‘Ready’ For $70 Games
Games will be judged on a “title-by-title” basis
Take-Two has been known for rising their prices of games, after being one of the first to announce a hike of $70 on some of their games. It seems this is a trend their set to continue as they’ve claimed that gamers are “ready for it”. Speaking during the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media...
Thursday4th Mar 2021
News Rockstar Owner: We Don't Want Our Remasters To Be 'Simple Ports'
“We don’t just port titles over”
Take-Two has spoken about the strategy behind remastering games and how it doesn’t want to deliver “simple ports”, but instead wishes to “take the time to do the very best job” on reimagining their back catalogue. As discovered by Video Games Chronicle, Take-Two’s boss, Strauss Zelnick, spoke...
Tuesday9th Feb 2021
News Take-Two Admits Losing Codemasters To EA Was 'Disappointing'
The company is still on the lookout for new teams
After losing out to EA when it was originally set to buy out the company, Take-Two has said it was disappointed over losing racing specialists Codemasters. While Take-Two originally had its sights set on securing Codemasters, EA later came in with a $1.2 billion offer which was favoured. In a recent...
Thursday21st May 2020
News Take-Two Is Planning To Release 93 Games Over The Next Five Years
Including 72 for console and PC
Take-Two Interactive has announced in an earnings call that it's planning to release 93 games over the next five years through fiscal 2025. The company's combined portfolio currently includes the likes of Grand Theft Auto, NBA 2K, Red Dead Redemption, Borderlands and more. In the call, Take-Two president Karl Slatoff...
