GTA 6 Was 'Originally' Spring 2025? Zelnick Quote Rumor
Diario AS reportedly interprets Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick's recent remarks as suggesting Grand Theft Auto VI was originally aimed at a Spring 2025 launch window.
Disclaimer. This article covers unverified speculation interpreted from public remarks. Take-Two Interactive has not publicly stated that Grand Theft Auto VI was ever officially scheduled for Spring 2025, and Rockstar Games has not published anything on Newswire referencing such a window. The framing in this story originates with a third-party outlet’s reading of CEO Strauss Zelnick’s phrasing — not with a primary corporate source.
What the source says
Spanish outlet Diario AS has published commentary on recent remarks by Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick. According to the outlet’s interpretation, Zelnick’s wording implies that Grand Theft Auto VI had been targeted internally for a Spring 2025 release window before the project’s publicly confirmed shifts to later dates.
That reading rests on phrasing rather than a direct quote in which Zelnick names “Spring 2025” as a prior release window. For context on what Take-Two has actually said in public:
- May 2024: Take-Two’s first official window for GTA 6 was “Fall 2025.”
- Early 2026: The publisher updated that window to May 26, 2026, which remains the current confirmed release date.
- A “Spring 2025” target has never appeared on Rockstar’s Newswire, in a Take-Two earnings transcript, or in an SEC filing that we can locate.
So the new claim is that an earlier, internal target existed and that Zelnick alluded to it. That is materially different from a corporate announcement.
Verification status
| Channel | Status |
|---|---|
| Rockstar Games Newswire | Silent — no posts referencing Spring 2025 as a prior target |
| Take-Two investor materials (10-K, 10-Q, earnings call transcripts) | No primary document references a Spring 2025 window |
| Official Rockstar / Take-Two YouTube channels | No video or statement matches the framing |
| Mainstream coverage (IGN, GameSpot, Eurogamer) | No independent corroboration at time of publication |
| Diario AS article engagement | Limited syndication outside Spanish-language gaming feeds |
In short: the only outlet making this specific claim is Diario AS. No primary Take-Two source confirms it.
What we’re doing
Our orchestrator polls Rockstar’s Newswire, Take-Two’s investor-relations feed, and major English-language gaming outlets on a regular cadence. If a Take-Two SEC filing, earnings-call transcript, or Newswire post explicitly confirms that Spring 2025 was ever an internal or prior release target for Grand Theft Auto VI, this article will be replaced with a confirmed news piece citing that primary source directly.
Until then, treat the “Spring 2025 original target” framing as one outlet’s interpretation — not as a corporate disclosure.