Grand Theft Auto VI has not even launched yet, and Rockstar Games is already being teased toward whatever follows it. Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has indicated that once GTA 6 is delivered, the studio will turn its attention to its next project — and that Rockstar itself will announce what that project is when the time is right.
"Then, of course, Rockstar will focus on what comes next, and they'll announce that in the fullness of time," Zelnick told investors during Take-Two's latest financial results call, as reported by GamesRadar. He offered no specifics about the project, leaving its identity — a multiplayer successor, a returning franchise or something entirely new — completely open.
The tease came with confirmation that the current job is done. "Rockstar has completed the development of GTA 6," Zelnick said. "They have done their very best work, and it's going to come to consumers soon. They're in the middle of their marketing campaign, which also, unsurprisingly, is fully baked. At this point, it's the job of the organization to make sure that we do an A+ job, technically, in delivering this product to consumers."
The questions Zelnick would not answer were just as telling. During the call's question-and-answer session, he dodged multiple questions alluding to GTA Online, refusing to be drawn on what the multiplayer component's future looks like alongside the new game. He is not worried about players running out of things to do, because "there's so much to be done in all things Grand Theft Auto," and he is also not particularly concerned about the recent wave of jailbreaks affecting the future of GTA Online.
A new version of GTA Online is widely seen as the most obvious candidate for Rockstar's next move, given how much revenue the existing online game generates, and a follow-up has reportedly surfaced before amid Rockstar's ongoing union dispute. Rockstar and Take-Two have nonetheless refused to hint at what the next generation of GTA Online will involve, and Zelnick's comments leave every other door open too — the studio could revisit another of its established franchises or pursue something entirely new.
Whatever comes next will end another long wait between Rockstar releases. GTA 6 is the studio's first new game since Red Dead Redemption 2 in 2018 and the first new entry in the series since Grand Theft Auto V in 2013, a gap that has only grown the anticipation around what the studio chooses to build once Vice City is finally open.
Grand Theft Auto VI launches worldwide on November 19, 2026, on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, and it's now ready for pre-load. No PC version has been announced.
