A wierd rumor that popped up on-line final month claimed that, to keep away from early leaks, Rockstar Video games and Take-Two Interactive had been going to delay the bodily launch of Grand Theft Auto 6 and the sport would solely launch digitally. That’s not the case.
On February 3, as a part of Take-Two’s Q3 fiscal outcomes, the corporate’s longtime CEO Strauss Zelnick told Variety bluntly that the net rumors swirling round GTA 6‘s physical launch were nothing to worry about.
“That’s not the plan,” Zelnick advised the outlet.
This odd rumor popped up in January after a Polish web site reported {that a} Rockstar insider had heard that GTA 6′s bodily and digital releases may very well be break up up. As soon as the rumor popped up in January, it rapidly unfold and was reported by websites like Dexerto and was posted throughout locations like Reddit, Twitter, YouTube, and Fb. Right here is the unique, now debunked, declare:
“We are getting more and more information that the box version will not be released simultaneously with the digital version to prevent leaks.”
Nonetheless, Kotaku was unable to confirm the rumor with any of its sources. And to be trustworthy, it at all times appeared odd, particularly when you think about digital video games have leaked through pre-loads. In reality, that occurred with GTA V over a decade ago. And now that Zelnick has weighed in formally to name the rumor false, hopefully that’s the top of it. Now, GTA followers can return to determining the SPF score of an NPC’s sunscreen through wild math and trailer screenshots.
Grand Theft Auto 6 launches November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Sequence X/S. Take-Two has confirmed that marketing for the game will begin sometime in the summer.
