Strauss
Zelnick,
CEO
of
Take
Two
Interactive.
Adam
Jeffery
|
CNBC
Shares
of
video
game
publisher
Take-Two
Interactive
Software
fell
as
much
as
4%
in
extended
trading
on
Monday
after
the
company
released
its
trailer
for
the
next
version
of
the
Grand
Theft
Auto
game,
which
will
come
out
in
2025.
The
company
had
originally
planned
to
put
out
the
trailer
hours
later,
at
6
a.m.
ET.
on
Tuesday,
Dec.
5,
but
a
leak
caused
Take
Two
to
move
up
its
timeline.
The
video
was
originally
leaked
from
the
account
@Gta6trailerleak
on
X,
formerly
known
as
Twitter.
After
that,
Rockstar
Games,
a
subsidiary
of
Take-Two,
published
the
trailer
on
YouTube.
And
X
suspended
the
account
that
posted
the
leaked
video.
Grand
Theft
Auto
VI
is
likely
to
impact
Take
Two’s
revenue
growth
following
its
release.
Grand
Theft
Auto
V
debuted
in
2013,
and
it’s
now
the
second
best-selling
video
game
in
history,
having
sold
more
than
190
million
copies.
It’s
only
behind
Microsoft-owned
Minecraft,
of
which
over
300
million
copies
have
been
sold.
Gamers
have
been
eager
for
details
about
the
new
game
for
years.
Sam
Houser,
Rockstar’s
founder,
announced
in
early
November
that
the
trailer
would
come
out
in
December.
“As
the
label
approaches
its
25th
anniversary
next
month,
we
congratulate
Rockstar
Games
on
their
constant
innovation
in
the
pursuit
of
the
highest
quality
interactive
entertainment,”
Take-Two
CEO
Strauss
Zelnick
told
analysts
on
a
November
conference
call.
The
new
game
will
come
to
Sony
PlayStation 5
and
Microsoft
Xbox
Series
X
and
Series
S
consoles,
Take-Two
said
in
a
statement.
You
can
watch
the
new
trailer
below:
