Take-Two (TTWO) has reconfirmed the release window for video game developer Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto 6. The publisher said GTA6 is still set to be released in Fall 2025 in its latest earnings report. However, it didn’t provide investors or gamers a concrete release date for the game.
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Getting a reconfirmed release period for Grand Theft Auto 6 is still good news. Take-Two’s radio silence concerning the game had some shareholders worried the company would delay it beyond 2025. It’s easy to understand this concern when considering what it would do to TTWO stock. Any delay would likely damage the shares and throw off analysts’ estimates for 2025 performance.
Investors are happy Grand Theft Auto 6 is still releasing in 2025. Shares of TTWO stock are up 9.24% during pre-market trading, erasing its 0.54% loss year-to-date, while also building on the company’s 7.95% rise over the past 52 weeks. Helping this was its Fiscal Q3 2025 adjusted EPS of 72 cents beating Wall Street’s estimate of 58 cents. Even if revenue of $1.37 billion missed analysts’ estimate of $1.39 billion.
What to Expect from Grand Theft Auto 6
Investors and gamers have high hopes for Grand Theft Auto 6 when it releases this Fall. The game will come out more than a decade after the release of Grand Theft Auto 5, the previous entry in the series. GTA6 has a lot to live up to as GTA5 is the second-best-selling game in history with 210 million copies. The only game beating it is Microsoft’s (MSFT) Minecraft with 300 million units sold.
To be clear, investors and gamers aren’t expecting Grand Theft Auto 6 to reach the same numbers as Grand Theft Auto 5 anytime soon. That game had over a decade to attract a large number of players. The same is true for Minecraft, which came out in 2009. Even so, there are expectations that GTA6 will perform incredibly well when it releases.
Is TTWO Stock a Buy, Sell, or Hold?
Turning to Wall Street, the analysts’ consensus estimate for Take-Two is Strong Buy based on 13 Buy ratings over the last three months. With that comes an average price target of $215.14, a high of $240, and a low of $190. This represents a potential 17.51% upside for TTWO stock. These ratings and price targets will likely change as analysts update their coverage after the company’s earnings report.
