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‘A stroke of genius’ – Why GTA 6 February release date makes perfect sense | Gaming | Entertainment

According to the latest rumours, Grand Theft Auto 6 will have a February 2025 release date on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. While we'd usually dismiss the reports as wishful thinking, the information appears to have come from the same reliable source that correctly leaked details of the first GTA 6 trailer. And maybe I've got my tinfoil hat on a little too tight, but a February release date would actually make perfect sense for Grand Theft Auto 6, especially given the game's protagonists.Similar to its predecessor, Grand Theft…

GTA 6 release date leak – Great news for eager Grand Theft Auto 6 fans | Gaming | Entertainment

Let's face it, barring a catastrophic launch in which the game doesn't load past the menu screen, GTA 6 is going to be the best-selling title of the next decade or so. With more than 180 million views at the time of writing, the Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer has broken all kinds of records, as fans countdown the days until Rockstar reveals any additional information. While we don't know exactly when the next Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer will drop, a recent leak suggests the game's release date will come around much sooner than…

GTA 6 entering final stages of development as Rockstar asks staff to return to office

At the time of writing, the GTA 6 trailer is sitting pretty at 178 million views on YouTube. But that’s not what most people are interested in. What we want to know is exactly when it’s coming out. Well, the end may be in sight for the long-awaited Grand Theft Auto game. According to a report from Bloomberg‘s Jason Schreier, Rockstar is asking all staff to return to the office for “five days a week starting in April.” This is for “security and productivity reasons,” according to Rockstar Head of Publishing Jenn Kolbe.…

GTA parent Take-Two has ‘no current plans’ for layoffs, CEO says

It’s a dismal time to be in video game development, as companies continue to announce layoffs. Now, Take-Two Interactive – the parent company of Rockstar – is looking to enact a “significant cost reduction plan,” but it doesn’t necessarily mean redundancies. That’s according to CEO and chairman Strauss Zelnick, who told IGN recently that there are “no current plans” to lay staff off. The specifics of this plan are said to still being worked out, but Zelnick says there are other areas that need looking at, such as…

Netflix Is Doing Great, So It’s Killing Off Its Cheapest Ad-Free Plan for Good

This year, at least some countries will have to say goodbye to the Netflix Basic subscription tier, the last cheap(ish) way to watch Netflix without ads. While the streaming giant had already severed the $12 Basic subscription tier for new or returning subscribers, anybody who chose to keep paying their monthly tithe to keep that lower price point will find themselves forced to pay more, or else go with the cheaper ad-based tier.Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor PicksCanada and the…

Grand Theft Auto helped triple Netflix’s gaming engagement last year

Netflix said that user engagement with games on the service tripled in 2023. “ games still being small, and certainly not yet material relative to our film and series business, we’re pleased with this progress,” the company said in its earnings report on Tuesday. As an example, the company pointed to the addition of the Grand Theft Auto trilogy to the service last year, although it isn't clear how much the trilogy, which only arrived on Netflix on December 14, helped drive engagement in the final two weeks of the…

2024’s big gaming anniversaries: Half-Life 2, Warcraft, and more

2024 isn’t going to be as jam-packed with new AAA games as 2022 and 2023 were, giving us more time to go back and appreciate the classics. Anniversaries and the celebrations that follow are commonplace in the video game industry, especially if that anniversary is a multiple of five. Plenty of fantastic, influential games will hit milestones this year, but a few stand out. Some could even offer teasers into what might be in store for 2024 if developers plan to celebrate their classics. Regardless of whether these…