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Grand Theft Auto 6 19 Sept 2026, 11:15

GTA 6 pc release: Take-Two keeps the door open, but no date is confirmed

GTA 6 pc release: Take-Two keeps the door open, but no date is confirmed

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick says games should launch on platforms with a large audience, but Rockstar still hasn’t confirmed a GTA 6 pc release.

  • Rockstar Games only mentioned PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S when GTA 6 was announced.
  • A pc release for GTA 6 has not been confirmed and no pc date has been announced.

What happened

Take-Two Interactive has once again hinted that pc remains part of the strategy around Grand Theft Auto 6. According to Gamerant, CEO Strauss Zelnick said during a shareholder meeting that the company generally aims to release games on platforms with a meaningful audience over time. The site links that comment to the possibility that GTA 6 could still come to pc later, but it does not mention any concrete plan, release window, or date.

Rockstar Games itself has not said anything new about a pc version. When GTA 6 was first announced, the studio only named PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. That means the official status is still that GTA 6 has been announced for consoles, while a separate pc version has not been confirmed.

Gamerant’s reporting also notes that the exact wording of Zelnick’s comments was not fully transcribed. Because of that, it remains unclear whether the statement was a direct quote from the meeting or a summary of his message. What is clear is that Take-Two is publicly sticking to the idea that platforms with a large audience will remain relevant for the publisher over time.

So the key takeaway is not that a pc release has been announced, but that Take-Two is leaving the door open without attaching a timeline to it. For GTA 6, that remains a strategic hint rather than an official confirmation.

Timeline

  • 2023: Rockstar and Take-Two announce GTA 6 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.

  • 2024-2026: Strauss Zelnick says, according to Gamerant, that Take-Two wants to release games on platforms with a meaningful audience.

  • Now: Rockstar still has not confirmed a pc release or announced a pc date for GTA 6.

  • Historical comparison: GTA 5 arrived on pc 19 months after the console version.

  • Historical comparison: Red Dead Redemption 2 came to pc a little over a year later.

  • Historical comparison: Gamerant uses those earlier releases as context for Rockstar’s usual rollout pattern, with consoles first and pc later.

  • Historical comparison: the timing of GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 is cited as context, not as a new GTA 6 announcement.

Background

Rockstar has often launched major releases on consoles first and brought them to pc later. Gamerant points to GTA 5, which arrived on pc 19 months after the console version, and Red Dead Redemption 2, which came to pc a little over a year later. Those two examples are used in the article to show that a later pc release for GTA 6 would fit Rockstar’s previous rollout pattern.

Take-Two’s broader strategy, according to the source, is that games should appear on platforms with a meaningful audience. That is a general distribution statement, not a specific GTA 6 announcement. The source does not mention a pc date, a pc window, or confirmation that Rockstar has already locked in a pc version for a certain period.

The reporting also shows that the discussion around GTA 6 and pc is mainly about how to interpret Zelnick’s comments during the shareholder meeting. Because the full quote was not transcribed, the difference between a literal statement and a paraphrase remains important. That makes the conclusion cautious: Take-Two is keeping pc open strategically, but the official GTA 6 plans are still limited to the consoles mentioned earlier.

In the context of previous Rockstar releases, that is not unusual. GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 both came to pc later than console, and Gamerant uses that history to frame the current situation. Still, it remains an open question whether Rockstar will follow exactly the same pattern for GTA 6 or announce a different plan later.

The only firm conclusion based on this source is that no pc release for GTA 6 has been confirmed yet. Everything beyond that depends on future communication from Rockstar or Take-Two.

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