Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick says GTA 6 launches November 19 in a TikTok street interview

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said GTA 6 would launch on November 19 in a street interview with the TikTok account The School of Hard Knocks, GamesRadar+ and TechRadar reported on June 16, 2026. TechRadar credited GameSpot for the story. The quotes here are as the two outlets give them.

According to GamesRadar+, the interviewer opened by asking Zelnick how he got rich, and he pointed to Grand Theft Auto. Asked directly when GTA 6 comes out, he answered "November 19." That was the date Take-Two and Rockstar had given since November 2025, so the schedule did not change.

Explaining the long wait since GTA 5, Zelnick said: "The team at Rockstar really does seek to do something that's never been done before. That's really hard and it takes a long time." GamesRadar+ pointed out that he had made a similar point in May 2024, when he said Rockstar Games "seeks perfection".

Zelnick also handed out business advice. He said "never compromise your integrity", that you have to keep your word "unquestionably", and that "everything worth doing is hard and takes a long time". GamesRadar+ noted that the last line was not about GTA 6 specifically.

TechRadar read the comments as a sign that fans should not worry about further delays. That is the outlet's reading of a casual street interview, not a new statement from Take-Two. Nothing in the interview touched on platforms, price or features. At the time, GTA 6 was due on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with no PC version announced.