“We are pleased to confirm that development of the next installment in the Grand Theft Auto series is well underway,” writes Rockstar Games, owned by US industry giant Take-Two Interactive. The New York-based studio gives no release date and no information on this “GTA 6”. GTA 5 was released in 2013.
Since the very first installment of the series, in 1997, the series of games is famous for giving the player the opportunity to play as criminals in similar settings in New York, San Francisco or Miami.
Grand Theft Auto is known as the only game to have received an Adults Only rating. 230 million copies of franchise-related games have been sold worldwide.
Rockstar Games also announces that “Grand Theft Auto V” and “Grand Theft Auto Online” will be available on the latest generation game consoles PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S starting March 15.