Take-Two CEO reconfirms the November 19 date

Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick reaffirmed GTA 6's November 19, 2026 release date after a TikTok interviewer from the School of Hard Knocks channel stopped him on the street — the clip went up on June 15. Asked why the game has taken so long, Zelnick said the Rockstar team 'really does seek to do something that's never been done before,' and that 'takes a lot of time.' This is a re-confirmation rather than new information: the date Rockstar set still stands. But it's a notable on-the-record reminder straight from the top, right as Take-Two's summer marketing window opens.