GTA 5 Is Closing In on 230 Million Sales Right Before GTA 6 Launches
Grand Theft Auto V has sold nearly 230 million copies and generated over $11 billion combined with Grand Theft Auto Online...
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Ray Ampoloquio
Editor and News Writer
Ray Ampoloquio is a GTA BOOM editor and news writer who began playing the series with San Andreas around 2006 before going back to GTA III and Vice City. GTA IV became his favorite after he built his first gaming PC in 2010, and he has followed every mainline release since. He covers GTA 6 announcements, trailers, characters and setting, Rockstar Games and Take-Two business news, GTA Online updates, editorials, explainers and franchise history. Ray prioritizes official Rockstar and Take-Two sources, including Newswire posts, trailers, investor calls and earnings reports. He labels leaks and fan theories as unconfirmed, traces claims to original sources and distinguishes verified facts from speculation.
- Playing GTA since
- 2006
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
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May GTA 6 Earnings Call Delivers No Trailer but We Got Something Better
Take-Two filed FY2027 net bookings guidance of $8.0 to $8.2 billion with the SEC on May 21, 2026...
GTA 6 AI Comments Expose a Bigger Industry Problem
Take Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick argues AI is "backward-looking" and cannot produce cultural hits like Grand Theft Auto after insisting...
The GTA 6 Creator Gold Rush Starts November 19
GTA 6 could trigger the biggest creator boom in the series' history on November 19, with FiveM, roleplay, modding...
GTA 6 Pre-Orders Will Shatter Every Record in Entertainment
GTA 6 is projected to generate $3 to $4 billion in its first month, dwarfing GTA V's $1 billion in three days and topping Avengers...
GTA 6 Price Appears on PlayStation Store and It Makes No Sense
No, Grand Theft Auto 6 did not list for £0.16. Google scraped a PlayStation Store placeholder value...
The Best Buy Date Was Wrong but Wednesday Changes Everything for GTA 6
Best Buy's predicted GTA 6 pre-order date failed after fueling a US$2 billion stock surge, shifting attention to Take-Two's May 21 earnings call.
Take-Two Loses Half of the GTA 6 Pre-Order Rally in Four Days
Take-Two Interactive stock shed roughly $1B of its $2B pre-order rally in four trading days after Rockstar Games posted a Red Dead Online update...
The GTA 6 Pre-Order Date That Moved Billions Was Apparently Wrong
Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-orders did not open on May 18, 2026, despite a Best Buy affiliate email that briefly moved Take-Two Interactive's stock...
Take-Two CEO Confirms Third GTA 6 Delay That Nobody Knew About
Strauss Zelnick said GTA 6 was about 18 months behind Take-Two's original internal target...
GTA 6 Reviewers May Have to Travel to a Rockstar-Controlled Location to Play
Rockstar Games will reportedly skip traditional Grand Theft Auto 6 review codes entirely...
GTA 6 Pre-Orders May Not Open Monday Despite the Best Buy Leak
Tom Henderson says Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-orders are not opening on May 18 despite a verified Best Buy affiliate email citing that date.
Sony Just Confirmed What GTA V's Real Player Numbers Look Like in 2026
Sony's new PS5 Welcome Hub widget revealed Grand Theft Auto V drew 5.13 million weekly players in the US alone...
GTA 6 Is Not Even the Most Talked About Entertainment Product Right Now
Grand Theft Auto VI ranked 7th on the May 2 - 8 ScreenShare chart at 2.22% of entertainment mentions, beating every other game on the list...
Take-Two Just Gained $2 Billion in Market Value From One Leaked GTA 6 Email
A leaked Best Buy affiliate email describing Grand Theft Auto 6's physical pre-orders from May 18 to May 21 sent Take-Two's stock up 10%...
Nearly Half of Gamers Say They'd Pay $100 for GTA 6
40% of 2,000 surveyed gamers call $100 a fair price for Grand Theft Auto 6, with the average expected price sitting at $78...
Three UK MPs Just Called Out Rockstar Over the GTA 6 Mass Firings
In the latest chapter of the lengthy and on-going drama, three Edinburgh Members of Parliament have publicly accused Rockstar Games of refusing to...
Take-Two Confirms Another May Event, but GTA 6 Fans Should Slow Down
Take-Two Interactive recently announced two major corporate events happening within six days of each other in late May...
