Some time ago, Take-Two Interactive made a statement about how the publisher is going to have a major presence at this year's E3 event. Now, Take-Two has both 2K and Rockstar Games under their wing, however they didn't specify which of the two would account for that "major presence". 2K has been a regular presenter at E3 to some extent in the past, so that doesn't warrant a special announcement. Plus, 2K has mostly bared its cards by now.
Even so, until now the fact that it's going to be Rockstar that will show off some new game was mere suspicion. It was the logical choice, as they haven't revealed any major project since the launch of GTA V a whole 3 years ago. Granted, they've released new ports of the game for newer consoles and PC, along with a steady stream of new DLC — but none of this would have taxed Rockstar's resources.
An excerpt from a recent earnings report has finally officially confirmed that it is indeed Rockstar that will steal the show at E3 in Take-Two's name. If there was any doubt until now whether or not Rockstar is working on any new games, there is none now.
Rockstar Games is ofcourse hard at work on some exciting future projects that will be revealed soon
Take-Two counted GTA 5 to be the greatest contributing factor of revenue in the past quarter, despite high-profile new releases such as XCOM 2 and NBA 2K16 also having been released in that period. It seems that the gift of Shark Cards keeps on giving, as an even larger portion of income was attributed to microtransactions, rivaled only by the DLC for the Borderlands franchise.
The developer of GTA 5 also has a number of other franchises to their name. Most popular of these is Red Dead, the latest installment of which, Redemption, has achieved immense success on the Xbox 360 and PS3. Other famous series include Manhunt and The Midnight Club.
Following the massive success of GTA 5, having brought in over $3 billion in profit, Rockstar could develop a hit AAA blockbuster from the fraction of that cash — seeing as the total budget of GTA 5 was "only" $265 million. Fans have been waiting for a new game to be developed by Rockstar for a good long time. The team displayed a high level of expertise with pretty much all of their projects, making the community excited as for what they might come up with next.
Based on a recent statement by Take-Two about how the company already owns too many IPs, the chances of seeing a beloved franchise return from the dead. Of course, there is the chance that Rockstar plans on revealing the next GTA game (which could easily be a spin-off, not necessarily GTA 6).
