Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick responded defensively during a September 17 shareholders meeting when questioned about the company's history of game delays and reliance on major franchises. Zelnick highlighted Take-Two's transformation from near-bankruptcy in 2007 to becoming the largest publicly traded pure-play interactive entertainment company, with stock appreciation of 1,200% since then.
Twitch CEO Dan Clancy revealed that GTA Online won't launch until 2027, after discussions with Rockstar. While Rockstar's Take-Two CEO confirmed GTA VI is a single-player title releasing in November with continued support for the current GTA Online, an official multiplayer component for GTA VI has not yet been announced.
Take-Two confirmed GTA Online will continue to receive support beyond GTA 6's November launch, though the single-player game will launch without multiplayer. Twitch boss Dan Clancy believes GTA Online multiplayer will release in 2027, while Take-Two emphasized that PC is becoming increasingly important to the company's platform strategy.
Borderlands 4 climbs Steam charts following the September 10 release of Loveless the Hacker, a new DLC Vault Hunter character with cybernetics. The game, which struggled with player retention since launch, now attracts 26,000 concurrent players on Steam—its highest since November 2025—boosted by the character's popularity, a free-to-play weekend, and a 50% discount.
Rockstar Games fired 34 workers in October 2025, claiming gross misconduct related to information leaks. The fired workers, mostly IWGB union members, allege they were dismissed for union activity and accuse Rockstar of planting a mole in their Discord server to monitor organizing efforts and target union leaders after the union reached the 10 percent statutory recognition threshold. The dispute is being heard at an employment tribunal in Glasgow.