(Paris) The first official images of the next episode of the successful video game series Grand Theft Auto, also known as GTA, will be revealed at the beginning of December, the Rockstar Games studio announced on Wednesday in a message from its founder.
The existence of this future part, which does not yet have a name or release date, was confirmed in early 2022, before stolen images leaked on the internet a few months later.
A money machine as popular as it is criticized for its violence, Grand Theft Auto has allowed players, since the very first episode in 1997, to play as criminals in cities resembling New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco or Miami.
“We are very happy to announce that, at the beginning of December, we will release the first video of the next Grand Theft Auto,” writes Dan Houser in this message posted on the studio’s website, which will at the same time celebrate its 25th anniversary.
This presentation is a major challenge for Rockstar Games, as the latest opus to date, GTA V released in 2013, has exceeded 185 million copies sold since its launch and generated some $8 billion in revenue.
In total, the series, with more than ten episodes without counting reissues and compilations, has exceeded 405 million titles sold.
A sign of the enthusiasm it arouses, the announcement of this first video caused the title of publisher Take-Two, parent company of Rockstar Games, to jump on Wall Street: at 3:45 p.m. (9:45 a.m. the East), it gained almost 8% to 146.90 dollars in a very slightly rising market.
