GTA 6 Team Recounts Take-Two CEO’s Response to Second Delay: “‘Please Tell Me You’re Kidding'”

Delays are common in the games industry, especially with massive projects like Grand Theft Auto 6 . Originally slated for Fall 2025, it was delayed to May 2026, then again to November 19th of the same year. Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has been publicly amicable about the deal, but Rockstar’s head of publishing Jennifer Kolbe recalls his initial reaction to the second delay. “I think he said, ‘You’re kidding. Please tell me you’re kidding’,” she told Bloomberg .