Rockstar owner Take-Two has eight new remasters planned over the next three years

metro.co.uk:

Take-Two is going all-in in terms of remakes and remasters of existing games but it also plans to double its output of new titles as well.

Once Microsoft made its acquisition bid for Activision Blizzard it became clear that any publisher could be next, no matter how big. As the owners of Grand Theft Auto maker Rockstar Games, Take-Two is a very tempting target but according to CEO Strauss Zelnick ‘we like being an independent organisation’.

That doesn’t mean anything if the right offer comes along, but for now Take-Two, who are traditionally one of the least prolific of the big publishers, is planning to increase their output of major titles to 24 in the next three years.

Speaking during the company’s latest earnings presentation, Zelnick said that they currently have plans for ‘twice as many immersive core titles’ as usual, as well as eight remakes/remasters, seven ‘mid-core’ games, 10 indie titles, and 10 mobile games.

All this will happen before the start of Take-Two’s 2025 financial year, i.e. three years from now. There’s little clue as to what any of the games are though, with Take-Two only mentioning core games they’ve already previously announced.

These include strategy game Marvel’s Midnight Suns, Supermassive’s horror game The Quarry, and new entries in the NBA and PGA sports series. There was no mention of more GTA though and Zelnick refused to be drawn on whether the company might be partnering with FIFA to make their new football game.

‘We’re definitely interested in expanding our opportunities in sports,’ he admitted. ‘FIFA has a great brand and incredible clout, but we have no current plans to discuss.’

Many rumours have GTA 6 coming out in or around 2025 but if that is the plan there’s still no official hint