Aside from the Max Payne remakes, GTA 6 studio Rockstar is rumoured to be working on more ports of older games.
With how big a game GTA 5 was, both in terms of its content and how much it sold, it’s not unreasonable to assume GTA 6 is aiming to be even bigger.
As such, you have to imagine that the entirety of developer Rockstar Games is putting all its time and energy into ensuring it lives up to the lofty expectations of fans. Especially since it’s been more than a decade since GTA 5’s initial launch.
This isn’t necessarily the case, though, as Strauss Zelnick, the CEO of Rockstar’s parent company Take-Two Interactive, has suggested the studio has a lot more on its plate besides GTA 6.
As spotted by Rockstar Mag on X, Zelnick made a recent appearance on CNBC’s business section, where he was of course asked for an update on GTA 6’s progress.
After once again recommitting to its new release date of May 26, 2026, adding that his ‘level of conviction is very very high,’ Zelnick was then asked how much of the Rockstar team is working on GTA 6 specifically.
‘Rockstar does have a lot of other things going on,’ answered Zelnick, adding that GTA 6 is, of course, ‘the primary focus.’
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This does make sense since larger studios tend to juggle more than one project at a time. Otherwise, the wait between new games would be much longer.
What else is Rockstar working on besides GTA 6?
With how much of an undertaking GTA 6 is, any other projects Rockstar is simultaneously handling are likely smaller in scope. So, don’t go expecting a big budget Red Dead Redemption sequel to drop in a year or two.
If anything, Rockstar could be working on ports and remasters of its back catalogue; several of which have been the subject of popular rumours in the past.
Red Dead Redemption 2, for instance, is said to be due an updated re-release for modern consoles, including the Nintendo Switch 2, as well as modern ports of 2008’s GTA 4 and 2012’s Max Payne 3.
Speaking of Max Payne, Rockstar does have a hand in the remakes of the first two games that are currently in development over at Remedy, the studio responsible for the Alan Wake and Control games.
According to a new financial report from Remedy, development on the remakes is going steady and ‘collaboration with Rockstar Games remains close and productive, ensuring alignment as the project advances toward its next major phase.’
However, there’s nothing to indicate when Remedy will have something tangible to show, let alone a release date.
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