GTA Sells 5M Copies In Past 3 Months, Jumps To 180 Million In Total Sales
Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar Games, has revealed that GTA 5 has sold over 180 million units. Even more impressive is five million of these were only sold within the last three months, nearly a decade after the game was first released.
The news comes from Take-Two’s latest earnings report, which stated that GTA 5 has reached over one billion dollars in retail sales “faster than any entertainment release in history.” The report also states that the franchise has sold over 400 million units and that “active development for the next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series is well underway.” Although no date was given for the next GTA, it’s known that Rockstar has been working on another installment. Late last year, a massive leak showed off early gameplay footage and screenshots of GTA 6.
In addition to GTA 5 reaching over 180 million units, the Red Dead Redemption series has also seen continued success. The franchise has sold over 75…
Read moreHBO Boss Reveals House Of The Dragon Season 2 Release Date Window And Talks Spin-Offs
The Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon will probably return sometime in 2024, according to HBO programming boss Casey Bloys. He told Variety that a 2024 launch for Season 2 “is a good guess,” but that’s all the executive had to share.
Bloys also remarked that Season 2 likely won’t be eligible for the 2024 Emmy season, which ends May 31, 2024. As such, it looks like fans can expect House of the Dragon to arrive sometime starting from June 2024.
HBO is developing a number of additional Game of Thrones spin-offs, including one focused on Jon Snow, but Bloys wouldn’t be drawn into discussing any of them except for at a very high level. “My philosophy is a good script is number one priority,” he said. “I am not doing it based on wanting to have one a year, two a year. I want to do it based on the scripts that we’re excited about.”
He added: “You have to develop a lot of things, try things. You never know what’s going to work. So we’re currently doing that. I’m…
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