According to Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick, the "nature and velocity" of the company's content releases in its major franchises, including GTA, will look "dramatically different over the next decade."

He told this to IGN, and many are interpreting the quote to mean that Take-Two's big franchises are going to be released on a faster cadence than before. He didn't say that, though, and whether or not GTA games are released any faster in the future remains to be seen. In any event, Zelnick said Take-Two's teams continue to push for releasing the "highest quality entertainment."

He also said Take-Two's studios are attempting to reach "players in new ways and in new places and trying to maintain engagement with our consumers post-launch."

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This doesn't necessarily mean Rockstar is going to release GTA 7 anytime soon, but Zelnick seems to be saying he wants to see things change in some ways as it relates to how fast new GTA games come out. He didn't elaborate on this point, so we don't know how Take-Two and its teams plan to actually achieve this.

Take-Two is among the many video game companies embracing AI, but Zelnick said in a separate interview that it's early days and there is no proof yet that using AI is saving costs or speeding up processes.

GTA 6 launches on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Preloading is now underway, while Rockstar has confirmed PS5 Pro and Xbox Cloud Gaming details. On that last part, it means people on an Xbox One can stream the game.

Grand Theft Auto 6 is out next week, and the game is launching on both Xbox Series X|S and PS5. If you don't have an expensive current-generation system, it previously appeared you would be out of luck to play GTA 6, but that's not the case.

Rockstar officially confirmed on November 10 that Grand Theft Auto 6 will support Xbox Cloud Gaming. This feature allows you to stream the game to Xbox Series X|S or Xbox One, and uses Xbox Series S graphics settings. This means it'll look a little worse than running it natively on the Xbox Series X, but if you are still rocking with an Xbox One, this is the only way you can play the game.

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"And as with all cloud streaming, connection speeds and other technical factors may influence game performance in ways that would not impact local gameplay," Rockstar added in its announcement.

The catch to all this is that Microsoft just so happened to add a time limit to Xbox Cloud Gaming starting in November. If you have a Game Pass Ultimate subscription, you can play 15 hours a month via Xbox Cloud Gaming. Those without a subscription can buy time, as well, but 50 hours will cost $12, and that's on top of the cost of Grand Theft Auto 6 itself.

GTA 6 officially launches November 19. It will also support Remote Play across both PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, and includes some bonus performance features for PS5 Pro. Though the game will be single-player at launch, some files seem to suggest multiplayer is on the way.

Rockstar has finally shared details on what PlayStation 5 Pro owners can expect from Grand Theft Auto 6 on their expensive consoles, but has also confirmed that all platforms will run at the exact same frame rate.

PlayStation 5 Pro players can look forward to PSSR support, which will use Sony's well-tuned upscaler to provide a cleaner image compared to that on the base PS5. Additionally, ray-traced shadows will be exclusive to the PS5 Pro version, which might make a noticeable difference across Leonida depending on the time of day.

All of this will run at 30 frames per second across all platforms, Rockstar confirmed, with no mention of additional performance modes. Recent datamines suggested that GTA 6 might have numerous performance modes and additional frame rate support, but that doesn't seem to be the case yet.

In addition to PS5 Pro support, Rockstar has also announced that GTA 6 will be available on Xbox Cloud Gaming at launch. This means you won't need an Xbox Series X|S or PlayStation 5 to play arguably the biggest game of the year, with the Xbox One also supported via streaming exclusively. Cloud streaming won't be available on PlayStation consoles, but remote play (streaming from a console in your home) is supported on both PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

GTA 6 is available to pre-load now across all release platforms, with some already reporting that GTA 6's story is appearing as a separate download, fuelling speculation that a new online mode isn't that far away. Recent reports have already suggested that a PC version for GTA 6 might launch in early 2027, which would be a much shorter turnaround time than previous Rockstar ports.

Big Walk developer House House has confirmed that it used AI during the "final stretch" of its development. The studio recently updated its FAQs page to confirm its use of the tech, with the news coming after 19 Independent Games Festival jurors announced they'll decline to vote for "any game that uses generative AI in any capacity" during the 2027 awards show.

House House hasn't confirmed if its admittance was connected to the IGF--the IGF hasn't named any games either--and the studio said to Aftermath that it estimates "that well under 0.1% of Big Walk’s code" was built with AI. "We have some concern that voluntary disclosures like this might contribute to the normalization of this technology, or its treatment as 'inevitable.' We support the work of those who are trying to limit the harm generative AI is doing to videogames and our world, and apologize that Big Walk’s LLM usage may not meet their standards," House House said. The developer also mentioned that AI was used as a last resort for solving technical issues, as even an engineer at Unity--the engine that Big Walk was developed in--believed that one of their problems wasn't possible to solve.

There's a lot to unpack here, starting with why House House didn't disclose the use of AI for Big Walk. The game is hosted on platforms like Steam, where studios can voluntarily disclose AI usage when it comes to generated code (however, it is mandatory to disclose if a game has AI-generated assets), but House House says it only did so after the topic became a matter of public interest. It also added that it will continue to support developers looking to limit "the harm generative AI is doing to video games and our world."

Pathologic 2 localization writer Bruno Diaz also touched on the controversy, explaining that IGF rules required studios to disclose the use of AI in development. Game designer Austin Walker posted online that the IGF committee has been debating the use of AI in game development, leading 19 jurors to issue a statement. While the group says it doesn't speak for the entire IGF organization or all jurors involved in the IGF Awards, IGF leadership supports the statement. Overall, if AI is used in any part of a game's development, from coding to visual assets, the jurors will not vote for it.

"Programming is a creative discipline whose labor deserves the same respect we extend to any part of making a game," the IGF juror's statement reads. "This extends to the past work used to train these models without the creators' consent."

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The IGF's stance comes as the discussion over AI heats up in the games industry. Proponents argue it'll make video game development faster and more affordable; others argue it contributes to environmental harm and is leading to job losses across multiple fields. Others have argued that House House's use of AI to solve challenging coding bugs isn't a big deal, but critics say the AI disclosure should have been there from the beginning.

At the same time, the frequency of AI slop games has exploded in recent months, with the October edition of Steam Next Fest being a dumping ground for hastily vibe-coded game demos. Copycats have also become a major headache, with several game developers withdrawing their demos from the public over fears that bad actors will copy their work and rush a clone to market.

A new update is available for all Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch consoles, and if you're on a Nintendo Account family plan, version 23.5.0 will allow you to once again gift games to members in your group.

"Just in time for the holidays, a new feature will let family group members gift digital games to other members of their group," Nintendo wrote in an update. "You will be able to gift digital products that you purchase through Nintendo eShop on your device to family group members. This includes eligible games as well as DLC and upgrade packs."

A closer look at Digital Gifting on Switch 2.

In typical Nintendo fashion, what should be a straightforward program does have some strange restrictions. The company has noted that not every item is eligible for digital gifting and that the number of digital gifts handed out within a specific period is limited. This isn't the first time that Nintendo has offered a digital gifting program, as way back in the Wii era, owners of the console could visit the Wii Shop and grab some WiiWare or Virtual Console games. From there, users were free to gift them to anyone on their Wii friend list. That service was eventually closed after the Wii Shop Channel was shut down in 2019.

To gift someone in your family group a game, you'll need to visit the Nintendo eShop on your Switch console, find the product page, and select the "Give as a Gift" box before you check out. Select the lucky recipient, complete your purchase, and they'll receive a nice little surprise.

In related Nintendo news, the Switch 2 just had its best sales week of 2026, thanks to one plucky console dressed in green. The launch of the limited-edition Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Switch 2 console--which costs $520 and doesn't include a copy of the Zelda game it's inspired by--proved to be easy money for Nintendo, as it contributed to an 81% total hardware spend increase in the US for the week, compared to the same week in 2025. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake also launched last week, and it's currently the highest-rated game of 2026.

As Grand Theft Auto 6 gets ready to launch, GTA 5 is still selling impressively. The GTA series has sold more than 480 million copies, with GTA 5 making up 235 million of those. Take-Two Interactive, the publisher, recently shared that another 5 million copies of GTA 5 were sold in the past 90 days during its second-quarter fiscal year 2027 update.

Business is boomin' for Rockstar Games

There are several reasons why GTA 5 keeps selling so well. One big factor is its frequent discounts on digital stores, and bundles with Shark Cards often cost less than buying in-game currency by itself. The game has also launched on three generations of consoles, and GTA Online has attracted a huge audience. Excitement for GTA 6 is probably helping sales too, putting GTA 5 just behind Tetris and Minecraft as one of the best-selling games ever.

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Rockstar’s other major open-world game, Red Dead Redemption 2, has also reached an impressive milestone. It has sold 89 million copies, putting it just behind GTA 5 and ahead of other big titles like Wii Sports (82.9 million), Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (80.46 million), and PUBG: Battlegrounds (75 million). Whether GTA 6 will surpass these numbers is still unknown, but Take-Two Interactive is optimistic as preorders for the November 19 launch are already higher than expected.

Take-Two hasn’t released exact numbers yet, but says preorders have been “unprecedented” across the industry. Preloading is now available, and the game will be ready to play at midnight next week wherever you are.

Grand Theft Auto 6 looks set to be the best-selling game of 2026, and even publisher Take-Two Interactive is surprised at just how big the demand for it has been ahead of launch. In its second-quarter fiscal year 2027 results, Take-Two was bullish on the sales numbers for the game, but it has only slightly adjusted its forecast for the financial year ending March 31, 2027.

"Preorders for Grand Theft Auto 6 are tracking far above our initial expectations, and we know that the numbers will speak for themselves soon enough," Take-Two said. Originally, the publisher had predicted to make $7.9 – $8.1 billion in its current financial year, and it has increased this figure to $7.98 – $8.18 billion. Speaking to GamesIndustry.Biz, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said the reason for the modest increase was due to GTA 6's launch being so close.

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"[We cannot] disclose the numbers, but the point that we’re making is our prior expectations obviously were aligned with our guidance, and the preorders are far exceeding our original expectations," Zelnick said. "We’re maintaining our guidance, because the release is only 10 days away and we’ll know a lot more after the release. We’re just not updating our numbers right now because we are so close to the launch. However, preorders are far exceeding our expectations."

Back in August, a third-party research company estimated that GTA 6 had already brought in more than $400 million in revenue from 4.38 million preorders, and with its launch just days away, that figure has certainly grown even more. Take-Two had previously spoken about the unprecedented preorder numbers it was experiencing for the game--while not sharing any concrete numbers--and so far, it looks like the $100 edition is a very popular option. Experts also believe that the majority of preorders will come in the week before launch.

For those people who have already preordered the game, preloading for the hefty 211GB download of GTA 6 is now available. The game will have a rolling midnight launch across the globe, but if you're desperate to play it almost a day early, here's everything you need to know about getting your PS5 to New Zealand.

Nintendo just released The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's remake for Switch 2, and the themed console that Nintendo debuted with the game has, perhaps unsurprisingly, sold incredibly well.

Circana's Mat Piscatella shared new data that confirms the Switch 2 just had its best sales week of 2026 so far, based on dollar sales, thanks to the 40th Anniversary Edition console. The $520 console launched on October 29, and Circana's reporting period for the week ended on October 31.

The 40th Anniversary Edition Switch 2.

The special-edition console sports a geometric design inspired by the Zelda series, with a large Triforce symbol on the dock. The accompanying Joy-Cons feature the game's classic green and gold color scheme, along with specific designs based on the RPG series.

The system doesn't include a copy of the game, which launched on November 5, and is priced at $60 digitally and $70 on a physical cartridge.

Sales of the 40th Anniversary Edition console helped lift total spending on hardware in the US for the week by 81% compared to the same week in 2025.

The Ocarina of Time remake has been a huge hit critically, scoring a 9/10 here at GameSpot. It's the highest-rated game of 2026 so far. Nintendo has not revealed any sales numbers for the game, however.

Steven Ogg famously portrayed the wildcard character Trevor in Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 5, and he wishes Rockstar brought the character back for GTA 6.

Speaking to Principle Magazine, Ogg said it would have been a nice moment to "pass the torch" to have Trevor show up at the beginning of GTA 6 "sitting on the toilet" or doing some "weird thing" like walking around having something fall on his head, knocking him to the ground.

In short, Ogg said he wanted Trevor to have some kind of "acknowledgement" that Trevor's story is over and it's time for Jason and Lucia to take center stage in GTA 6. Ogg said it could have been a nice full circle moment because, in GTA 5, Trevor's first scene shows him bashing Johnny Klebitz from GTA 4.

"I’m not a fan of all of the reboots and the sequels. I don’t get the … the hunger for that, but there is, because it makes money and that’s why people do it," he said.

Ogg went on to say things have come so far since GTA 5, so he wanted to see how characters from GTA 5 could look in GTA 6, given the technical improvements from the past decade.

"So, I’d be curious. But you know, not my duck, not my bottle. Not my monkey, not my cage," he said.

Also in the interview, Ogg pushed back against the online theories that he is no fan of GTA and Trevor. He said he's always been proud of Trevor and proud of what Rockstar created. He doesn't play GTA 5, but he said people are out of line for taking his soundbites about GTA 5 and spinning them into a belief that he's no fan of GTA or his character. He acknowledged he didn't like how people would call him Trevor, and not Steven, in real life, though.

"That’s been all blown out of proportion. Or that I hate GTA and now I’m starting to embrace it more. No, it’s just early on, there was a lot of people calling me Trevor. And I’d be like, 'Well, my name is Steven,'" he said. "So I could never understand that. So it’s always like 'What’s your name, David? Okay, Nolan.' It doesn’t make sense if you know someone’s name and you’re calling them someone else’s name. I don’t get it. And I understand people associate with characters and connections," he said. "At these Comic Cons, they’re not Documentary Cons. So I couldn’t be these people. I mean, I couldn’t even be Trevor, because he’s a cartoon. Simon [from The Walking Dead] was a human on a TV show, at least. Yeah, it’s just one of those things. It’s like… [scratches head]. It’s like me calling you, you know, Barbara."

Trevor was one of the three playable characters in GTA 5, alongside Michael (Ned Luke) and Franklin (Shawn Fonteno). Ogg, in particular, landed some notable acting roles after GTA 5, appearing in the TV shows Better Call Saul, Snowpiercer, and Westworld, along with the films Emancipation and Unabomber.

Trevor was apparently going to be in more content for GTA 5, as Ogg said Rockstar canceled Trevor-centric DLC that would have featured a James Bond-like story. Rockstar reportedly canceled the DLC so it could instead focus more on GTA Online, which is known to basically print money.

GTA 5 launches on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

DC Studios co-presidents James Gunn and Peter Safran have officially announced they'll step down, and Marvel veteran Jeremy Latcham will replace them. Gunn and Safran architected the new DC Universe of films and TV series, and they also had ambitious plans to expand the DCU into video games. Latcham is no stranger to superhero cinema, with credits on several of Marvel's biggest projects, including Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Avengers.

"Four years ago, we set out to unite DC under one creative vision. In that time, we helped restore Superman to the heart of DC, while opening new doors and telling new stories in film and television with Peacemaker, Creature Commandos, Lanterns and Clayface," Gunn and Safran wrote in a statement (via Variety). "We're immensely proud of the team that turned that ambition into something real, including the actors, crews and executives we had the opportunity to collaborate with. We’ve shared a creative history with Jeremy going back to Marvel, and we’re eager to see the perspective he brings to DC’s next chapter. We’re excited to return to what drew us to this job in the first place, which is telling the stories we love, including the next chapter of Clark and Lex’s journey in Man of Tomorrow."

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Following the relaunch of the DC Universe in film, Gunn later spoke about the potential of cross-platform storytelling, saying actors would portray their characters across all forms of media—including video games. "We have a couple of little DC games coming out. But we also have talked about–and in early stages of planning--some bigger things," Gunn said in 2025. "One thing in particular I’m excited about, but it does take time."

We never got to hear David Corenswet reprise his role as Superman in a video game, and since then, big changes have happened behind the scenes. Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery was approved earlier this year, leading to a merger between Warner Bros. Interactive (the WB division that publishes video games based on the company's IP) and Paramount Games Studio.

While the ambitious plans for the video game side of DC Studios never materialized, Gunn and Safran were still busy building a new DC Universe for the big and small screen. Three feature films were released--Superman, Supergirl, and Clayface--while the TV side saw multiple animated and live-action projects like Lanterns, Creature Commandos, and Peacemaker. Next year's big project is the Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow, which Gunn wrote and co-directed, and The People v. Gorilla Grodd is an upcoming series that will see Skyler Gisondo back as Jimmy Olsen.

On the video game side, Rocksteady is rumored to be working on a new single-player Batman game.

For fantasy nerds, it's hard to top The Legend of Zelda video game series and Lord of the Rings film trilogy. If that's you, like it is me, then X user Seven will probably give you goosebumps with his cover of "Concerning Hobbits" in-game with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Watching young Link recreate the iconic song from The Fellowship of the Ring movie just works perfectly as a crossover (which you can see below).

That's not the only song people are recreating in the Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, though. On Reddit, a person posted the child Hylian playing the intro to Linkin Park's "In the End." Obviously, that might not be as complementary to the game's setting as a Lord of the Rings tune, but it slaps nonetheless. And it's probably more likely to get stuck in your head. 

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Meanwhile, it was a couple of months ago at this point, but that didn't stop DaJaVo on Instagram from making a new rendition of Earth, Wind, & Fire's "September" in Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The content creator hinted that this was not easy to pull off, as they asked: "Guess how much practice this took."

Probably the most hilarious and last cover we'll spotlight is "Axel F" by Crazy Frog by Instagram user Joey T. Games (seen above). We just wish there was a way for Navi to add in a "bing, bing" in the remake. 

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time just launched last week on Switch 2, and it's already helped Songbird Ocarina break a sales record for real-life ocarinas. That company's manager, Eric Bernard, previously told GameSpot that the ocarina-playing in the remake is very accurate. The game also reinforces that Nintendo's acquisition of Monolith Soft was one of its wisest moves almost two decades ago.

We've seen Mario, karts, Mario on a kart, and lots more since Lego first teamed up with Nintendo, and at long last, everyone's favorite talking green dinosaur is getting his chance in the spotlight--not you, Denver. Never you.

While it's just a quick tease for now, the Nintendo Today app featured Yoshi poking his head out of frame. It's clearly the fan-favorite character, judging by the color of the bricks, the shape of his eyes, and what's clearly a big snout taking up space; and judging by the bricks used, this should be a sizable figure. That shouldn't be too surprising, because if it features the same complexity as the Lego Bowser and Mario Kart figures that were geared toward adult collectors, then this Yoshi is going to command a sizable piece of shelf real estate.

Yoshi!

Just don't expect this Yoshi in time for the holiday rush, as the fine print on the left side of the image suggests it won't hit stores until 2027. There's no official pricing yet for the figure, but like all things Lego, expect to pony up quite a few bucks, as Nintendo-branded sets can cost a lot, depending on the figure's complexity and the number of bricks in the kit.

If you are looking for another Nintendo Lego set, there's been no shortage of them throughout 2026. Some of the highlights include the 2,234-piece Mario Kart: Luigi set that puts Mario's brother behind the wheel of the Mach 8, diorama-style Animal Crossing sets launched earlier this year, and alongside The Pokemon Company, there were plenty of Pokemon Lego kits to build.

Next year will also see the launch of a brand-new line of Super Mario minifigure-scale sets, which includes builds like Mario's Pipe Jump, Yoshi at Mario's House, and Fire Mario & Bowser's Castle.

A South Carolina man has been arrested after allegedly leaving his six-year-old daughter in line at Target at 1 AM to save his spot for Pokemon trading cards.

As relayed by ABC News, witnesses said they saw John-Michael Dooley, 35, give his daughter a pillow and a blanket at around 1 AM last week before leaving her. After about an hour, customers, concerned for the girl, notified police.

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Dooley came back to the store around 2:30 AM, was identified by other people in line, and was arrested by police. According to police, Dooley owned up to leaving his young daughter unattended in line so she could save his place in line.

South Carolina Social Services have taken the girl into emergency protective custody, and Dooley was charged with unlawful conduct toward a child.

Pokemon trading cards remain incredibly popular, with interest surging this year specifically, as people hunt for rare cards and then try to flip them for profit.

“It is one of our fastest-growing categories that we’ve seen and one of the largest contributors to [our] growth over the last number of quarters,” eBay executive Adam Ireland told CNBC.

Warhammer: 40,000: Dark Heresy developer Owlcat Games has confirmed that the CRPG will officially launch on January 28, 2027, for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. A follow-up to the studio's previous—and lengthy—game, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, Dark Heresy will put players in the boots of an Inquisitor, one of the chosen few who work in the shadows to hunt down heretics and purge worlds of dark influences.

Set in the Calixis sector, players will start as lowly acolytes, forming a band of outcasts as they embark on their crusade to root out all evil. Owlcat Games says you can recruit colorful characters to your gang, including abhumans like Cogg, dangerous Psykers like Saro, Pariahs like Discordance, and, for a touch of extra heresy, even xenos like the mysterious Aeldari Corsair Laarthyr or the flesh-eating Kroot Ra’akhti.

Each companion brings unique skills to the battlefield, as well as advice for the various crimes that you'll investigate. Owlcat Games added that Inquisitors can choose how to handle the task, but each decision will have consequences that'll affect your journey. The game is also coming to Switch 2 eventually, and Owlcat Games says it'll share more details about that version later. If you'd like to dress up your PC in a grimdark aesthetic, you can browse this collection of high-resolution Dark Heresy wallpapers for your rig.

January is usually a dry period on the gaming calendar as people recover from December gaming binges, but the month is starting to heat up with new releases. Stranger Than Heaven, Forza Horizon 6 for PS5, and Witchbrook are some of the biggest upcoming games, and for more, check out GameSpot's 2027 games release schedule to see everything else on the way.

Much of the IRL marketing and promotion for Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 6 has taken place in Miami, but the developer isn't ignoring other parts of the world. The British retailer Selfridges, an upscale department store, hosted a takeover of its flagship London store today, November 9, and among the items on sale was a £2,500 ($3,300 USD) varsity jacket inspired by GTA 6--unsurprisingly, it's sold out already.

IGN reported that the the takeover included a blue Grotti Cheetah Classic car from the game, along with GTA 6 logos and imagery throughout the store. Selfridges is offering more than 60 themed items, including clothing, bags, shot glasses, luggage tags, a cigar ashtray, and more.

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The Goodtime State Varsity Jacket is adored with the logos for Rockstar and the game itself, while the sleezes are emblazoned with imagery from the game. The back of the jacket is the real showstopper, though, featuring an alligator in sunglasses having a drink. Check out more images on the Selfridges website.

This is an expensive jacket, but it also looks really good.

A more traditional black GTA 6 varsity jacket featuring "Vice City" on the front and the GTA 6 logo on the back goes for £1,750 ($2,300 USD), but is also sold out.

You can browse the collection, and order items for yourself, from the Selfridges website.

GTA 6 launches on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Preloading is now underway, and people promptly went through the files to unearth clues about GTA Online and PS5 Pro features.

Rockstar Games has announced Grand Theft Auto 6: The Festival, a concert coming to the Mana Wynwood in Miami on November 21.

The festival features a lineup of artists from the game and the official soundtrack, including Cardi B, Travis Scott, Kodak Black, and Justice. The event is sponsored in part by PlayStation and produced by the team that created the III Points event in Miami. The "one-of-a-kind launch event," as Rockstar calls it, will feature two stages of "non-stop music."

GTA 6: The Festival takes place in Miami on November 21.

You can't buy tickets. Instead, you need to enter a lottery and hope to be chosen. The lottery is open now and closes tomorrow, November 10, at 4 PM ET.

Winners will be drawn the same day, and they can buy tickets on November 11. There is a two-ticket maximum, tickets are non-transferable, and you must be 17 or older to attend.

GTA 6 launches on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, and the festival celebrates the game's release.

Justice, the French electronic music duo, composed the score for GTA 6. The game’s in-game radio stations are filled with big hits from famous bands and artists, and podcasts will also be available to listen to in your earbuds as you commit various crimes across Vice City.

Sony confirmed last week that development on its "next-generation" PlayStation platform will pick up speed in 2027, but not everyone is convinced the world needs a PS6 right now. In an interview with The Trophy Room, former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden said true innovation would come from finding a way to lower the price of the PS5, allowing more potential buyers to enter the market.

"I think we have enough power in the machine. The innovation needs to come not from making PS6 for $1,200, it's to make another PS5 for $300. Now, that would be true innovation," Layden said, while also remarking how the PS5 generation saw price increases over time, not reductions.

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Compared to previous generations, the PS5 has only gotten more expensive in the six years that it has been on the market, rising from $400 to $600 for the PS5 Digital Edition, while the PS5 with a disc drive has increased from $500 to $650. The PS5 Pro has seen the biggest increase in the few years it has been around, as the beefier machine has jumped from its original price of $700 to $900. Various factors are to blame, but one of the biggest is the global memory shortage that has hit all fields of technology, thanks to AI data centers eating into the world's supply.

A PS6 that costs over $1,000 will be out of reach for many consumers, and as Layden believes, it likely won't be as big a graphical leap forward as we've seen in previous PlayStation generations. While the difference in video game graphics between the PS1 and the PS2 was especially noticeable, later consoles have shown diminishing returns, and Layden believes the graphical quality of PS6 games will be even harder to notice. "These are the differences that only dogs can hear," Layden said about the reported increase in teraflops and ray-tracing power the PS6 will supposedly offer.

"What the company needs to do is do what it's never done, which is don't iterate the console. Make it smaller, make it cheaper, do all the things you can around that. The silicon is fine, the operating system is fine. It's more than enough power to build the kind of games all of us want to play."

As the current generation continues, Sony has also sought to extend the PS5's lifespan with new ideas, like a PS5 Pro-inspired upscaling tech called Quick Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR). While it's only available for two games currently, QSSR could give the PS5 plenty of staying power in the current gaming generation and the next.

At long last, you can now install Grand Theft Auto 6 on your console via preloading, or at least you can if you live in Australia or New Zealand. Preloading begins in all regions at midnight local time, so people in the US are almost there.

With preloading now live, people have dug through the files and found things they weren't intended to see. That includes references to things like "join Session," "launch Activity," and "launch Multiplayer Activity." People are taking these to be references to a new form of GTA Online.

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Rockstar has said GTA 6 is a single-player game, but it’s expected to add some form of online multiplayer at some point. Just because "Multiplayer" was found in the game's files, that doesn't necessarily mean online functionality will be available at launch--it's likely coming sometime later.

People have theorized that GTA 6's story and Online could be separate games. That remains to be seen, but those who have the game preloaded have discovered that GTA 6's "Story" is an individual download within the game's files. Whatever the case, experts and insiders believe GTA 6's new online experience will launch at some point in 2027.

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Additionally, the datamining effort led to some discoveries about what Rockstar might be cooking up in terms of PS5 Pro support. People believe they found references to 120Hz support on PS5 Pro, along with multi-frame super resolution, which is known as PSSR on PS5 Pro.

Rockstar has yet to announce any specifics about GTA 6 for PS5 Pro, and the game's trailers so far have been captured on a standard PS5.

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GTA 6 launches on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. For more, check out the exact worldwide launch times. The game's non-simultaneous launch means people in the US will be among the last in the world to get in. If that has you thinking about booking a flight to New Zealand, here's how to safely pack your PS5 for the flight.

What's in a name? That's the question that Mortal Kombat studio CCO Ed Boon is asking, as he recently set up a few polls asking for opinions on what the next Mortal Kombat game should be called. According to Boon, three possible names were on the table: Mortal Kombat 12, Mortal Kombat 13, or Mortal Kombat 2.

"Footnote: Some people are assuming the title with the most votes will determine where we take the story," Boon wrote online. "That’s not the case. We’ve just had difficulty kounting lately."

The current naming convention for Mortal Kombat doesn't make much sense if you've taken a break from the franchise. The series made a successful comeback in 2011 with Mortal Kombat, the ninth installment in the franchise. This was followed by Mortal Kombat X in 2015 and Mortal Kombat 11 in 2019, which brought the original storyline that began in 1992's Mortal Kombat to a close. This was followed by a soft reboot in 2023 with Mortal Kombat 1, which remixed established story beats and put familiar characters in new roles.

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To make things even more confusing, Mortal Kombat 1 heavily references multiple timelines toward the end of its campaign, drawing in characters from across a Mortal Kombat multiverse for a final showdown against Shang Tsung from the previous timeline. The Khaos Reigns expansion would also touch on these ideas, as the Titan version of Havik sought to merge all timelines into one.

Currently, "Mortal Kombat 2" is leading the votes with 45.2% of people polled by Boon favoring that title, at the time of writing. If this becomes the title of the next Mortal Kombat game, it will be the second Mortal Kombat 2, which will probably confuse anyone who hasn't been following along. While it hasn't been officially revealed yet, Boon did confirm that Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm Studios is "pursuing another Mortal Kombat game," and he added that "other forms of media and whatnot" for the Mortal Kombat franchise are in development.

That was back in May, and since then, Mortal Kombat's parent company, Warner Bros. Interactive, has seen some big changes. Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery eventually went through, leading to the merger between Warner Bros. Interactive and Paramount Games Studio. That new entity puts Mortal Kombat, Game of Thrones, Batman, and a treasure trove of IP under the same roof as Avatar: The Last Airbender, South Park, and Star Trek. Tony Driscoll, president of games and experiences at Skydance, will oversee the new division.

Nvidia has announced that it has opened an official investigation into its CEO, Jensen Huang, after he admitted that he was involved in an affair with a business executive who is suspected of being a Chinese spy.

Following a New York Times report about Huang's affair with Megaspeed executive and Chinese businesswoman Alice Huang / Huang Le, the Nvidia CEO addressed the situation in a company letter (via the BBC). "I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry," Huang wrote. "Regarding the national security concerns raised in news reports, Nvidia's Board of Directors has initiated an independent investigation. I support the investigation and will cooperate fully."

US intelligence believes that Huang was unaware of Alice Huang's alleged activities, and the security branch reportedly has surveillance of her feeding intel to Beijing. The Nvidia board says Huang will remain CEO while the investigation continues, which will involve independent directors and independent counsel. Nvidia added that it doesn't believe the affair compromised any national security or Nvidia secrets.

Nvidia has been a giant in the video game space for decades, but in recent years, the graphics card manufacturer has evolved into one of the most important links in the US's artificial intelligence chain. The company has profited massively from the growing AI sector, which has driven the prices of vital components to skyrocket. This has had a knock-on effect on gaming hardware like graphics cards and consoles, which in turn have seen prices hit record highs due to rising memory costs.

At the same time, the US under the Trump administration has introduced several new policies to limit China's access to those vital components, with Nvidia emerging as one of the biggest players in the AI arms race.

Following the US midterm elections last week, Nvidia's market cap was reduced by more than $1 trillion, although it did start to rebound later in the trading day--even if the company is being beaten by Krispy Kreme when it comes to overall growth in 2026.