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Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Workers at 2K’s Motion Capture studio in Petaluma, California has officially filed for unionization. Twenty-one full-time staff members at the studio, who oversee motion capture productions for Take-Two Interactive, requested voluntary recognition of their union by their management, who declined to respond. The workers have now filed for an official election supervised by the federal government.

Grand Theft Auto 6 is one of the most anticipated titles in video game history, but it’s still anyone’s guess regarding when it will arrive.

PC edition of Grand Theft Auto 6 will be launching early next year.Developers have confirmed Grand Theft Auto 6 will be launching later this year for both Xbox and PlayStation consoles.A PC version hasn’t been officially announced yet but typically there’s a delay of several months for Rockstar titles. Grand Theft Auto 5 was originally released in September 2013 while the PC version came in April 2015.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Take-Two Interactive reported its quarterly earnings results for October to December 2024 on Thursday, which once again did not include a specific release date for “Grand Theft Auto 6.” However, the owner of Rockstar Games assures “GTA 6” is still on track for its previously announced fall 2025 window. “We’ve announced a pretty narrow window.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer The trailer for “Borderlands 4″ was revealed by Gearbox and 2K Games out of the Game Awards Thursday. Per 2K’s synopsis for “Borderlands 4“: “See if you have what it takes to go down in history as a legendary Vault Hunter as you search for secret alien treasure, blasting everything in sight.” No specific release date was revealed for “Borderlands 4” in the new announcement, but Take-Two’s 2K Games is sticking with promoting a 2025 launch.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer A new game in the “Borderlands” saga, “Borderlands 4,” will be launching from 2K Games in 2025. Per 2K’s description for the title: “See if you have what it takes to go down in history as a legendary Vault Hunter as you search for secret alien treasure, blasting everything in sight.” The Gearbox-developed game, which was announced out of the gamescom video game convention Tuesday, is available to add to wishlist’s now.

Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese will be featured in the next NBA 2K edition, out Sept. 6, and manufacturer Take-Two Interactive is priming the pump by releasing images of two of the WNBA’s newest stars.

Borderlands movie are in and they are far from glowing. The CEO of Take-Two, the company that owns the IP, wants everyone to “give the film a chance.”In an interview with IGN, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said: “Let’s give the film a chance. A lot of people worked really hard on it.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Take-Two Interactive revealed a beat on its latest quarterly earnings results Thursday, but no news regarding an exact release date for “Grand Theft Auto 6.” After announcing during its May earnings call that its highly anticipated Rockstar Games title was targeting a Fall 2025 launch, Take-Two did not narrow that window down further this quarter. And as to whether the video game company will reveal the date in its next quarterly check in this fall, CEO Strauss Zelnick told Variety, “I guess we’ll see.” Wall Street forecast a loss of earnings per share (EPS) of 2 cents on $1.25 billion in net bookings for Take-Two’s Q2, according to analyst consensus data provided by LSEG, formerly Refinitiv.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer Netflix’s film adaptation of the seminal video game “Bioshock” with director Francis Lawrence is being “reconfigured” to be a “more personal” film with a reduced budget, producer Roy Lee (“The Lego Movie”) revealed on Thursday during a panel at San Diego Comic-Con. The adaptation was first announced Feb.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Warner Bros. Games has acquired Player First Games, the developer of the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned video game company’s new free-to-play platform fighter game “MultiVersus.” Per WBD, Player First Games will continue to be run by co-founders Tony Huynh, head of Player First Games, and Chris White, head of technology, will now report to Carlos Barbosa, vice president and studio head of Warner Bros.

Grand Theft Auto 6 is coming eventually!

Grand Theft Auto VI, the latest installment in the mega-selling video game franchise, will be released in fall 2025, parent company Take-Two Interactive has confirmed.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer “Grand Theft Auto 6″ has been slated for a fall 2025 release by Rockstar Games. The news was announced Thursday when Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive reported its fourth-quarter and full fiscal year 2024 earnings, revealing the company posted a $2.9 billion loss for the Jan. 1-March 31 period.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Video game publishing giant Take-Two Interactive is laying off 5% of its workforce, approximately 600 employees, and canceling several projects currently in development as part of a cost-cutting initiative across the company behind “Grand Theft Auto.” Take-Two filed paperwork with the SEC Tuesday regarding the downsizing, which it says will be “largely complete” by the end of 2024. “The Company estimates that it will incur approximately $160 million to $200 million in total charges in connection with the Plan,” per Take-Two’s filing.

Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software has acquired Gearbox Entertainment, the company behind the Borderlands franchise, for $460 million in an all-stock deal with Embracer, the latest big deal in the video game business.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Take-Two Interactive has acquired video game developer Gearbox, the maker of the “Borderlands” franchise, from Embracer Group for $460 million. Per Take Two, the company “expects the transaction to deepen its successful relationship with Gearbox Entertainment and to provide increased financial benefits through a fully-integrated operational structure.” As part of the deal, Take-Two will acquire Gearbox IP, including “Borderlands” and “Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands” franchises, games published by Take-Two’s 2K Games, as well as “Homeworld,” “Risk of Rain,” “Brothers in Arms” and “Duke Nukem.” Currently, Gearbox has six “key interactive entertainment projects in various stages of development,” per Take Two, which includes five sequels, two from “Borderlands” and “Homeworld” universes, and at least one “exciting new intellectual property,” all of which have been acquired in the sale.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Bad Bunny is officially making his big crossover into video games: The hugely popular Latin music artist is featured in a new edition of 2K’s best-selling WWE 2K23 wrestling title. Take-Two Interactive’s 2K division announced the WWE 2K23 Bad Bunny Edition, available as of Friday.

EXCLUSIVE: Eli Roth’s feature version of videogame Borderlands has set an Aug. 9, 2024 release date.

William Earl Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser has launched Absurd Ventures, which aims to produce video games, TV, film and a wide range of multiplatform content. Absurd Ventures will focus on creating characters and worlds that can be expressed in many different forms. In addition to video games, live-action and animation, Absurd Ventures also has its eye on books, graphic novels and podcasts. “We are building Absurd Ventures to create new universes and to tell great stories, wherever and however we can,” Houser said. The company, which has a handful of employees, is based in Santa Monica. Financing and investment partners will be unveiled at a later time, said a spokesman for Houser. Absurd Ventures’ website and social media accounts went live today.

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has claimed that although he remains “enthusiastic” by the prospect of AI, it will not be able to replicate the “genius” of human game developers.While fielding questions from investors, Zelnick was asked how Take-Two — the publisher behind the likes of Grand Theft Auto, Borderlands and Civilization — plans to utilise artificial intelligence within game development.Although Zelnick described the publisher as a “leader in [AI space]” and said he was “pretty enthusiastic” about the technology, he views AI as serving a limited function (via PC Gamer).“While the most recent developments in AI are surprising and exciting to many, they’re exciting to us but not at all surprising,” shared Zelnick. “Our view is that AI will allow us to do a better job and to do a more efficient job, you’re talking about tools and they are simply better and more effective tools.”Zelnick explained that in this capacity, AI will make creating games “a whole lot easier and more efficient” for developers.