Rockstar's arguably "been putting out a new GTA release a couple of times a year," says Take-Two CEO who reckons GTA Online updates could count as "standalone" games

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"If you go back 15 years, it would have counted as a standalone title"

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Rockstar Games isn't pumping out new games nearly as often as it used to, but parent company Take-Two's CEO reckons some of the developer's online updates are so "robust," they would've been considered "standalone" titles a few console generations ago.

Once upon a time, we lived in an era where Rockstar Games would release a new, big game almost annually. Bully, Manhunt 2, GTA 4, GTA Chinatown Wars, Red Dead Redemption, LA Noire, Max Payne 3, and GTA 5 all came out in back-to-back years, in between other expansions and re-releases, no less, as wild as that would be these days. But it's now been eight years since Rockstar released Red Dead Redemption 2 and 12 years in between GTA 5 and GTA 6.

Kaan Serin
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.

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