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Sony won't be acquiring GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 parent company Take-Two. The company confirmed that there was "no truth" to the report that it would be buying Take-Two. According to Marketwatch citing Joel Kulina, Head of Technology and Media Trading at Wedbush Securities, Sony "is in advanced board level discussions to acquire Take-Two Interactive in a mostly cash deal". This would value Take-Two at $130 a share. Take Two's stock climbed 4.7 percent on the rumour. However this didn't end up being the case, what with Sony confirming to Bloomberg's Yuji Nakamura that this isn't true.

"Everyone including Wedbush already knew this, but here you go for the record: Sony confirmed to me there's "no truth" to reports that it will acquire Take Two," tweeted[1] Nakamura.

At the time we posited that it's rather unlikely for Sony[2] to spend on acquiring a company of Take-Two's size and stature, more so when its focus has been on first-party exclusives like God of War and Uncharted 4. However, the proposition of GTA 6 being exclusive to the PS5[3] would make business sense given how popular GTA V has been.

 

Previously it was suggested that GTA 6 may take place in two locations — Vice City and South America. While the former is Rockstar's take on Miami, players will go to South America for a few missions. The game is being referred to at Rockstar as Project Americas.

In addition to this, GTA 6 may, for the first time, include a female protagonist as one of it leads. Though there's no confirmation if you'll be able to control multiple characters like you could in GTA V.

But don't expect to play GTA 6 anytime soon....

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