The Daily Populous Wednesday February 12nd, 2025 morning edition
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GTA 6’s parent company has stated they are “not worried” about the game influencing violent behaviour in the real world.

Violence in video games has been a controversial subject in the industry for years, with the GTA series often being the poster boy for such campaigns. The popular series will receive a brand new instalment this fall, with Rockstar finally releasing GTA 6 this year. Many wonder if new allegations related to violence will pop up again, but Take-Two’s CEO, Strauss Zelnick, doesn’t seem to be worried about it.

During an interview with CNBC (via Video Gamer), Zelnick was asked whether he had concerns about GTA 6’s violence impacting the real world. He responded that he was “not worried.” Zelnick added, “To be clear: entertainment doesn’t create behaviour; entertainment reflects behaviour.”

The CEO explained that entertainment allows people to express and engage with feelings as it tells stories. “The notion [that] entertainment creates behaviour has been tested and disproved over and over again.” Therefore, he isn’t concerned about GTA 6 influencing people to commit violence against others in the real world.

Zelnick also discussed TV shows and movies with “very realistic-looking” violence, which doesn’t influence wrong behaviour; hence, he’s “not worried about photorealistic video games” inciting such behaviour.

In other news, Take-Two’s CEO recently spoke about GTA 6 helping sell more consoles. Also, the parent company’s stocks rose to an all-time high when they reconfirmed the fall 2025 release window. Do you think GTA 6 will influence violent behaviour in the real world? Let us know in the comments or on our new community forum!

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Si-Jo0159 on February 12nd, 2025 at 00:18 UTC »

This is game 6.

Why would they be?

GTA2 was pure carnage, atleast the modern games have turned down the desire to chase civilians with a flame thrower.

I even found a spot on GTA2 where the deaths didn't trigger the police.

Major2Minor on February 11st, 2025 at 23:16 UTC »

They already starting with this? There's been a loud minority saying this since the first one, and they've never proven it to be true.

Beneficial_Dark7362 on February 11st, 2025 at 22:35 UTC »

There’s been no world wars since the GTA series came out. You can argue it brought peace to the world.