GTA 5 Release Could be Narrowed Down Tomorrow

Those of us who are paying close attention to Rockstar Games, Take Two, and the development of Grand Theft Auto V have good reason to keep our eyes and ears tuned to Take Two's conference call tomorrow.

The next fiscal year is about to begin, and with it, Take Two will announce its stock price forecasts for fiscal 2013, which has already begun. It ends in March 2013.

The fact of the matter is that if Take Two's CEO Strauss Zelnick forecasts a $2 (or greater) share price, then there's a good chance Grand Theft Auto V will come out this year. If he forecasts a figure lower than $2, then there won't be any GTA V until next year.

It's easy to see this as an indicator of the publisher's release plans for GTA V as they've pushed back the release of Bioshock Infinite (which would've certainly bumped up their share prices, were they releasing it this year) and there's nothing else on their portfolio that can get share prices up as much as the release of GTA V this year.

We'll see how things go when they announce their forecasts tomorrow.