Xbox CEO Asha Sharma Announces a “10-Year Strategic Partnership” With Take-Two
Xbox’s CEO tied the news to GTA VI arriving on Xbox Cloud Gaming. Microsoft gave no terms, and Take-Two has said nothing yet.
Confirmed — the person announcing the deal said it herself. On November 10, 2026, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma posted on X: “Today marks the first step in our new 10-year strategic partnership with Take-Two.”
The “first step” is GTA VI on Xbox Cloud Gaming. Xbox Wire says the game “will be playable on day one through XBOX Cloud Gaming on XBOX One and XBOX Series X|S.” Streaming starts at 1 AM ET on November 19.
Microsoft’s own post does not mention the partnership. Sharma’s X post is the only source for it.
The limit of this story: no terms have been published. Neither Take-Two nor Rockstar has commented yet. Talk that this is “not an exclusivity deal”, or that it covers other games, is outlets’ analysis, not anything Microsoft said.
Sources
- Insider Gaming — Xbox CEO reveals new 10-year strategic partnership with Take-Two (embeds Asha Sharma’s post; November 10, 2026)
- Xbox Wire — Grand Theft Auto VI comes to Xbox Cloud Gaming on November 19 (November 10, 2026)
- RockstarINTEL — Xbox signs 10-year agreement for GTA 6 with Take-Two for cloud streaming (November 10, 2026)
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