Rockstar promising “NEXT-GEN RELEASE” this fiscal year. GTA V HD, INCOMING.

JUST LAST NIGHT, I was shooting the shit with my friend. Shirtless, covered in suds, panting and momentarily recuperating in my kiddie pool. “Man”, he said. Chest heaving. “I want a next-gen version of Grand Theft Auto V, I’d play that shit again in a heart beat.” I nodded. “I bet you we’re going to get it announced at E3” I said, as I rolled over burying my face in the Jell-O at the bottom of the pool. He smiled and clambered forth.

During today’s record-revenue Take-Two financial call, CEO Strauss Zelnick acknowledged the significant contribution of Rockstar Games and the 33 million units shipped of Grand Theft Auto 5, while teasing an unannounced release from the company.

“We’re excited about what [Rockstar] have in store for the new generation of systems this fiscal year,” said Zelnick, not providing any further clarification throughout the rest of the hour-long conference call. The company’s fiscal year will conclude in March, 2015.

This more than likely just refers to a next-gen facelift for GTA 5, but we’re going to push logic and reason aside for a moment to wish on a star for Red Dead Redemption 2 (Redder Deader Redemption) on Xbox One, PS4 and PC. Heck, we’d even take a new Rockstar Table Tennis on Wii U. [Joystiq]