By Zaheer Kachwala (Reuters) -Take-Two Interactive Software forecast its fourth-quarter bookings below estimates on Thursday, owing to weaker spending on mobile games as consumers grapple with economic uncertainties and still-high inflation.

Take-Two beat on the bottom line in its third-quarter earnings report, reaffirmed its annual bookings forecast, and stuck to the launch schedule of its highly anticipated blockbuster game, Grand Theft Auto VI,

Shares of the videogame publisher, however, jumped more than 5% in extended trading, after it reiterated that its highly anticipated "Grand Theft Auto VI" is set to launch in the fall of 2025. "The lack of news (on GTA VI) had investors concerned that it might slip,