We are less than a week away from the launch of GTA 6, one of the most hotly anticipated games in history. Pre-loads for the game have already begun, and it will be available to play on November 19 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, and even on Xbox One consoles through remote play and Xbox Cloud Gaming. Well, it seems you won’t have to wait long for the online multiplayer experience to drop.
As per a Bloomberg Originals documentary, the multiplayer version will land in 2027. “The game that ships in 2026 is not even its final form. The real long-term engine arrives a year later with multiplayer,” says the report.
But the game shipping next week won’t have multiplayer at launch, and a new Bloomberg documentary may have just hinted at when it will arrive. In the video, the narrator says the version of the game shipping in 2026 isn’t its final form, and that multiplayer will arrive about a year later.
The Bloomberg documentary also notes that GTA Online, which launched after GTA 5, was a huge moneymaker for the studio, earning around $500 million each year. With that kind of revenue on the table, it would make sense for Rockstar to release the multiplayer experience sooner rather than later.
So far, the studio hasn’t said a word about multiplayer, but there have been plenty of hints and rumors pointing to its arrival next year. Earlier this month, a tracker monitoring Sony’s PlayStation database spotted entries for “join session,” “launch activity,” and “launch multiplayer activity” associated with GTA 6, a strong sign that Rockstar is already laying the groundwork for multiplayer.
Back in September, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy also told the outlet that 2027 is going to be an even bigger year for GTA 6 fans, when the multiplayer mode arrives. GTA 6 is reportedly one of the most expensive games ever made, and it’s shaping up to have one of the biggest launches in terms of sales. Sensor Tower estimates that Rockstar has already logged over $1 billion in digital pre-sales from around 10.3 million copies across PlayStation and Xbox.