Rumor: GTA 6 Online Could Launch in 2027, a Year After the Main Game

Grand Theft Auto VI’s multiplayer may not arrive until 2027, roughly a year after the main game launches. That’s according to a new Bloomberg Originals video about the development of GTA 6.

The video, “Why GTA 6 Took 13 Years and $1 Billion to Make,” went up on the Bloomberg Originals YouTube channel just days before the game’s release. In it, Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier and other reporters explain why GTA 6 took so long to make and cost more than $1 billion.

One line from the narrator drew the most attention: “The game that ships in 2026 is not even its final form. The real long-term engine arrives a year later with multiplayer.” That suggests GTA 6 Online will likely land in late 2027. It’s unclear, though, whether this is new information from Bloomberg’s sources or an assumption by the video’s creators.

This isn’t the first time that timeline has come up. Back on October 14, Schreier reported for Bloomberg that GTA 6’s multiplayer component was expected in 2027.

Rockstar Games hasn’t officially announced an online mode for GTA 6 and describes the November 19 launch as a single-player experience. In May, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said on an investor call that it was too early to talk about how an online mode would be sold, since it hadn’t even been announced.

Even so, an online mode is almost certainly coming. GTA Online was the main reason GTA 5 became such a phenomenon, selling more than 230 million copies, and the mode brought Rockstar billions of dollars over the years. So it’s no surprise that Rockstar is preparing the next version of its online mode separately from the main game’s launch.

Grand Theft Auto VI launches on November 19, 2026, on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Ahead of launch, the GTA 6 map from the Collector’s Edition has already leaked online.