Grand Theft Auto 6 is almost here, but Rockstar Games still hasn’t said much about what comes after its single-player campaign. That could be about to change, though, as discoveries in the game’s PlayStation version suggest that work on GTA 6 Online is already underway.
This comes from ‘PlayStation Game Size’, an account known for tracking PlayStation database updates and uncovering game information ahead of official announcements. In its latest findings, it identifies three multiplayer-related entries associated with GTA 6: ‘joinSession’, ‘launchActivity’, and ‘launchMultiplayerActivity’.
While that’s encouraging for anyone anticipating the next evolution of GTA Online, it doesn’t confirm that the mode will be available alongside the November 19 launch, or tell us when Rockstar plans to introduce it. Dataminer ‘TexFunz2’ claims that GTA 6’s single-player and online components could be installed separately.
If that’s accurate, players might eventually be able to remove the campaign while keeping the multiplayer experience installed, which would be particularly useful given the game’s reported 210GB download size.
So, where does that leave the PC version? Rockstar hasn’t officially announced one, but a recent report from GamesBeat cites four industry sources familiar with the studio’s plans, claiming that it’s targeting the first quarter of 2027. That would put the PC release just a few months after the console launch, a considerable improvement on GTA 5’s PC port, which arrived around 19 months after its original release.
It’s worth remembering that GTA Online originally launched two weeks after GTA 5 in October 2013, while Red Dead Online arrived roughly a month after Red Dead Redemption 2. Rockstar could take a different approach this time, considering that GTA 5’s multiplayer was particularly rough at launch. Let’s hope history doesn’t repeat itself here.