GTA 6 is single-player only at launch, with no online yet
GTA 6 launches on November 19 as a single-player game, and Rockstar hasn't announced a date for online multiplayer yet. Here's what we know.
14th Nov 2026 13:45
Image via Rockstar Games
GTA 6 is single-player only at launch, with no online yet
GTA 6 launches on November 19 as a single-player game, and Rockstar hasn't announced a date for online multiplayer yet. Here's what we know.
14th Nov 2026 13:45
Image via Rockstar Games
If you were planning to jump straight into GTA 6 with your mates on launch night, you might want to rethink that, as there's no sign of online multiplayer when the game arrives on November 19.
Rockstar has described Grand Theft Auto VI as a single-player game, with the official pre-order announcement in June saying it "features a single-player experience set in the biggest, most immersive evolution of the series yet". Push Square ran a reminder this week, pointing out that Rockstar hasn't referred to any form of online play for launch, and that plenty of fans still seem to expect a brand new GTA Online from day one.
Vice City is a party for one (for now)
It's easy to see where the confusion comes from. GTA Online has been bundled with GTA 5 for so long, across PS3, PS4, PS5 and more, that a GTA without it feels a little odd, but it wasn't there at the very start either, as GTA Online arrived roughly two weeks after GTA 5 launched in 2013. Red Dead Redemption 2 followed a similar pattern, with Red Dead Online going into beta about a month after the main game, as GamesRadar has pointed out.
Rockstar hasn't announced a date for an online mode for GTA 6, or said what form it'll take, so anything you read about a 2027 launch is speculation until the studio says otherwise (and Rockstar isn't exactly known for oversharing).
What we do know is that GTA 6 unlocks at midnight local time on November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, according to Rockstar Support, and you can already pre-load it if you've bought it. Our GTA 6 pre-load guide has the details, and if you've picked up a boxed copy, remember there's no disc inside, just a download code.
Well, Jason and Lucia will have to be all the company you need for now, and from everything Rockstar has shown of Vice City so far, we doubt you'll be short of things to do.
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