GTA 6 Online Reportedly Not Launching Until 2027 - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 17 September 2026 / 4,883 Views

Grand Theft Auto VI is just over two months away from launch and a new report claims it will launch with the single-player campaign only, while GTA 6 Online will in 2027.

Twitch CEO Dan Clancy in an interview with Bloomberg said the company has been talking with Rockstar about their plans and said there will be a big bump when the game launches, with a second bump next year when the multiplayer releases.

"We spent a lot of time talking with Rockstar about their plans, and also helping them think about how they can engage our creators," said Clancy. "You are going to see this big bump with GTA 6, but then an even bigger one next year when they launch multiplayer."

Grand Theft Auto VI will launch for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on November 19.

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13 Comments

TallSilhouette (on 17 September 2026)

Fine by me. Lets you take your time with the SP first.

Wman1996 (on 17 September 2026)

I guess they're so desperate to get the game out they had to launch it without GTA Online. It's a risky strategy either way.

SecondWar Wman1996 (on 17 September 2026)

Not really. GTA Online did not launch alongside GTA V either. That seemed to work out fine.

Radek SecondWar (on 17 September 2026)

It launched just 14 days after the release of single player though. Here we are talking about 2 months at least.

ArchangelMadzz Radek (on 18 September 2026)

Red Dead Online took 7 months after release to come out. These games should be given the opportunity to marinate in single player before everyone goes online and ignores it.

Radek ArchangelMadzz (on 18 September 2026)

The RDO beta was open to everyone and launched 4 weeks after RDR2 came out. The stable release was May 2019 though.

ArchangelMadzz Radek (on 18 September 2026)

Beta allowed it to be a non polished experience. Giving us more time to explore the world they made before the shitstorm of gta online is a good thing and it is quite a rockstar thing to do.

CosmicSex Wman1996 (on 17 September 2026)

In what way is it risky?

2zosteven CosmicSex (on 22 September 2026)

agreed, no risk, get some time for single play action

Red_Beard Wman1996 (on 18 September 2026)

People shelled out $100 for this game before they saw a second of game-play. I don't think they are too worried about players showing up, even if the online release is later on.