Among the many many questions nonetheless surrounding the most-hyped recreation of the last decade, Grand Theft Auto 6, the one on the forefront of followers’ minds is whether or not they’ll be capable to play Rockstar’s upcoming Florida life-simulation recreation with their mates. In June, when Rockstar shared GTA 6‘s pricing and preorder particulars, the corporate emphasised that the sport is a “single-player expertise.” However given how a lot cash GTA On-line nonetheless makes for them, few individuals doubt that some type of multiplayer expertise will come to the brand new recreation too.
Affirmation of multiplayer for GTA 6 apparently got here from an unlikely supply. Throughout an interview with Bloomberg, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy mentioned GTA 6 at size. Within the course of, he additionally revealed that Rockstar will launch the sport’s multiplayer “subsequent yr.”
Rockstar will launch GTA 6 multiplayer ‘subsequent yr,’ in response to Twitch CEO
Within the interview, Clancy mentioned he spent “numerous time” speaking with Rockstar about methods to finest have interaction the creators utilizing Twitch as a platform. The CEO said the apparent when he talked about that Twitch will see an enormous bump in viewership when GTA 6 launches, however he additionally added that there will likely be “a good greater one subsequent yr once they launch multiplayer.”
It is unclear if Clancy made a mistake by revealing one thing he wasn’t alleged to, however the timing is sort of attention-grabbing, if imprecise. GTA 6 will launch on Nov. 19, 2026, so if Clancy’s assertion holds true, multiplayer might be coming as early as two months later, in January 2027. GTA On-line was launched solely two weeks after GTA 5, whereas multiplayer for Crimson Lifeless Redemption 2 arrived seven months later. In any case, Rockstar ending assist for the prevailing GTA On-line sounds impossible at the moment.
The developer has not but issued a press release concerning Clancy’s reveal. In the meantime, GTA 6 will likely be getting a bodily launch in spite of everything, within the type of a vinyl and CD soundtrack, dropping on the identical day as the sport.
Grand Theft Auto 6 will likely be launched on Nov. 19 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection X.