A new leak suggests Rockstar’s multiplayer mode will arrive within weeks of GTA 6’s November release
GTA 6 is set to launch on November 19, 2026, on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. If the recent leak holds up, players may not have to wait long for the online component either.
A leaker known as TheGhostOfHope, who previously covered Call of Duty, posted on social media that GTA 6 Online could go live within a month of the base game’s launch. That would put the multiplayer mode somewhere in December 2026. Rockstar has not confirmed this, and no official roadmap for the online mode has been shared.
Rockstar Has Done This Before
The December timeline would follow a pattern Rockstar has used twice before.
GTA 5 launched in September 2013, and GTA Online arrived just a few weeks later. Red Dead Redemption 2 introduced its multiplayer beta within a month of its own release. If Rockstar sticks to that approach with GTA 6, a December window for the online mode makes sense on paper.
What Court Documents Revealed About Player Count
A separate detail about GTA 6 Online came to light through a legal case.
Rockstar fired over two dozen employees in October 2025, claiming they had shared confidential information in a Discord server. During the court proceedings, a message from one of the dismissed workers mentioned playtest sessions for the online mode with 32 players.
Two of those employees were specifically accused of leaking what was described as a “top secret” and unannounced GTA 6 feature in a union Discord channel: 32-player multiplayer sessions, rather than the typical 30 players.
For context, GTA Online currently supports 32 players total, but that breaks down as 30 active players and 2 spectators. It is not confirmed whether GTA 6 Online will cap at exactly 32 players at launch, or whether certain modes like freeroam could support more or fewer.
The employees and the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain claim the firings were an act of union-busting, not a response to a genuine breach of confidentiality.
What Happens to the Current GTA Online?
Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has hinted that the existing GTA Online service has a long future ahead of it. The newer game will offer a separate multiplayer experience that may eventually replace the current option rather than shut it down immediately.
So players still active in the current GTA Online are unlikely to lose access when GTA 6 Online goes live.
