Rockstar Games is expected to follow the 2025 launch of 'GTA 6' with a separate release of 'GTA 6 Online' in or around 2027, a move analysts say could upend the entire gaming calendar and squeeze rival titles out of key release windows. While the developer has only confirmed 'GTA 6' as a single-player experience so far, industry observers argue the financial success of 'Grand Theft Auto Online' makes a fresh online component for the new game all but inevitable.
Rockstar finally opened pre-orders for 'GTA 6,' confirming pricing, special editions and one particularly stark detail for fans: it is being sold, marketed and described entirely as a single-player game. That language is conspicuous for a series that has quietly become one of the biggest live-service success stories of the past decade. It has fuelled a wave of speculation that Rockstar is deliberately holding back the online mode for a much later rollout, treating it as a second, standalone event rather than a bolt-on to the base game.
