Newest GTA 6 report confirms GTA Online 2 will be a thing as well-Michael Beckwith-Entertainment – Metro

GTA Online will makes the big bucks, but will Rockstar outright replace it for GTA 6? (Rockstar)

Unsurprisingly, it sounds like Rockstar is aiming to repeat GTA 5’s success with its sequel by making another online multiplayer mode.

It’s been over a year since GTA 6 finally got a reveal trailer, but Rockstar immediately went back to being tight-lipped about it, leaving fans to come up with ridiculous theories about when a second trailer would arrive.

While some remain hopeful Rockstar has something planned for The Game Awards 2024 this Friday (which isn’t impossible but not guaranteed), a recent report on GTA 6’s development has revealed some interesting details.

In particular, it suggests that GTA Online 2 is definitely happening and that Take-Two plans for it to have just as long a lifespan as the current game, once GTA 6 launches in 2025.

Will there be a GTA Online 2 for GTA 6?

There was already speculation of a GTA Online 2, with the infamous 2022 leak supposedly containing evidence of its existence. However, it was never clear if Rockstar would make something entirely new or continue with the current GTA Online.

Although there’s been no official confirmation from Rockstar or parent company Take-Two, a report from Bloomberg (which accurately leaked details on GTA 6’s story) suggests GTA 6’s online mode won’t be a continuation of GTA Online.

Bloomberg describes it as a ‘significant online mode’ that will sell additional content to ‘generate revenue for years.’ No doubt it will follow the same model as GTA Online, which makes its money through microtransactions.

Much of GTA 5’s continued success can be attributed to GTA Online, which launched alongside the main game in 2013 (albeit a few months after launch) and has kept players engaged for over a decade with regular updates.

So, it makes perfect sense for Rockstar to ensure GTA 6 comes with something near enough identical. If this really is GTA Online 2, though, it begs the question of whether support for the original GTA Online will continue or not.

That’s likely dependent on how many people jump ship to GTA 6’s online mode and whether that leads to a substantial drop in revenue for the original GTA Online.

For now, the only other details Bloomberg mentions is that GTA 6 has already missed multiple deadlines (which is not unusual) and its undefined release window is actively putting off other publishers from committing to autumn 2025 release dates for their own games.

Rival companies are just as eager as fans for Rockstar to confirm a more concrete release date. It’s speculated that even Nintendo is trying to avoid an autumn launch for the Switch 2, so as to not coincide with GTA 6.

Whether GTA 6 does meet its autumn 2025 window, or gets delayed to 2026, knowing when it’s out means publishers can more easily avoid launching their games at the same time.

No sane publisher would try to challenge GTA 6 (Rockstar)

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