This comes up constantly, so here's one thread with the sourced answer.
✅ Confirmed
- Take-Two's pre-order announcement describes GTA VI as "a single-player experience". Take-Two
- No online mode has been announced for 19 November. GameNGuide
- GTA Online (the current one) will keep getting support after GTA VI launches, per Take-Two at its September shareholder meeting. GameNGuide
- Digital GTA VI pre-orders include a month of GTA+, which Take-Two pitched as the best way to get the most out of GTA Online, and which includes the GTA+ Games Library. Take-Two
⚠️ Rumoured / unconfirmed
- Multiplayer in 2027. Twitch CEO Dan Clancy told Bloomberg there'd be "an even bigger [bump] next year when they launch multiplayer." Rockstar hasn't confirmed anything. PC Gamer
- Whether it's a standalone "GTA Online 2", an update, or something else is completely unknown.
Our take
Story first, online later is pretty much how GTA V went: it launched in Sept 2013, and GTA Online followed a couple of weeks later. Here the gap could be much bigger. Honestly, a polished campaign plus a properly-built online mode later beats a rushed day-one launch.
Discuss 👇
- Are you happy with story-only at launch, or is online the main event for you?
- What do you want carried over from GTA Online? Businesses? Heists? Your character?
- What should Rockstar absolutely not bring back? (We'll start: flying motorbikes with missiles. 😤)