Major GTA 6 Update Confirmed Before Launch

Published Nov 13, 2026, 4:20 PM EST Ben Brosofsky has been writing for Screen Rant since 2022 and editing since 2024. He graduated from Vanderbilt University with a Bachelor's in Cinema & Media Arts. Writing serves as a much-needed distraction from tackling a backlog of Steam games that will never be surmounted. Sign in to your ScreenRant account Grand Theft Auto 6 will doubtless have plenty of post-launch support in the long run, including the inevitable addition of a GTA Online successor that's expected to possibly arrive in 2027. The real question, however, is just how much Rockstar can manage in the dwindling pre-launch period, as it looks like fans won't be waiting very long for one update to hit the game. Not long after fans who pre-ordered the game gained access to its gigantic preload file, they've already started encountering the first of more downloads to come. The Version 1.002.000 update is now available to download on both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, and it seems relatively substantial. X user GTA 6 Countdown reported on the addition of the 1.002.000 update for GTA 6, which landed on both of the game's current platforms today. On PlayStation 5, the patch requires a 1.073 GB download, while it takes up 2.18GB on Xbox Series X/S. This download is presumably a straightforward day one patch for the game, likely addressing problems that remained in the build made available for preloading. As a consequence, fans shouldn't expect that new content is actually being added in the patch, and the 1-2 GB download is ultimately a drop in the bucket compared to the game's overall file size, which is well over 200 GB. Nonetheless, it also suggests that there's more at play than a single crash fix, which could probably be resolved in a matter of megabytes. The 1.002.000 patch likely packs a solid number of tweaks and fixes into the download, hopefully resolving the most serious issues that might linger in the release build. GTA 6 has had a long road to launch, with the November 19 date coming at the end of a series of delays. On one hand, this means that the game should have gotten plenty of additional polish in the meantime, and fans can expect it to launch in much better shape than it would have in 2025. On the other hand, it also means that Rockstar ultimately had to draw the line somewhere and commit to this release date, and the game may still be in a race to the finish line. Hopefully, the pre-launch patch will go a long way in getting GTA 6 ready for the millions of fans waiting for the launch. Considering the sheer volume of expected players, there's no doubt that some bugs will still crop up here and there, and the most dramatic or amusing ones should quickly make the rounds on social media platforms. If everything goes well, though, GTA 6 may be able to avoid a launch like Cyberpunk 2077, where the issues end up overwhelming much of the praise surrounding the core of the game. There isn't long now until fans can test things out for themselves. Grand Theft Auto 6 is set to launch on November 19, 2026, so we'll just have to see if Rockstar squeezes in any more updates in the last few days before release. Released November 19, 2026 ESRB Rating Pending - Likely Mature 17+ Developer(s) Rockstar Games Publisher(s) Rockstar Games Engine Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE) Multiplayer Online Multiplayer