In late May 2021, Rockstar Games announced the date for the Grand Theft Auto V and GTA Online versions for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S: November 11, 2021. The new edition, which Rockstar itself called expanded and enhanced, had been revealed in June 2020 and promised to take advantage of next-generation hardware to improve performance and visuals.
Along with the date came other news. GTA Online would get a standalone version, sold separately from the story mode, on both consoles. On PlayStation 5, that version would be free for the first three months. The GTA Online summer update would also bring benefits to those migrating to the new versions, and Rockstar promised surprises to celebrate 20 years of Grand Theft Auto III, released in October 2001 and the series’ first 3D game.
It’s curious to see GTA V’s path up to that point. The game came out in September 2013 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, returned in November 2014 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and reached PC in April 2015. The PS5 and Xbox Series version would be the third console generation to receive the same game, something rare in the industry.
What came next
The GTA Online summer update was called Los Santos Tuners and came out on July 20, 2021, with the LS Car Meet, a space to customize and test cars. The November date did not hold: the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions arrived on March 15, 2022, together with the standalone GTA Online, free on PS5 for the first three months, as promised. Players could transfer progress from the previous generation for a limited time, always within the same console family. Critics received the new versions with little enthusiasm, questioning the value of yet another re-release of an already old game. The same features came to PC in a free update on March 4, 2025.
Source: Rockstar Games.
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