{"id":661547,"date":"2026-06-27T18:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T18:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/661547\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T18:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T18:39:11","slug":"gta-6-has-no-plans-for-a-post-launch-physical-release-not-at-launch-and-not-months-later-insists-new-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/661547\/","title":{"rendered":"GTA 6 has no plans for a post-launch physical release, “not at launch, and not months later”, insists new report"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new report has cast doubt on hopes that a physical version of Grand Theft Auto 6<\/a> will follow the digital release later this year.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the same insider who in February claimed that GTA 6 wouldn’t launch with a physical version<\/a> said that a proper physical edition with a disc will launch in December.<\/a><\/p>\n

However, according to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> and “a source with knowledge of the [release] plans”, this isn’t true.<\/p>\n

GTA 6 (Grand Theft Auto 6) – Official Cover Art Reveal Teaser Trailer.Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite “confirm[ing] the authenticity of the email as coming from Rockstar”, THR claims “the language is being misinterpreted by a hopeful internet”, insisting there are still no plans for physical release \u2013 “not at launch, and not months later”.<\/p>\n

“On Thursday, an email accidentally provided (more) false hope for a GTA 6 disc,” THR added. “The email, a response to a ticket filed to Rockstar Support asking for a disc-based version of Grand Theft Auto VI, stated, ‘You will be able to acquire a physical copy during the following months’.” This, the outlet insists, “is being misinterpreted” as evidence of a physical release.<\/p>\n

We’ve reached out to Take-Two for clarification.<\/p>\n

It’s been a busy week for GTA 6-related news. Pre-orders went live in the week and we finally got a price, too<\/a>. But there was outrage around rumours there will be no disc in the physical edition<\/a>, only a download code, a decision many think hints at wider plans to crush second-hand sales<\/a> and prompting a debate about game ownership<\/a>. We also got a batch of new screenshots detailing exclusive Ultimate Edition shops, missions, cars, and outfits in the game.<\/p>\n

We’ve also just learned that GTA 6 apparently features a new in-game social network<\/a> where we’ll be able to watch videos and follow influencers to discover “secret” side missions.<\/p>\n

GTA 6 releases on November 19th for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S\/X<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new report has cast doubt on hopes that a physical version of Grand Theft Auto 6 will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-661547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}