{"id":794462,"date":"2026-10-07T04:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T04:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/794462\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T04:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T04:48:20","slug":"report-xbox-lands-exclusive-streaming-deal-for-gta-6-at-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/794462\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Xbox Lands Exclusive Streaming Deal For GTA 6 At Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The biggest deal in Xbox Cloud Gaming history is reportedly just around the corner, as Xbox boss Asha Sharma has apparently told employees that GTA 6<\/a> will stream exclusively as part of Xbox Cloud Gaming at launch in November.<\/p>\n

This news was broken today by The Verge<\/a>, which says that it doesn’t know how long the deal lasts for, but Sharma highlighted that it’s something “no other platform holder is doing”.<\/p>\n

“According to sources familiar with Microsoft\u2019s plans, Xbox has managed to land a deal for the exclusive game streaming rights for Grand Theft Auto VI.”<\/p>\n

Xbox’s exclusive streaming rights mean that not only will PC players have a way to play GTA 6 ahead of its native PC release, but even Xbox One owners should be able to stream the game to their last-gen consoles as well.<\/p>\n

One of the catches is that Xbox recently announced Xbox Cloud Gaming streaming limits for Game Pass members<\/a> that will go into effect from November onwards, with even XGP Ultimate members only getting a maximum of 15 cloud hours per-month unless they’re willing to pay for more.<\/p>\n

It’s also claimed that a new pay-as-you-go offering for the service will begin rolling out in November, allowing you to pay for a “bundle of hours” without needing to be a Game Pass subscriber or even own an Xbox console at all. That said, you’ll presumably still need to buy the full-priced Xbox console version of GTA 6 before you can access it via the cloud.<\/p>\n

These limits are starting to make sense now! Xbox Cloud Gaming is going to receive a huge influx of players in November when GTA 6 begins rolling out, so Microsoft better hope its servers can handle the load.<\/p>\n

What are your thoughts on this? Let us know down in the comments section below.<\/p>\n

[source theverge.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\"Fraser<\/p>\n

Fraser is the News Editor at Pure Xbox, where he spends his time reporting on the biggest stories in the world of Xbox and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The biggest deal in Xbox Cloud Gaming history is reportedly just around the corner, as Xbox boss Asha…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":794463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,210,266,86,56,54,55,183,22477],"class_list":["post-794462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-gta-6","tag-reports","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-xbox","tag-xbox-cloud-gaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794462","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=794462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}