{"id":32418,"date":"2026-10-13T21:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T21:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=32418"},"modified":"2026-10-13T21:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T21:57:16","slug":"gta-6-could-come-to-pc-as-early-as-q1-2027-report-claims-january-march-launch-window-a-huge-improvement-over-18-month-gta-v-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=32418","title":{"rendered":"GTA 6 could come to PC as early as Q1 2027, report claims \u2014 January-March launch window a huge improvement over 18-month GTA V wait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-fe1abda8-c71b-11f1-b1ff-675e8dfda4ca\">Grand Theft Auto VI, or as its friends call it, GTA 6, will be a console-only game when it goes on sale on November 19. But while Rockstar Games has yet to confirm when PC gamers will be able to get in on the action, a new <em>GamesBeat <\/em>report claims that it will be within the first three months of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>With GTA 6 launching on Xbox Series X|S and PS5 in around a month, PC gamers have been left wondering if they should consider picking up the console version \u2014 and even buying a whole new console to play it. But <em>GamesBeat<\/em> reports that might not be necessary, with a Q1 2027 release potentially sooner than a lot of gamers had worried may be the case.<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-fe1abda8-c71b-11f1-b1ff-675e8dfda4ca-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Those gamers had plenty of reasons to be worried that a longer wait could be in the cards, too. GTA V was released on consoles around a year and a half before the PC version. Console gamers were able to put the game through its paces in September 2013, with PC owners waiting until April of 2015.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-article-heading capitalize leading-5 text-white whitespace-nowrap\"><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-mobile\"\/><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-desktop\">Latest Videos From<\/span><span class=\"jwp-carousel-brand\">Tom&#8217;s Hardware<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">While far from official, the news comes from industry sources &#8220;familiar with the studio&#8217;s plans,&#8221; although they were given anonymity for obvious reasons.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">It&#8217;s perhaps no surprise that Rockstar Games is keen to open GTA 6 up to as many potential buyers as possible. It&#8217;s thought to have cost upwards of $2 billion to create, and making that money back is a lot easier when you add PC gamers to your list of customers.<\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,1em)] uppercase sm:text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,0.875em)] font-bold&#10;        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Rockstar Games will also likely want to get its money-making online version of GTA 6 into the hands of players as soon as possible, too. It won&#8217;t be ready at launch, but is expected to debut in 2027.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">While GTA games have historically been popular among console gamers, there are reasons to choose the PC version if it&#8217;s available to you. The console version of GTA 6 is expected to run at just 30 FPS at launch, for example.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Get Tom&#8217;s Hardware&#8217;s best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">GTA 6&#8217;s development hasn&#8217;t been an easy one. The game itself is thought to be in the hands of &#8220;Cyberleek,&#8221; someone who has already shared clips of the game and has threatened to leak the entire game if their demands are not met. Those demands include their memecoin reaching a $30 million valuation, perhaps hinting at their true motivation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:31.51%;\">\n<p id=\"elk-fe1abf24-c71b-11f1-afc7-f98c55864599\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\"><em>Follow<\/em><em> Tom&#8217;s Hardware on Google News<\/em><em>, or <\/em><em>add us as a preferred source<\/em><em>, to get our latest news, analysis, &amp; reviews in your feeds.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/video-games\/pc-gaming\/gta-6-could-come-to-pc-as-early-as-q1-2027-leak-claims-january-march-launch-window-a-huge-improvement-over-18-month-gta-v-wait\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Theft Auto VI, or as its friends call it, GTA 6, will be a console-only game when it goes on sale on November 19. 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