GTA Online (2013-2026): Every Major Update, Dated

GTA Online from its Oct 2013 launch to the Jul 2026 Kortz Center Heist: major updates by date as Take-Two filed them, scores, and its future after GTA VI.

GTA Online launched on Oct 1 2013 as a free part of GTA V. Thirteen years later it is still getting major updates, and Take-Two still lists it among its biggest earners. This page rebuilds its history from the one source that dates the updates it names without guesswork: Take-Two's own quarterly earnings releases. Those filings do not name every update, so the table is the major updates as Take-Two filed them, not a complete list. What those filings show is a live game that settled, from 2022, into a steady rhythm of one big summer update and one big December update.

This page covers updates, platforms, reviews and business results.

At a glance

Item	Detail	Source
Launched	Oct 1 2013, PS3 and Xbox 360	Take-Two 10-K, May 14 2014
Price at launch	free with every copy of GTA V	Take-Two 8-K, Oct 29 2013
PS4 and Xbox One	Nov 18 2014	Take-Two 10-K, May 22 2015
PC	Apr 14 2015	Take-Two 10-K, May 22 2015
PS5 and Xbox Series X\|S	Mar 15 2022, also sold standalone	Take-Two 8-K, May 16 2022
Membership	GTA+, launched Mar 29 2022	Take-Two 8-K, May 16 2022
Developer	Rockstar Games	Take-Two 10-K
Setting	Los Santos and Blaine County	Take-Two 8-K, May 18 2015
Latest major update	Kortz Center Heist, Jul 14 2026	Take-Two 8-K, Aug 7 2026

What is counted, and how

Take-Two's earnings releases have a section on what each label released during the quarter. Until about 2021 those were prose bullets ("Released new free content updates for Grand Theft Auto Online, including..."), often without a day. From 2022 they became a table with a release date. So in the table below, a day-precise date comes from the filing; "by" plus a date means the filing reported the update as released but gave no day, and the date is the filing's own date.

Only updates Take-Two named in a filing are listed; smaller events and seasonal content are not. Scope note: some large, well-known updates are missing from the table because the filings we read did not name them. Player totals are left out because these filings do not give them. Platform names are as each filing lists them.

Every major update Take-Two named

This is the original table of this page: GTA Online's history as Take-Two filed it.

Date	Update or release	What Take-Two said it added
Oct 1 2013	Launch (PS3, Xbox 360)	the online world, free with GTA V
by May 13 2014	The Business Update; The High Life Update; Valentine's Day Massacre Special	vehicles, weapons and customization; high-end properties and new Jobs; limited 1920s-themed content
Nov 18 2014	PS4 and Xbox One	the online world on new consoles
by Feb 3 2015	The Last Team Standing Update; Festive Surprise	two updates in the holiday quarter
Apr 14 2015	PC	fifth platform
by May 18 2015	Heists	four-player co-op mode to plan and run multi-part heists, free on all five platforms
by Aug 10 2015	Ill-Gotten Gains, Parts One and Two	free content on all five platforms
Jan 28 2016	Drop Zone update	new Adversary Mode and two vehicles
by May 18 2016	Be My Valentine	couples-based Adversary Mode, clothes, a classic car
by Aug 4 2016	Cunning Stunts	27 Stunt Races, 19 vehicles and the Stunt Race Creator
by Aug 2 2018	After Hours	player-run nightclub with DJ acts
by Aug 5 2019	The Diamond Casino and Resort	casino and resort; "biggest launch ever", with record daily, weekly and monthly active users
by Feb 6 2020	The Diamond Casino Heist	a heist whose scenarios change with player choices, plus an Arcade property
by May 20 2020	Open Wheel Races	new racing mode, seven tracks, new vehicle class
by Aug 3 2020	Gerald's Last Play	six new missions, solo and co-op
by Nov 5 2020	Los Santos Summer Special	six Superyacht co-op missions, 15 vehicles, Open Wheel Race Creator
by Feb 8 2021	The Cayo Perico Heist	"biggest update to date"; island heist, playable solo for the first time; Music Locker nightclub
Jul 20 2021	Los Santos Tuners	street racing, the LS Car Meet social space, 17 vehicles
Mar 15 2022	PS5 and Xbox Series X\|S standalone	Career Builder, Hao's Special Works, character transfers; free on PS5 for the first three months
Mar 29 2022	GTA+	paid membership on PS5 and Xbox Series X\|S
Jul 26 2022	The Criminal Enterprises	expanded Criminal Careers, Operation Paper Trail missions
Dec 13 2022	Los Santos Drug Wars	story update with new missions and vehicles
by May 17 2023	The Last Dose	finale of Los Santos Drug Wars
Jun 13 2023	San Andreas Mercenaries	summer update
Dec 12 2023	The Chop Shop	December update, listed by name and date
Jun 25 2024	Bottom Dollar Bounties	summer update
Dec 10 2024	Agents of Sabotage	December update, listed by name and date
Jun 17 2025	Money Fronts	summer update
Dec 10 2025	A Safehouse in the Hills	"one of the best-performing updates in its history" (2026 proxy)
Jul 14 2026	Kortz Center Heist	summer update

The two-a-year rhythm

From 2022, Take-Two's dated tables make the pattern plain. Every year has a summer update in June or July and a second major update in December.

Year	Summer update	December update	Days between them
2022	Jul 26 (The Criminal Enterprises)	Dec 13 (Los Santos Drug Wars)	140
2023	Jun 13 (San Andreas Mercenaries)	Dec 12 (The Chop Shop)	182
2024	Jun 25 (Bottom Dollar Bounties)	Dec 10 (Agents of Sabotage)	168
2025	Jun 17 (Money Fronts)	Dec 10 (A Safehouse in the Hills)	176
2026	Jul 14 (Kortz Center Heist)	none announced as of Oct 11 2026	n/a

Arithmetic for 2022: July 26 to July 31 is 5 days, plus August 31, September 30, October 31 and November 30, plus 13 days of December: 5 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 30 + 13 = 140. The other rows are counted the same way. The summer slot has moved between Jun 13 and Jul 26; the December slot has landed between Dec 10 and Dec 13 four years running. That is a pattern, not an announcement: no December 2026 update had been announced when this page was written.

Reception

Metacritic tracks GTA Online as its own game. It scores 83 on PS3 (4 reviews) and 80 on Xbox 360 (9 reviews). The early reviews were written while the launch was still unstable. Destructoid scored it 70 on Oct 8 2013 and advised caution until problems such as lost character data were fixed. Digital Spy gave 60 on Oct 17 2013, citing the mode's potential more than its state. Games Master UK gave 90 on Nov 27 2013. Metacritic shows no Metascore for any later platform.

The business verdict came later and was clearer. Take-Two's proxy statements say GTA Online's recurrent consumer spending (ongoing in-game spending) set records and grew 40% in fiscal 2020 and 31% in fiscal 2021. The 2024 proxy says its audience size grew 23% in fiscal 2024, more than a decade after launch. The 2026 proxy reports significant year-on-year growth in GTA+.

What it changed

GTA Online turned a single-player series into a service. Take-Two's 2022 earnings releases listed "Grand Theft Auto Online and Grand Theft Auto V" as one entry among its largest contributors to net bookings, and its Aug 7 2026 release still names the Grand Theft Auto series among them, nearly thirteen years after launch. Its updates also show Rockstar reusing the series' single-player ideas in multiplayer: heists from 2015, a casino and casino heist in 2019 and 2020, a solo-playable heist in 2021.

Legacy and GTA VI

GTA VI launches Nov 19 2026 as what Rockstar calls "a single player experience" (FACTS F47). No GTA VI online mode, date or price has been announced (F48). At Take-Two's Sep 17 2026 shareholder meeting, Strauss Zelnick reportedly said GTA V's online business remains robust and will continue to be supported (F48, a press report, not a filing). The Jul 14 2026 Kortz Center Heist shows the game still getting full updates three months before the new release (F49). See /library/gta-vi and /library/gta-vi-confirmed-vs-rumor.

RUMOR (not confirmed)

Claim	Status as of Oct 11 2026	Source of the claim
A GTA VI online mode ("GTA Online 2") sold separately, 1 to 2 years after launch	UNCONFIRMED. Only "single player experience" is official.	TweakTown and analysts, per FACTS R3

Trivia

Take-Two's 2014 filing lists GTA Online as its own product row, released Oct 1 2013, two weeks after GTA V.
The Feb 2022 release said the standalone PS5 version would be free for its first three months.
Take-Two's Feb 2021 release says The Cayo Perico Heist let players do an entire heist solo for the first time.
Take-Two's product tables still list PS4 and Xbox One alongside PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC for the Jul 14 2026 Kortz Center Heist.