Xbox said on Nov. 10 that Grand Theft Auto VI will be playable on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S through Xbox Cloud Gaming on day one, starting at 1 a.m. ET on Nov. 19, according to Xbox Wire.
What Xbox announced
Xbox calls GTA VI the most pre-ordered title of all time on the Microsoft Store. The game launches Nov. 19, and Xbox urges players to pre-load it. Pre-orders are on the Microsoft Store.
On Xbox Series X|S you can play the game natively. When it is streamed through the cloud, Xbox says it uses Xbox Series S graphics settings.
Cloud playtime without Game Pass
Starting Nov. 11, players in supported markets can buy cloud playtime without a Game Pass subscription. Streaming of GTA VI begins at 1 a.m. ET on Nov. 19. For how those hours are sold, see our story on Xbox Cloud Gaming pay-as-you-go hours. The Xbox Wire text we read does not give cloud playtime prices, so we list none here.
Xbox also says more Rockstar titles are coming to Xbox Cloud Gaming in the coming months.
The Take-Two partnership line
The phrase "new 10-year strategic partnership with Take-Two" comes from a post on X by Xbox's ASHA. We attribute it to that post, and it does not appear in the Xbox Wire text we read.
What to do now
If you plan to play natively on a Series X|S, pre-load early. Our GTA VI pre-load storage story covers the up-to-212GB space requirement. If you are on an Xbox One, the cloud route is the one Xbox described. See more in gaming.
What is not known
The Xbox Wire text does not give cloud playtime prices, and we make no claims about other devices. We did not test streaming.
What we checked
We read the Xbox Wire post on Nov. 10. We saw ASHA's X post only as quoted in search results, because the post itself would not open for us.
