With Rockstar Video games returning to radio silence following the discharge of GTA 6 trailer 2, followers have been starved of any updates on the extremely anticipated title. So, think about their elation when GTA 6’s official itemizing mysteriously went dwell on the Xbox Retailer and allowed gamers to ‘obtain’ the sport. Sadly, this doesn’t imply that you may truly play the sport, opposite to what deceptive posts and screenshots on X may have you imagine.
The delirium kicked off after GTA 6 lastly popped up on the Xbox Retailer. For context, the upcoming title has been obtainable to wishlist on the PlayStation Retailer for months, whereas being solely absent from its inexperienced counterpart. But it surely was solely this week that Xbox added the choice to wishlist GTA 6.
The freshly minted Xbox itemizing got here with an choice to obtain and pre-load the sport, which added its icon to the dashboard. Nevertheless, deciding on this icon does nothing, and after a short flash of GTA 6’s cowl artwork, you’re returned proper again to the dashboard.
The web, a whirlpool festering with misinformation, spun this irrelevant replace into primetime information by means of clickbait-y headlines and edited movies. Because of this, many gamers scampered over to their Xbox to test it out for themselves, solely to be met with disappointment.
So, to sum issues up, no, you can not play GTA 6 early on the Xbox Collection X/S by downloading the 300 MB pre-load file. This byte-sized file (as in comparison with the sport’s precise measurement) is a placeholder that can allow you to obtain the title near the Might twenty sixth GTA 6 launch date, and that’s provided that you pre-order the sport within the first place.
In the meanwhile, you’ll be able to navigate to the GTA 6 web page on the Xbox retailer to wishlist it, or add it to your dashboard and admire it from afar like a distant dream. And simply as a closing reminder: GTA 6 arrives on Might 26, 2026.
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Aryan Singh
A large gaming nerd who’s been writing stuff on the web since 2021, Aryan covers single-player video games, RPGs, and live-service titles akin to Marvel Rivals and Name of Obligation: Warzone. When he is not clacking away at his keyboard, you will discover him firing up one other playthrough of Fallout: New Vegas.
