Grand Theft Auto Online goes live

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 1, 2013
Updated June 18, 2025
3 min

Grand Theft Auto Online has gone live today on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network.

The online multiplayer mode of Grand Theft Auto V supports up to 16 players in each instance of the dynamic and persistent open-world game. Developer Rockstar North promises to continue and expand the game with content created both by Rockstar and other players.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.