5-09-2026, 04:40 · By Lazlow

GTA 6 Microtransactions and AI: What Is Confirmed and What Is Not

Not confirmed A “no monetisations” line for GTA 6 has only reached us second-hand. Store listing ESRB, PlayStation and Xbox list In-Game Purchases.

It is not confirmed whether GTA 6 sells anything for real money in-game Not confirmed. The ESRB, PlayStation Store and Xbox Store list In-Game Purchases Store listing, but none says what they cover. New here? Start here.

What was reported

Not confirmed NME says Kinda Funny was told by Rockstar there will be “no monetisations in this game” and “no AI”. We have not verified the primary interview, and Rockstar has not posted the line on Newswire.

Reported Per NME, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said earlier this year that generative AI plays “zero part” in what Rockstar Games is building.

leonida keys postcard — Image: Rockstar Games / Take-Two Interactive (Official promotional still used for editorial reporting.) · Official Source

What you pay for, on the record

Official Standard US$79.99, Ultimate US$99.99 (Take-Two, 24 June 2026).
Official Ultimate adds “an exclusive collection of premium vehicles, weapons, apparel, and action threaded across all aspects of Jason and Lucia’s story” (Take-Two).
Store listing In-Game Purchases on ESRB, PlayStation and Xbox listings; what they cover is Not confirmed.

Grand Theft Auto VI Ultimate Edition front of box art — Image: Rockstar Games / Take-Two Interactive (Official promotional still used for editorial reporting.) · Official Source

Correction, 14 October 2026

An earlier version presented the no-microtransactions line as confirmed and attributed gym, fishing and hunting details to a Eurogamer article about AI and monetisation. We could not verify those, so they are removed. Full explainer: microtransactions explainer.

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