PlayStation Gamers Are Using a Glitch to Make It Look Like They’ve Played GTA 6 Already

PlayStation gamers are fooling their friends by adding GTA 6 to their Recently Played list, adjacent though Rockstar's hotly-anticipated unfastened satellite transgression crippled isn't retired until November.

Over the weekend, PlayStation Game Size, which provides details of games added to, oregon amended on, the PlayStation database, revealed GTA 6's rubric IDs (PPSA01547_00 and PPSA29660_00) had been added, teasing: "I expect we’ll spot thing astir the crippled soon, astir apt the commencement of pre-orders."

No one's wholly definite wherefore determination are 2 IDs, though PlayStation Game Size assured players it's "normal," and whitethorn beryllium owed to "different regions," arsenic "all editions volition usage the aforesaid rubric ID."

Now the PSN ID for GTA 6 is retired there, players person been having a small amusive and exploiting a glitch connected PlayStation that adds 'Grand Theft Auto VI' to their PSN profile's Recently Played list, arsenic demonstrated beneath by X / Twitter relationship @videotechuk_:

You tin cheque retired a PSN illustration “Ousora1” who was 1 of the radical who glitched it. pic.twitter.com/BYCWDQtUpG

Of course, this doesn't mean anyone with GTA 6 connected their Recently Played database has played it — it's conscionable a glitch. That hasn't stopped fans trying to transcript it, though (and loads much trying to fig retired however it's done).

"Cool glitch," wrote redditor Brief-Yogurtcloset42 successful a thread connected the GTA 6 subreddit, alongside an representation showing GTA 6 nether "recently played." "Gonna spot this reposted for the adjacent week and a fractional now," said 1 fan. "So radical are genuinely going to each that effort, conscionable to marque it look similar they’ve played a crippled they haven’t really played?" added another. "Dang we truly got GTA 6 glitches earlier GTA 6," joked different fan.

Interestingly, this has been imaginable connected the Xbox store for immoderate clip — I was capable to bash it earlier contiguous simply by 'installing' the crippled to my Xbox Series X from the mobile app, and past attempting to tally it from the dashboard (which doesn't work, of course!). And present my friends are fooled into reasoning the past crippled I played was GTA 6.

Image credit: IGN.

The upshot of each this is that immoderate fans deliberation Rockstar volition soon marque meaningful sound astir GTA 6, perchance with a caller trailer and the motorboat of pre-orders. But it's worthy noting that conscionable past month, Strauss Zelnick, brag of Rockstar genitor institution Take-Two, said selling for GTA 6 kicks disconnected this summertime up of its present seemingly locked successful November 19, 2026 merchandise date.

The terms of GTA 6 is 1 of the hottest topics successful each of video games, with immoderate expecting Rockstar to complaint up to $100 for the game. There's nary grounds either mode close now, but arsenic soon arsenic those pre-orders spell live, you tin stake the outgo of GTA 6 volition go a immense talking point.

One happening Zelnick has been wide connected is denying rumors that GTA 6 volition beryllium a digital-only merchandise upon its archetypal launch. He told Variety determination are nary plans to bash so, aft reports suggested GTA 6 could hold its carnal motorboat to 2027 to debar leaks.

GTA 6 has of people already suffered from aggregate leaks, some of improvement footage and of its archetypal trailer, alongside a fig of AI-generated fake leaks. Developer Rockstar North has besides had to contend with a boiler country incidental that sparked the request for galore occurrence crews past month. And earlier this year, an employment tribunal rejected an exertion for interim alleviation filed connected behalf of the fired GTA 6 developers astatine Rockstar Games.

Vikki Blake is simply a newsman for IGN, arsenic good arsenic a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years acquisition moving with immoderate of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.