GTA 6 Got Its First Patch Six Days Before the Public Can Play It

Version 1.002.000 runs about 2.2 GB on Xbox and 1 GB on PS5, and you need it before you can play on Nov. 19.

Grand Theft Auto VI doesn't come out until Nov. 19, and it already has its first patch. Version 1.002.000 arrived Friday on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, and ComicBook.com reported that it's marked mandatory, so nobody starts the game without it.

For anyone who has already preloaded the game, which Screen Rant puts at well over 200 GB, it's one more file to wait for. On Xbox the update runs about 2.2 GB, Pure Xbox reported Friday, adding that some players hadn't gotten it yet. On PS5 it's a 1.073 GB download, Screen Rant reported, citing the X account GTA 6 Countdown.

Rockstar Games hasn't posted official patch notes, ComicBook.com reported, so what the update changes is still a guess. Screen Rant's guess is a standard day-one patch that fixes problems left in the preload build. In that case it isn't new content, just cleanup.

It also isn't reaching everyone at once. According to ComicBook.com, the patch went out to half of players first, and the other half was due to get it about 11 hours later. If your console hasn't found it yet, that's probably why.

Xbox owners have a second download to check. A console system update that showed up Nov. 11 listed only "general stability and performance improvements," but it's the one that turns on achievements for four original Xbox games, including both Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic games, Windows Forum reported. Neither one covers the other, so a console that already grabbed the achievements update still needs the GTA 6 patch on its own.

ComicBook.com expects at least one more GTA 6 update before launch but says that's only a guess, since Rockstar hasn't shared any plans. Six days out, a game the public can't play yet is already on version 1.002.000, and that may not be the last version number it gets before Nov. 19.

Source: comicbook.com, retrieved November 13, 2026. Other sources: screenrant.com, windowsforum.com.