Key Takeaways
- Grand Theft Auto VI comes with a free month of GTA+, Rockstar’s online subscription.
- The subscription auto-renews, so you’ll be charged $7.99 if you don’t cancel.
- You have to redeem the trial to use it, and you’ll lose access if you don’t claim it by March 31, 2027.
It might seem improbable to anyone who has spent years waiting for it, but Grand Theft Auto VI is nearly here. In fact, the game is currently available to preorder for PS5 and Xbox through Rockstar. While the game sadly doesn’t have a true physical edition, you can choose from either the Standard Edition for $79.99 or the Ultimate Edition for $99.99, the latter of which comes with a laundry list of add-ons to justify the higher price. Both editions also include something you might not have budgeted for: a recurring subscription to GTA+.
Grand Theft Auto VI Comes With a Free Month of GTA+
No matter which edition of GTA VI you preorder, you’ll get a free month of GTA+, Rockstar’s online subscription service. According to the company’s preorder page, GTA+ will net you a monthly GTA$500,000 deposit into your GTA Online bank account—that’s in-game Grand Theft Auto dollars, not USD. You also get Shark Cards with 15% bonus GTA$, both free and discounted GTA Online vehicles, and access to “classic” Rockstar games, among other perks. Those games include a large percentage of the Rockstar library, including Red Dead Redemption, Bully, GTA: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition, L.A. Noire, and Grand Theft Auto V.
GTA VI doesn’t come out until Nov. 19, but that GTA+ credit is valid as soon as you preorder the game. You might have to wait until Thanksgiving to sink your teeth into the latest interpretation of Vice City, but you can start playing GTA Online (or any of the Rockstar games available under the subscription) right away, or you can choose to activate it after the game comes out (or by March 2027).
Free subscriptions are always welcome, but they’re also dangerous. Anyone who has ever signed up for a free trial of anything knows how easy it is to forget about it—until the charge comes through on your credit card. That could be the eventual case for thousands, if not millions of GTA VI preorderers. As Gamespot highlights, your GTA+ subscription auto-renews, which means you’ll be on the hook for $7.99 one month after activating it. If you redeem your free GTA+ subscription and you don’t want to pay for it, you’ll need to cancel it before it automatically renews.
How to Cancel Your GTA+ Subscription
To cancel GTA+, you’ll need to return to the store where you purchased the subscription—or, in this case, the platform you preordered the game on. That might include any of the following:
- PlayStation Store: https://store.playstation.com/
- Microsoft Store: https://account.microsoft.com/
- Rockstar & Epic: https://store.rockstargames.com/gta-plus/manage
- Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/account/
To be clear, your GTA+ subscription doesn’t start as soon as you preorder the game—you need to redeem it first. If you intend to use it, make sure you do so before March 31, 2027, or you’ll lose access to the free month. Once redeemed, cancel before the month is up to avoid being charged the $7.99 renewal fee.
