GTA 6 on Xbox Cloud Gaming is the first step in a 10-year partnership with Take-Two, Xbox CEO says

GTA 6 streaming to an old Xbox One is only the opening move, according to the woman who runs Xbox. On 10 November 2026, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said the cloud deal for Grand Theft Auto VI is “the first step in our new 10-year strategic partnership with Take-Two”, reported by The Verge. She posted the same line on X at 10:46am ET, 7:46am PT, 15:46 in London and 16:46 in Amsterdam.

The first step is the one Xbox set out the same day on Xbox Wire: Grand Theft Auto VI is playable on day one through Xbox Cloud Gaming on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, starting at 1am ET on 19 November. Series X and Series S can pre-install the native version now; on Xbox One the game streams.

Neither The Verge nor Sharma’s post names terms, a price or other games as part of the deal. Xbox Wire does say Grand Theft Auto V, Red Dead Redemption 2 and more Rockstar games come to Xbox Cloud Gaming in the coming months. That list sits in the same post as the launch, not in Sharma’s partnership line, so we keep it apart from the deal.

The launch details are in our Xbox Wire report: 1am ET on 19 November is 10pm on the US west coast on 18 November, 06:00 in London and 07:00 in Amsterdam, and from 11 November you can buy cloud playtime without Game Pass. The cloud version uses Xbox Series S graphics settings, so on Series X|S the native download is the sharper option.

The partnership sits in our claims register as an unconfirmed report until Take-Two or Xbox spells out the deal. Deciding between streaming and the download? What consoles GTA 6 is on has every version side by side, and the GTA 6 countdown shows when it unlocks where you are.