Enligt den Kanada-baserade spelsajten Gaming Excellence kommer både Playstation 3- och Xbox 360-versionen av stödja spel för upp till 16 personer online. Detta avslöjande kommer enligt dem själva från #Rockstar Games utsända som de talade med på PlayStation Holiday Preview Event gick av stapeln i Toronto under förra helgen.

GTA IV was also missing, but Rockstar?s man on the scene told GamingExcellence that they had begun testing the various plots and that the developers were considering the possibility of having an open world completely unlocked from the start of the game. We also understand that the game?s multiplayer mode, unseen in the GTA franchise since GTA2 in 1999, is aiming for at least 16 simultaneous players, with more than just the usual deathmatch mode.