This is a rumor with a real documentary origin, but no official confirmation from Rockstar. An ongoing lawsuit in Edinburgh, filed by 31 former Rockstar Games employees laid off in October 2025 who are contesting their dismissals, brought to light internal documents mentioning a GTA 6 online mode with 32 simultaneous players.
How the information came to light
Journalist Chris Bratt, of the People Make Games channel, gained access to physical copies of the lawsuit's documents (proceeding in Glasgow) and revealed the content in a video. According to the material, Rockstar employees discussed a confidential project on a private Discord server that mentioned test sessions — described internally as "difficult to organize" — involving 32 simultaneous players.
What the documents actually say (and don't say)
- They confirm that a 32-player mode was part of internal development discussions at some point.
- They don't confirm that this is the final number of players per session in the version that will ship publicly — the material makes no mention that 32 represents the definitive multiplayer version.
- They don't detail mechanics, the mode's commercial name, content structure, or a launch date.
How seriously Rockstar takes leaks
The records presented to the court reveal that Rockstar maintains a team of five full-time investigators, plus a director dedicated exclusively to identifying leaks — which gives a sense of how seriously the company treats confidentiality around projects in development, including the very lawsuit filed by the former employees.
Why to treat this with caution
Court documents are real, but they often reflect discussions from specific (not necessarily final) stages of development. GTA Online, GTA V's online mode, also went through drastic changes between what leaked during its development and the final launched product. Treat "32 players" as a historical data point from a testing phase, not as a guaranteed final-product specification.
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