GTA 5 disappears from PlayStation Plus Game Catalog on 17 November 2026

• The notice applies to PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium, so it affects the catalog tier rather than the entire service.
• IGN places that timing just ahead of the reported release date for GTA 6 on 19 November 2026.

What happened

IGN reports that Sony sent an in-console notification to PlayStation Plus users about Grand Theft Auto V. According to the article, the popup says the game will remain available in the Game Catalog for Extra and Premium subscribers until 17 November. The report specifically refers to the catalog, not a general removal from PlayStation Plus.

The timing lines up with IGN’s reported release date for Grand Theft Auto 6: 19 November 2026. That would put GTA 5’s exit from the Game Catalog two days before its successor arrives. The material provided here does not say that Rockstar or Sony officially confirms that GTA 6 date; it is the date cited by IGN in its reporting.

According to IGN, the message also references Los Santos and Vice City. The text is said to encourage players to return to Los Santos before the story heads to Vice City. The article also says GTA 5 has sold 230 million copies since 2013, although the provided material does not make clear which source supplied that sales figure.

Background

The Game Catalog is the library included with PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium. The available information does not say that GTA 5 is leaving all PlayStation Plus tiers; the notice is specifically about that catalog layer. That distinction matters, since Essential is a different subscription tier and does not include the same catalog.

The reporting frames GTA 5’s departure as a transition moment toward GTA 6. Los Santos is tied to GTA 5, while Vice City returns as the new setting in coverage around GTA 6. However, the source does not make clear whether the wording quoted in the popup is literal Sony text or IGN’s summary.

The 230 million sales figure also needs some context. The number is mentioned in the article as background for GTA 5, but the provided material does not say whether it comes from Rockstar, Take-Two, or another source. Even so, it underlines how huge the game remains within Sony’s catalog and the Grand Theft Auto series.

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Sources

• IGN: "PlayStation Plus Losing GTA 5 Ahead of GTA 6"