{"id":61602,"date":"2026-06-18T05:46:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=61602"},"modified":"2026-06-18T05:46:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:46:02","slug":"rockstar-will-offer-free-gta-5-upgrades-from-older-console-and-pc-versions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=61602","title":{"rendered":"Rockstar Will Offer Free GTA 5 Upgrades From Older Console And PC Versions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subtitle\">Not quite the GTA news everyone&#8217;s been waiting for, but we&#8217;ll take it.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap lead-image-holder\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2196422\/rockstar-will-offer-free-gta-5-upgrades-from-older-console-and-pc-versions\/\" data-post-title=\"Rockstar will offer free GTA 5 upgrades from older console and PC versions\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-post-id=\"2196422\">\n<picture id=\"pb73d1302b61c646ea41121cc87ad3b44\">&#13;<source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/rockstar-will-offer-free-gta-5-upgrades-from-older-console-and-pc-versions\/intro-1781712251.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/rockstar-will-offer-free-gta-5-upgrades-from-older-console-and-pc-versions\/intro-1781712251.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/rockstar-will-offer-free-gta-5-upgrades-from-older-console-and-pc-versions\/intro-1781712251.jpg\" data-slide-url=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2196422\/rockstar-will-offer-free-gta-5-upgrades-from-older-console-and-pc-versions\/\" data-post-id=\"2196422\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-slide-title=\"Rockstar will offer free GTA 5 upgrades from older console and PC versions: \" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Three armed figures in tall grass look toward a plane that has FBI agents close by.\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Rockstar Games<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rockstar Games has dropped some fresh Grand Theft Auto news, though it&#8217;s not exactly the update everyone&#8217;s been waiting for. Starting on June 18, if you own <em>Grand Theft Auto V<\/em> on PS4 or have the digital Xbox One edition, you can upgrade to the PS5 or Xbox Series X\/S version for free. The current-gen version \u2014 which arrived in March 2022 and was initially available as a paid upgrade \u2014 features visual enhancements and performance boosts, such as faster switching between the three protagonists. You can transfer your save data and Online progress when you upgrade.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>GTA V<\/em> players on PC can score a free upgrade from an older version to the Enhanced edition (which arrived last year) as well. Rockstar says that, along with the same upgrades the current-gen console versions have, the Enhanced edition includes PC-exclusive features such as ray-traced ambient occlusion and global illumination.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Free upgrades are always welcome, particularly now that many more people will have a PS5 or Xbox Series X\/S (or perhaps a better PC) than four years ago. However, this does feel like a precursor to Rockstar eventually shutting down <em>GTA Online<\/em> on PS4 and Xbox One, as it did on PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2021.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">GTA fans have been eagerly awaiting entirely different news on the franchise, namely more details about <em>Grand Theft Auto VI<\/em>. It appears as though Rockstar is actually sticking to the current November 19 release date after several delays. Parent company Take-Two claimed the <em>GTA VI<\/em> marketing machine will ramp up this summer, so the third trailer for the game \u2014 the first in over a year \u2014 seems imminent.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2196422\/rockstar-will-offer-free-gta-5-upgrades-from-older-console-and-pc-versions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not quite the GTA news everyone&#8217;s been waiting for, but we&#8217;ll take it. &#13;&#13;&#13; &#13; Rockstar Games Rockstar Games has dropped some fresh Grand Theft&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[3577,1147,3402,1875,200,3400,4037,11459],"class_list":["post-61602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-console","tag-free","tag-gta","tag-offer","tag-older","tag-rockstar","tag-upgrades","tag-versions","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}