Rockstar Games has just announced that it is going to shut down the GTA Online server for Xbox 360 and PS3 on December 16, 2021. In addition, older-gen console players won’t be able to buy any more Shark Cash Cards starting from September 15, 2021. The single-player component of GTA V however, will still be intact, playable, and buyable from PSN and Xbox 360 marketplace for the foreseeable future.
Aside from sunsetting the online multiplayer mode of GTA V, other PS3 and Xbox 360 titles that use the Rockstar Games Social Club features will stop working on September 16, 2021, as well. Including:
- Website stat tracking, online multiplayer, and leaderboards for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Max Payne 3.
- Website stat tracking for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of L.A. Noire.
The company said that the reason behind the closing down of the seventh generation GTA Online server, seven years after its debut on the original platforms, is to support the current-gen updates and port.
Please note, these changes are strictly for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of GTA Online, and will have no impact on access to, or progress within, the Grand Theft Auto V Story Mode.”
