In an interview with games website CVG, Rockstar North’s president, Leslie Benzies, has revealed that GTA Online will be launching 2 weeks after GTA V and details just why saying that the studio considers it to be “a different entity, a separate thing”. This follows the release of the new GTA Online trailer.

Explaining just what that means Benzies said, 

“It’ll be GTA Online; it’s not part of GTA 5. Obviously it’s set in the GTA 5 engine, but it’s going to grow and evolve into its own thing.”

This being said, GTA Online will be free to access with every retail copy of GTA V. Explaining just what will be available, Benzies continues, 

“Initially, you’ll be able to create races and deathmatches, which are probably the simplest. And then, over time, when we feel comfortable that people are ready to get the new creators, they will be released. So it’ll be a trickle, but it’ll be a constant release of new creators and new content. We don’t want to overdo it. It’s a complex system.”

“That’s another reason for the two week delay between single-player and Online. We want to give people an opportunity to actually get their heads around what’s happened, because even single-player is a big advancement from the old games. There’s a lot of new things to learn.”

GTA Online will arrive later on in the form a small download after which players will access GTA Online through the switch wheel menu in GTA V on a new fourth character, your personal multiplayer character.

“When it launches, you’ll have an extra character on your Switch Wheel. Instead of choosing Franklin, Michael or Trevor, you’ll select your multiplayer character and you’ll be sucked straight in there,” Benzies explained.

So how do you feel about waiting for GTA Online? Does it upset you that you’ll need to wait 2 weeks to play online with your friends? Let us know how this development makes you feel in the comments.