GTA 6 Players in Australia May Need Real ID to Access the Game
Australian players could be required to verify their age with a driver's license or government ID to play GTA 6, thanks to new online safety legislation.
Australian fans of Grand Theft Auto VI may face an unusual barrier to entry: proving their identity with a real government-issued ID before they can play. According to Dexerto, new online safety laws in Australia could require players to submit documents like a driver's license just to access the game.
The legislation appears to be part of a broader push in Australia to enforce age-gating on content deemed inappropriate for minors. GTA 6, almost certain to carry an adult rating given the franchise's history, would fall squarely in the crosshairs of any such regulation.
The specifics of how this verification would actually work in practice — whether through platform holders like PlayStation and Xbox, through Rockstar's own systems, or via third-party age-verification services — aren't detailed in the snippet. That's a significant open question, since the logistics of ID verification at scale are genuinely complex and raise obvious privacy concerns for players.
Australia has a complicated history with the GTA franchise. The country famously refused to classify the original Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas under its adults-only rating system for a period, and several other titles in the series have faced scrutiny there over the years. Rockstar and Take-Two will almost certainly need to address compliance well before GTA 6's release if this law moves forward as described.
For now this remains a developing regulatory story rather than a confirmed platform policy, but it's one worth watching closely — especially for Australian players who may find the process of simply booting up GTA 6 a lot more involved than anywhere else in the world.