GTA Online Summer Update 2022: Next DLC Release Date, Leaks, and More

The GTA+ Rewards for July were announced following the latest Weekly Reset and strangely they are set to expire – quite early we might add – on July 18. There doesn’t seem to be much justification, but we suspect that it could be because that’s when the GTA Online Summer update is set to launch.

Hopefully, we’ll find out more soon, but otherwise, mark your calendars for July 18.

Uh-oh.

“I’m starting to think Michael may not be featured until the December update.”
– Tez2 on GTAForums

Reliable Rockstar informer Tez2 has suggested players may have to wait a while for the new update, with potentially more updates in the vein of the recent Vespucci Job Remix. Writing on the GTA Forums, Tez told other users:

“I still believe we would receive an article similar to the one back in May 2021 since I’m hearing from reliable sources that Rockstar isn’t done yet with just the Vespucci Job Remix. So I would expect more filler content before the Summer update. Vespucci Job Remix had movie references. So we could see more teases or hints that way? Instead of the regular prop tease. Idk.”

The next GTA Online Weekly Update is coming tomorrow (June 16) and we suspect we could see a few more files/tweaks that come from the new event week. We didn’t get anything last week, but surely we’re getting near the point when Rockstar needs to start properly teasing this next big update. Stay tuned for updates/leaks!

Another update from Tez2 and its related to new NPC players have found, which appears in-game from the hours of 7 to 11am. It’s hard to look past the fact that this seems to be teasing some upcoming content for the game, likely arriving as part of the game’s next update, which we imagine is for the Summer Update to the game.

It’s also worth keeping in mind that during The Contract missions we learn that Michael – one of the three main characters from GTA 5 story Mode – is working for Solomon Richards at the Richards Majestic movie studios. Could this next update look to bring back another key character from the main story mode to GTA Online.

We’d love to see it, but for now, we’ll have to wait for the next update to find out more.

Some dataminers have now found a few references to movie related references. As pointed out by Tez2, the game appears to have added a new scenario spawn point which could be pointing towards a new heist, or potentially some new mission content like what we saw with The Contract DLC.

There’s also a new bit of code in relation to ‘movie set’ but it’s still not entirely clear what this could be in reference to.

According to Rockstar insider Tez2, we might be waiting until the end of July for the next update. Writing on the GTAForums Tez told fellow community members:

“A fully-fledged Summer update is in development. Expect it to arrive at the usual release window, a late July release. Beforehand, we would likely have an event that goes live for two weeks that would give us an estimate of when to expect the actual release date.”

One insider has hinted at a possible map expansion for GTA Online which will add Liberty City to the game, and it could be coming this Summer. Click the link above for all the details.