Grand Theft Auto V will celebrate its fifth birthday in September. The game's long life is due to Rockstar first launching on last gen hardware before updating for current gen. There's also GTA Online to keep people playing. But what about the inevitable GTA VI? Rockstar is remaining quiet on that front, but this week some GTA Online players thought it was set to arrive in 2019.

As Polygon reports, anyone playing GTA Online using a PS3, Xbox 360, or on Windows may have seen a message pop-up in the past couple of days stating "GTA VI Coming 2019." As this is a Rockstar game which uses the Rockstar Social Club messaging system, it's easy to believe the message is legitimate, but unfortunately it isn't.

This is a hoax made with the use of mods, and not an official message or statement from Rockstar Games. *OV — Rockstar Support (@RockstarSupport) July 2, 2018

As the Rockstar tweet above (and the Rockstar support site) confirms, the message is a hoax. On the platforms mentioned above, it's possible to run unauthorized mods for GTA Online. Someone managed to exploit the in-game messaging system and posted a message many gamers would love to believe is true.

GTA VI is no doubt in development, but Rockstar isn't a company that likes to, or even needs to rush it to release. GTA V continues to sell and Rockstar's focus isn't actually on GTA right now. There's the small matter of Red Dead Redemption 2, which is scheduled to release on Oct. 26.