US EditionRockstar Games May Have Let a Terminally Ill Fan Test GTA VI Before Planned 2026 Release
Take-Two Interactive's CEO contacted Rockstar after a LinkedIn plea to let a terminally ill fan playtest GTA VI before its November release.
- In December, Ubisoft Toronto developer Anthony Armstrong pleaded on LinkedIn for Rockstar Games to allow a terminally ill family member to playtest GTA VI, offering to sign an NDA.
- After multiple delays, Rockstar Games announced GTA VI will release later this year, now scheduled for Nov. 19, over 13 years after Grand Theft Auto V's 2013 debut.
- Armstrong updated the LinkedIn post twice before deleting it, and fans flooded the comments with wholesome memes as the Grand Theft Auto franchise has enjoyed soaring popularity since 1997.
- A few weeks after the post, Armstrong said Take-Two's CEO reached out and wrote `We are just waiting to hear from the Rockstar team to discuss this further`, but it's unclear if the fan was able to playtest.
- GTA V continues to attract players with a 24-hour peak of 84,391 users, while GTA VI's Miami-inspired Vice City features main characters Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos.
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The whole world is waiting for GTA 6, which is postponed again and again. Especially bitter for a fan who has an unimaginably difficult fate. Now it seems that the developer will give him a special access.
Rockstar Games, the studio that is developing Grand Theft Auto VI, would have granted, or would be about to grant, a severely cancer-sick fan the chance to try the game in preview, before the official release scheduled for November 2026 (and of which, given the delays, we are not even so sure)
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Rockstar Games may have let a terminally ill fan test GTA VI before planned 2026 release
A Ubisoft game developer asked the company to let his terminally ill family member playtest the game since he may not be able to when it finally releases.
Terminal cancer patients given early access to pre-release GTA 6
Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6) , the latest installment in the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) series, was announced in February 2022 and was originally scheduled for release in late 2025. However, after two postponements, the release date has now been pushed back to November 19, 2026. It has been rumored that Rockstar Games, the publisher, may have offered early access to the game to a terminally ill fan who was eagerly awaiting its release. Rockstar May H…
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