Rockstar Video games has reportedly granted the want of a terminally-ill fan whose member of the family requested if they may play Grand Theft Auto 6 forward of its November launch date.
The unnamed fan was contacted by Rockstar after a LinkedIn put up from a relation blew up and apparently caught the eye of Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick (thanks, Insider Gaming).
Anthony Armstrong, a developer at Ubisoft Toronto, initially made the plea on behalf of his member of the family final month, calling for assist from any connections or video games business colleagues in getting the message out.
“A member of my household who has been battling most cancers for years only recently received the worst attainable information, he was given 6-12 months to reside,” Armstrong wrote. “The rationale I am reaching out is that they’re an enormous GTA fan and, with this newest updates [sic], he might not be round lengthy sufficient to truly get to see GTA6 launch, finest case state of affairs he can be leaving us the identical month it does.
“He presently lives solely a stones throw from [Rockstar’s] Oakville studio, so its my hope that one in every of you might be able to arrange an unique playtest, so he can have an opportunity to expertise the sport, earlier than passing.”
Armstrong later up to date his put up a number of instances — firstly to verify it had caught Zelnick’s consideration, after which lastly to state that Rockstar Video games had been in touch with “nice information.”
“That is all I can actually say,” Armstrong concluded, “however thanks from the underside of my coronary heart.”
Grand Theft Auto 6 is presently set for launch on November 19, following repeated delays. When saying the newest change in arrival, Take-Two stated it was “assured” the sport would arrive then as a extra polished expertise.
Earlier at this time, emergency companies had been known as to GTA 6 developer Rockstar North, following a boiler room incident that sparked the necessity for quite a few fireplace crews. Rockstar has since performed down the incident, and confirmed the workplace is now open once more.
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