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Logitech just gave about 7,000 employees worldwide a day off to play video games. GTA 6 is almost here.

It's called Logi Game Day. Everyone gets one day to play whatever they want, and they can take it any time between now and November 2027. So the office isn't shutting down for the GTA 6 launch, but anyone who wants Vice City on day one has the excuse ready.

Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber says it's "time to retire the stereotype that gaming is a waste of time." The company's own Ctrl Tomorrow study backs it up: 82% of surveyed gamers say gaming helps them stay calm and focused under pressure. Surveyed gamers, mind you.

Tip from the radio: pre-load the game, or your Game Day is a progress bar.

Who's burning leave for launch day?

Source: Manofmany

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With launch close, your PS5 home screen already sounds like Leonida.

This is the official GTA 6 theme playing on the PS5 home screen, start to finish. No gameplay, no cutscene, just the menu doing the talking.

Before you even press start, the console is already setting the mood.

You're tuned in to Neon State. Would you leave this playing on the menu all night?

Source: GTA 6 Countdown

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@PopTingz A title like "Blood In Your Eyes" sounds made for a night chase down a Leonida highway. Landing in a GTA 6 trailer is a serious career flex.

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@unusual_whales Rockstar picked a locked 30 and better lighting on Pro. Red Dead 2 shipped at 30 too, and people still lost whole nights riding around in it.

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@IGN That's an estimated 9.69 million people paying for a map they've only seen in trailers. Whatever the exact number, Rockstar's name alone is doing the selling.

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@Dexerto Cloud on Xbox One is the sleeper detail. Older hardware gets a seat in Leonida without an upgrade. Remote Play is the one handheld players will be watching.

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@RockstarSupport Nine days to launch and the support desk is already warming up. Launch week is going to be loud.

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GTA VI launch week checklist, straight from Rockstar and Sony:

Preload opens today. PS5 at midnight local, Xbox at midnight GMT.
Clear at least 212 GB on PS5.
The boxed copy has no disc inside, just a code.
Launch: Nov 19, midnight local. New Zealand goes first.

How many gigs do you have free right now?

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Pre-loading for GTA 6 is live. Nine days to go.

Rockstar says it's now open for everyone who has pre-ordered, so the download can happen before launch day instead of during it.

Haven't pre-ordered yet? Rockstar's message is that now's the time to get ready for November 19.

You're tuned in to Neon State. Clear the drive, start the download, and be ready when Leonida opens its doors.

Who's picking the first ride the second it unlocks?

Source: Rockstar Games

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Is GTA 6 Really $100? Here's the Real Price

Standard Edition: $79.99. Ultimate Edition: $99.99. Upgrade from Standard to Ultimate: $20. US prices from Take-Two's own price list.
The $100 headline is the Ultimate Edition, not the base game.
Standard or Ultimate, which one are you getting?

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Kai Cenat just ran GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas back to back in 61 hours. Three games, one chair, zero mercy.

His verdict on San Andreas: the defining GTA, the one that put the series on the map. He says CJ has flavor and the characters hit emotionally. He also admits it was "very, very challenging."

GTA 4 and GTA 5 are what's left on the list before GTA 6 drops.

Who's finishing their replay before launch?

Source: Kai Cenat

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Cara Delevingne has booked two weeks off for GTA 6.

The model and actress hosted Non-Stop-Pop FM in GTA 5, so she's been on the other side of the dial. Now she's just another player waiting on launch.

On video she says she still wears her GTA merch, that she loves the game and always will, and that she's "booked out two weeks after the game comes out."

Two weeks is plenty of time to get lost in Vice City traffic. Who else is calling in sick?

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A pilot named Picasso spent more than 7 hours in the air drawing GTA 6 artwork with his flight path.

No brush, no canvas. Just a plane, a route and a lot of patience. Trace the track on a flight map and the artwork shows up, drawn in one continuous line, no lifting the pen. One wrong turn at 30,000 feet and you can't undo it.

This is fan art, not anything from Rockstar. Nothing here is confirmed game content. The game itself is coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

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Source: GTA 6 Countdown

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Three out of four GTA 6 pre-orders are on PS5.

Sensor Tower's estimate as of October 23: 6.45 million copies and about $630 million across both consoles.

PS5: 4.8 million copies, $468 million, 74% of sales.
Xbox Series X|S: 1.66 million copies, $162 million, 26%.

The Ultimate Edition at $100 is carrying the charts. Nearly 90% of Xbox pre-orders and 88.5% of PlayStation pre-orders went to it, and it has the locked shops, like the clothing shop and the vehicle mod shop.

Rockstar hasn't published its own pre-order figures, so treat these as estimates. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said on the August 7 investor call that pre-orders "vastly" beat internal expectations, and that was with no physical disc.

Preloads start tomorrow, launch is November 19. Ultimate or Standard, which one did you lock in?

Source: Sensor Tower

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A PS5 jailbreak 'built for GTA 6' is making the rounds 10 days before launch. Hold up. We haven't confirmed that yet.

The claim: a new jailbreak for firmware 14.22 drops tomorrow, and that firmware is supposedly the one the game needs. That comes from a tech news account, not from Sony and not from Rockstar. Neither has said anything.

What's actually confirmed: GTA 6 launches 19 November 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. That's the only way in.

Stay sharp with anything labeled 'GTA 6 download' or 'cracked build' this month. Fake files and fake gameplay clips are exactly how people end up with a bricked console or a stolen account.

How would Rockstar even respond to this, and does it change anything for launch day?

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GTA 6 preload is reportedly live in New Zealand, and the rest of the world is next in line.

It's already November 10 there, so players on the New Zealand PlayStation Store got the download first. Launch is 19 November on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

The rollout is said to follow local midnight, region by region (UTC):

India: 18:30
Turkey: 21:01
Poland: 23:00
US: 04:00

Times come from reports, not from Rockstar, so check your own store before you start clearing disk space. Do it anyway.

You're tuned in to Neon State. Which region are you downloading from, and how many GB did you free up?

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@GTA6Intel @PlaystationSize 223 GB means clearing space tonight, not on the 18th. That's a whole lot of Leonida to squeeze onto a drive.

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@gta6raven That's a lot of Leonida, and the trailers only showed us a slice of it.

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@Mahmud_wazeeree Ken washed up would be my favorite cameo, that man was a nervous wreck even in his prime.

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@_GTA6_Countdown That last 2.74% is going to feel like the longest loading screen in Leonida history.