Rockstar responds to plea for a terminally ailing 'large GTA fan' to get his fingers on the sport early
After an impassioned on-line plea to assist a terminally ailing Grand Theft Auto 6 fan expertise the upcoming sport earlier than its November 19 launch, it appears as if Rockstar helps to work one thing out.
The request got here from Ubisoft developer Anthony Armstrong (in response to Insider Gaming), who, in a now-deleted LinkedIn submit, wrote: “To any of my connections at Rockstar Video games and Rockstar Toronto, or anybody else that could possibly assist. A member of my household who has been battling most cancers for years only recently received the worst potential information, he was given 6-12 months to stay.”
Ubisoft developer Anthony Armstrong reached out to Rockstar Video games on LinkedIn about organising a GTA 6 playtest for his member of the family who has been battling most cancers for years and simply given 6-12 months to stay. Anthony says Take-Two’s CEO responded and obtained nice information from… pic.twitter.com/cGfnKKxbIbJanuary 18, 2026
Armstrong stated that the member of the family in query is “an enormous GTA fan,” including that the terminal analysis means “he will not be round lengthy sufficient to really get to see GTA 6 launch, greatest case state of affairs he shall be leaving us the identical month it does.”
He continued: “He at present lives solely a stone’s throw from the Oakville studio, so its [sic] my hope that one among you could possibly arrange an unique playtest, so he can have an opportunity to expertise the sport, earlier than passing.”
Plainly somebody at Rockstar took discover, as an replace to the submit learn: “We spoke to them at the moment and received nice information. That is [sic] all I can actually say, however thanks all from the underside of my coronary heart”.
It is unclear whether or not Armstrong’s member of the family is definitely being given a chance to get hands-on with GTA 6 early—particularly contemplating how tightly beneath wraps Rockstar is attempting its darndest to maintain all the things proper now—however on the very least, it seems that the developer is working one thing out for him. It is a silver lining out of an undoubtedly crappy state of affairs for Armstrong’s household.
Rockstar is not the one developer in current reminiscence to increase this type of generosity to followers going by way of a tough time. Final 12 months, Gearbox flew out terminally ailing “die- laborious Borderlands fan” Caleb McAlpine to the studio for a tour and to play Borderlands 4 previous to its September 2025 launch.