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Montevideo, September 17th 2026 - 06:02 UTC

Tag: GTA VI

  • Thursday, August 27th 2026 - 21:32 UTC

    Specialist outlets estimate GTA VI absenteeism could cost the US a billion dollars

    The game is being developed at Rockstar North, the company's Edinburgh base, where some 900 people work, though around 4,000 employees across all the group's studios have contributed to the project

    Video game and technology outlets estimate that the launch of Grand Theft Auto VI, scheduled for November 19, could cost the United States economy more than a billion dollars in lost productivity, due to the number of workers expected to skip work to play. The estimate has circulated within the sector's digital ecosystem since last year and does not come from a published study.