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Palworld studio Pocketpair gives staff five days off for GTA 6

Pocketpair, the studio behind Palworld, is giving its employees five days off around the GTA 6 launch. Here is what the studio announced.

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Pocketpair, the developer of Palworld, is giving its employees five days off so they can play GTA 6 when it launches on 19 November. The studio framed it as a "business trip in Vice City", according to PC Gamer.

IGN and GamesRadar+ also reported the move. It is one of several companies treating launch week as a holiday, a sign of how big the release is expected to be.

  • Studio: Pocketpair (Palworld)
  • Time off: five days around launch
  • Launch: 19 November 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S

Sources

  1. IGN – Pocketpair gives employees 5 days off to play GTA 6
  2. PC Gamer – Pocketpair gives staff a "business trip in Vice City"