As GTA 6, the most anticipated game of the year, perhaps the decade, nears its November 19 release date, one company has offered its employees the chance to take the day off to play it. Amid the expectation that gamers around the globe will call in sick to play the game instead of heading into the office, PC peripheral and hardware outfit Logitech is getting ahead of the game by giving 7,000 employees the chance to take a day off to play it. Or, if they prefer, they can play any other game instead, the company confirmed in a press release detailing the move.

The new initiative is called "Logi Game Day," and it isn't only available to the top brass. Interns and full-time employees alike can take a day off from now until this time next year, at a time when it's been estimated that the GTA 6 launch could see the U.S. economy take a $1 billion hit in terms of productivity. The game, which is a console exclusive ahead of a claimed early 2027 PC release, is already available for preorder, with pre-loading also up and running. It's a good job, too, with a 212GB PS5 download set to be a real downer for eager gamers with slow internet. The ongoing price hikes also mean that upgrading your PS5 storage for GTA 6 won't be a fun time, either.

As for Logitech, the company believes that it's time for people to move away from the belief that playing games is a waste of time, hence its new initiative.

Source link