Pocketpair says staff get five days off for GTA 6, and Logitech gives a day off for gaming, outlets report

Palworld developer Pocketpair is giving staff who plan to play Grand Theft Auto VI five days off, according to IGN, and Logitech says its workers can take a day off for a new game they choose, according to VGC. Both are the companies’ own decisions. Neither announcement comes from Rockstar, and neither report mentions Rockstar being involved.

IGN, in a report by Kirk McKeand updated on November 12, 2026, says Pocketpair posted that “All Pocketpair employees have been granted special leave to attend to an urgent five-day business trip in Vice City when GTA 6 launches”. The company also shared a letter that IGN says it presumably sent to staff internally. In it, Pocketpair says all employees who intend to play will be granted a special five-day holiday. IGN says the period runs from November 19 to November 23. IGN adds that Pocketpair boss Takuro Mizobe tweeted that he would be taking a break as well, saying: “Of course, I’ll be taking a break for a while to play GTA6 too!”

VGC, in a report by Rhiannon Bevan on November 11, says Logitech will let its workers take one day off for a new game they choose, and describes that as “an additional day of holiday to use for gaming”. VGC does not say whether the day is paid. It credits one quote to Fortune, writing that Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber told Fortune: “It’s time to retire the stereotype that gaming is a waste of time”. VGC also quotes chief people officer Elaine Laird, without saying where she said it: “Play is not the opposite of work”. On GTA 6 specifically, VGC quotes Logitech as a company, with no named speaker: “If employees choose to spend their Gaming Time Off exploring Vice City on launch day, you won’t hear any complaints from us.”

The Logitech reports do not quite agree. As VGC reports it, the day can be used on any new game, and the company has indicated it is fine with employees picking launch day. Kotaku, in a report by Ash Parrish on November 11, says Logitech is “declaring November 19th its Logi Game Day and letting everybody take it off”, and that all of its employees, a number it puts at just over 7,000 from outside estimates, “will get the day off to play GTA VI, any other game, or no game at all”. We have not seen Logitech’s press release, Pocketpair’s original post or the Fortune article ourselves, so we cannot say which reading of Logitech’s day is right. Pocketpair’s leave, as IGN reports it, is tied to the launch and runs five days.

If you are planning your own time, see our answer on when GTA 6 unlocks in your region and our launch-day page. Your employer’s policy is a matter between you and them.