Palworld Developers Get Five Days Off to Play GTA 6

Pocketpair, the Japanese studio behind Palworld, has given its employees a special five-day holiday for the launch of Grand Theft Auto VI. The company posted an official notice on social media with the caption: “All Pocketpair employees have been granted special leave to attend to an urgent five-day business trip in Vice City when GTA6 launches.”

Pocketpair styled the news as an official company memo. “On November 19, millions of gamers around the world will find themselves sitting at school or work, gazing longingly out the window, knowing that a new era of gaming is about to begin,” the notice reads. The company believes “such a historic occasion deserves our full attention,” so it decided to give employees a special holiday.

Here are the main terms:

• Holiday period: Thursday, November 19, to Monday, November 23, 2026
• Eligible employees: Everyone who intends to play Grand Theft Auto VI

During this time, employees will be excused from their regular duties and are instead encouraged to take a “business trip to Vice City.” Pocketpair also reassured fans that update work for Palworld and Craftopia “is proceeding smoothly and is expected to be carried out as scheduled.” The notice ends by wishing everyone a good time away and a safe return from their travels.

Grand Theft Auto VI is one of the most anticipated games ever. Rockstar Games delayed it several times, and it now launches on November 19, 2026, on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The game is set in the fictional state of Leonida, inspired by Florida, with Vice City at its center, and stars Lucia and Jason.

Pocketpair’s announcement went viral, racking up more than 550,000 views and 23,000 likes in a single day. Plenty of players joked in the replies that they’d love to work at a company like that. This isn’t the first time a Pocketpair announcement has stirred up the community. Recently, fans mistook the Palworld: Side by Side announcement for news of Palworld 2, even though it turned out to be a different project.