UPDATE 11TH NOVEMBER: Grand Theft Auto 6 has also become the most pre-ordered game "of all time" on the Xbox Store, Microsoft has announced. And on that platform, again, the advice is to pre-load because of "unprecedented demand" for the game, a post on Xbox Wire said . Read more
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