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YouTube celebrates the launch and cultural impact of Grand Theft Auto VI

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Newsrooms: 18
Last 3 hours: 2 reports
Momentum: Steady

Reports per hour, last 24 hours

How the coverage splits

50%50%

Where it’s heading

Probably peaked. Likely 17 newsrooms by 8:29am AEDT. Calls like this were right 93% of the time. How we know

Against the past week

More newsrooms than 98% of the past week’s 4154 stories, and number 1 of 302 in Games.

Part of a bigger story

Grand Theft Auto: 5 developments since Wed 4 Nov.

Normally it’s only bad news when it comes to being a gamer in Australia, but being an Aussie will have a huge advantage when it comes to Grand Theft Auto 6. The game unlocks at midnight local time on November 19th (so technically the night of November 18th) which means that those in Melbourne will g

YouTube Official Blog didn’t include a summary, so this is Press Start’s, from its report on the same story.³

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The bigger story: Grand Theft Auto

5 developments since Wed 4 Nov.

Wed, 4 Nov, 2:26am AEDT
Grand Theft Auto 6 Physical Copies Are Officially in the Wild
8 newsrooms
Mon, 9 Nov, 9:46am AEDT
GTA 6 Publisher Makes Official Statement On Grand Theft Auto 7
6 newsrooms. Linked by Grand Theft Auto, sale, physical, wild, load
Wed, 11 Nov, 1:37am AEDT
Xbox Brings Its Free Tier Of Cloud Gaming To Loads More Players Today
7 newsrooms. Linked by Grand Theft, Theft Auto VI, come, november, coming
Wed, 11 Nov, 2:01am AEDT
Pre-load Grand Theft Auto VI on PS5 starting today
2 newsrooms. Linked by Grand Theft Auto, only, load
Wed, 11 Nov, 2:56am AEDT
YouTube celebrates the launch and cultural impact of Grand Theft Auto VI
You’re here18 newsrooms. Linked by GTA, Theft Auto, Grand Theft, order, official

The whole storyline

The story so far

OfficialCooling

Reports: 28
Newsrooms and sources: 18
Last 3 hours: 2
Last 24 hours

Cooling: well below its busiest stretch (2 in the last three hours, 2 in the three before).

First with it: IGN, 32 min before anyone else.

From YouTube Official Blog directly.

Counted as one newsroom each, because they ran the same copy: The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Brisbane Times, WAtoday (all Nine).

Day	Reports
Sat	0
Sun	0
Mon	0
Tue	0
Wed	0
Thu	14
Today	14

Time	Newsroom	Total
Wed, 11 Nov, 2:56am AEDT	IGN	1
Wed, 11 Nov, 3:28am AEDT	GamesRadar+	2
Wed, 11 Nov, 3:31am AEDT	Eurogamer	3
Wed, 11 Nov, 3:53am AEDT	Destructoid	4
Wed, 11 Nov, 4:34am AEDT	PC Gamer	5
Wed, 11 Nov, 5:23am AEDT	Bloomberg	6
Wed, 11 Nov, 6:00am AEDT	Push Square	7
Wed, 11 Nov, 9:15am AEDT	Rolling Stone	8
Wed, 11 Nov, 9:55am AEDT	Press Start	9
Wed, 11 Nov, 10:07pm AEDT	Evening Standard	10
Thu, 12 Nov, 4:45am AEDT	TheWrap	11
Thu, 12 Nov, 7:30am AEDT	Kotaku	12
Thu, 12 Nov, 8:00am AEDT	GameSpot	13
Thu, 12 Nov, 9:44am AEDT	CNET	14
Thu, 12 Nov, 12:13pm AEDT	SmartCompany	15
Thu, 12 Nov, 12:19pm AEDT	Channel News	16
Thu, 12 Nov, 5:17pm AEDT	The Sydney Morning Herald	17
Fri, 13 Nov, 2:00am AEDT	YouTube Official Blog	18

Time	Source	Total
Wed, 11 Nov, 2:56am AEDT	IGN	1
Wed, 11 Nov, 3:28am AEDT	GamesRadar+	2
Wed, 11 Nov, 3:31am AEDT	Eurogamer	3
Wed, 11 Nov, 3:53am AEDT	Destructoid	4
Wed, 11 Nov, 4:34am AEDT	PC Gamer	5
Wed, 11 Nov, 5:23am AEDT	Bloomberg	6
Wed, 11 Nov, 6:00am AEDT	Push Square	7
Wed, 11 Nov, 9:15am AEDT	Rolling Stone	8
Wed, 11 Nov, 9:55am AEDT	Press Start	9
Wed, 11 Nov, 10:17am AEDT	Press Start	10
Wed, 11 Nov, 11:12am AEDT	Press Start	11
Wed, 11 Nov, 10:07pm AEDT	Evening Standard	12
Thu, 12 Nov, 12:00am AEDT	Bloomberg	13
Thu, 12 Nov, 12:00am AEDT	Bloomberg	14
Thu, 12 Nov, 4:45am AEDT	TheWrap	15
Thu, 12 Nov, 7:30am AEDT	Kotaku	16
Thu, 12 Nov, 8:00am AEDT	GameSpot	17
Thu, 12 Nov, 9:44am AEDT	CNET	18
Thu, 12 Nov, 12:13pm AEDT	SmartCompany	19
Thu, 12 Nov, 12:19pm AEDT	Channel News	20
Thu, 12 Nov, 5:17pm AEDT	The Sydney Morning Herald	21
Thu, 12 Nov, 5:17pm AEDT	The Age	22
Thu, 12 Nov, 5:17pm AEDT	Brisbane Times	23
Thu, 12 Nov, 5:17pm AEDT	WAtoday	24
Thu, 12 Nov, 10:40pm AEDT	GamesRadar+	25
Thu, 12 Nov, 11:39pm AEDT	Eurogamer	26
Fri, 13 Nov, 12:37am AEDT	CNET	27
Fri, 13 Nov, 2:00am AEDT	YouTube Official Blog	28

When	Likely range	Most likely
Now	17	17
In 1 hours (3:29am AEDT)	17 to 17	17
In 3 hours (5:29am AEDT)	17 to 17	17
In 6 hours (8:29am AEDT)	17 to 17	17
In 12 hours (2:29pm AEDT)	17 to 17	17
In 24 hours (2:29am AEDT)	17 to 17	17

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