see deal Grand Theft Auto V - PlayStation 3 $19.99 on Gamestop

Yesterday, PlayStation announced that gamers who pre-order the digital version of Grand Theft Auto V 75 percent off the digital version of another Rockstar title . Then, with yesterday's PlayStation Store update , folks could buy GTA V and wait patiently until the September 17th release date.

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However, for folks who have pre-ordered games via the PSN before, this raised two questions -- would GTA V be available at midnight or the normal afternoon PSN publish time and would pre-loading the game be possible?IGN confirmed with Rockstar that GTA V will unlock at midnight Pacific time on September 17th, but you won't be able to pre-load it. So, basically, if you pre-order the PSN version of the game, you'd need to download it that night at midnight. For a game as big as GTA V, that might take some time on the PSN.

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