Best kept on the download.

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Sony has just announced that Grand Theft Auto 6 has become "the most pre-ordered game in the history of PlayStation Store". Note, it's not the most pre-ordered game in PlayStation history, just on its digital PlayStation Store.

The announcement, which comes as Sony prepares to ditch physical releases for an all-digital future, was made in a PlayStation Blog post confirming pre-loads for GTA 6 are now live .

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"Grand Theft Auto 6 is now the most pre-ordered game in the history of PlayStation Store," Sony wrote. "Given this unprecedented demand, we've joined with Rockstar Games to allow players to start pre-loading the game nine days early, so they're ready to play on launch day.

"We strongly advise that everyone who is hoping to play on launch day to pre-load the game as soon as possible," the blog post added.…