WASHINGTON—The Federal Gaming Administration announced a mandatory product recall of the GTA 6 Extended Look promotional video after reports of severe physical injury. Government inspectors found the footage contained dangerously fast frame rates. These transitions caused immediate, real-life whiplash in over four hundred test subjects who watched the clip.
Hazardous Visual Density
Officials warn that the trailer contains a density of action that the human neck cannot safely process. "The average gamer does not possess the cervical spine strength for this footage," said Dr. Helene Vasquez-Thorne, Lead Researcher at the Center for Studies That Confirm What You Already Suspected. "Our diagnostic data shows that looking at the GTA 6 Extended Look caused several vertebrae to misalign in seconds. It is a major hazard."
The recall affects all digital units of the teaser broadcast across video platforms. Federal agents ordered immediate removal of the media from public servers. According to reports by Bloomberg.com, the video caused thousands of viewers to jerk their heads back in sudden shock. Affected units include any 1080p and 4K streams of the digital preview.
Mandatory Remedy and Treatment
Regulators demand that the developer tone down the realism of the upcoming game. "We require a patch that adds boring, slow-moving traffic to buffer the fast action," said Marcus Vance, Deputy Chief of the Consumer Software Safety Board. "If players cannot handle a two-minute clip, they will not survive the full product."
At press time, the agency urged anyone who viewed the GTA 6 Extended Look to wear a foam neck brace while staring at a blank wall for forty-eight hours.