One lucky gamer is being offered more than £100,000 just to play Grand Theft Auto VI.

A male gamer wearing a headset holds an Xbox controller while playing Grand Theft Auto VI on his PC monitor.
The successful applicant will get a £90,000 fixed fee, plus £11,000 bonus for finishing its 80-hour story mode Source: Alamy

It says the coveted role is perfect for “someone whose parents said would never pay the bills”.

The successful applicant will play the £69.99 game — said to be costliest ever made at $1billion — from Thursday’s launch.

They will get a £90,000 fixed fee, plus £11,000 bonus for finishing its 80-hour story mode.

They must stream all the playthrough and file a weekly report on the economy of Leonida, the fictional US state where the game is based.

Sleeping and touching grass — slang for going outside — are allowed in the role.

Applicants need ten years’ experience, at least three of , and their own gear.

The winner will also study how much productivity is lost to the launch worldwide.

UK staff have booked off 83,000 days to play it, which could cost businesses £12million.

Fans have been waiting 13 years since V, which sold more than 230 million copies and is one of the best-selling games of all time.

GTA VI was first due out in autumn of last year but was delayed twice.