Path of Titans players are going viral for his or her touching in-game tribute to Sam Neill after news of the actor’s death wracked the Jurassic Park community.
Sam Neill died on July 13, 2026 in Sydney, Australia. The prolific actor was 78, abandoning a legacy that included a swath of beloved roles in movies and series like Peaky Blinders, The Piano, and naturally, Steven Spielberg’s original Jurassic Park.
Neill famously portrayed Dr. Alan Grant in three Jurassic Park movies, including Jurassic Park III and Jurassic World Dominion. It was perhaps his most famous role, and one which left a glaring hole within the franchise’s fanbase.
A big group of those fans gathered together on Jurassic Park MMO Path of Titans to pay their respects to Neill, selecting to avoid battling other players in favor of a peaceful parade in his honor.
As spotted by Dexerto, TikTok user ‘DizzyBlues’ uploaded footage of the memorial on July 14, showing player-controlled dinos migrating across the landscape while a piano version of the Jurassic Park theme played within the background. The short clip has gone viral, racking up over 155,000 likes and over 744,000 views in only three days.
“Yesterday was a really sad day indeed for hundreds of thousands of us around the globe in learning that Sam Neill had passed away,” DizzyBlues wrote within the video’s caption. “And so, the EchoedArk community got here together for a peaceful migration in honor of The Dinosaur Man.”
Fans were quick to praise the players on the EchoedArk server for his or her sweet tribute to Neill, with one remarking: “Gaming communities can suck sometimes, but moments like this, Sam Neill and Lance Reddick, really prove how truly great they may be.”
Because the commenter mentioned, this is way from the primary time players have gathered together to pay their respects to entertainment legends; in March 2023, Destiny 2 players flocked to the Tower to see Commander Zavala following Reddick’s death a day prior.
And in August 2021, Final Fantasy 14 players honored Berserk creator Kentaro Miura by dressing within the MMO’s Dark Knight gear to higher resemble Guts and his Dragon Slayer sword.
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