{"id":11902,"date":"2026-07-18T02:28:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T23:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/?p=11902"},"modified":"2026-07-18T04:45:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T01:15:39","slug":"jurassic-park-fans-go-viral-with-tear-jerking-tribute-to-sam-neill-in-path-of-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/jurassic-park-fans-go-viral-with-tear-jerking-tribute-to-sam-neill-in-path-of-titans\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurassic Park Fans Go Viral With Tear-Jerking Tribute to Sam Neill In Path of Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Path of Titans players are going viral for their touching in-game tribute to Sam Neill after news of the actor\u2019s death wracked the Jurassic Park community.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Sam Neill died on July 13, 2026 in Sydney, Australia. The prolific actor was 78, leaving behind a legacy that included a swath of beloved roles in films and series like Peaky Blinders, The Piano, and of course, Steven Spielberg&#8217;s original Jurassic Park.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">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 that left a glaring hole in the franchise\u2019s fanbase.<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Sam Neill: A Life in Pictures<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 07: Sam Neill attends the 2025 AACTA Awards Presented By Foxtel Group at HOTA (Home of the Arts) on February 07, 2025 in Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde\/Getty Images for AFI)\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jurassic-park-fans-go-viral-with-tear-jerking-tribute-to-sam-neill-in-path-of-titans.gif\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">A large group of these fans gathered together on Jurassic Park MMO Path of Titans to pay their respects to Neill, choosing to avoid battling other players in favor of a peaceful parade in his honor.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">As spotted by Dexerto, TikTok user \u2018DizzyBlues\u2019 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 in the background. The short clip has gone viral, racking up over 155,000 likes and over 744,000 views in just three days.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cYesterday was a very sad day indeed for millions of us around the world in learning that Sam Neill had passed away,\u201d DizzyBlues wrote in the video\u2019s caption. \u201cAnd so, the EchoedArk community came together for a peaceful migration in honor of The Dinosaur Man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Fans were quick to praise the players on the EchoedArk server for their sweet tribute to Neill, with one remarking: \u201cGaming communities can suck sometimes, but moments like this, Sam Neill and Lance Reddick, really prove how truly great they can be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">As the commenter mentioned, this is far from the first 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\u2019s death a day prior.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">And in August 2021, Final Fantasy 14 players honored Berserk creator Kentaro Miura by dressing in the MMO\u2019s Dark Knight gear to better resemble Guts and his Dragon Slayer sword.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Virginia (she\/her) is IGN\u2019s News Editor. With ten years of experience reporting on games and entertainment, she\u2019s got a storied background in the fighting game community, influencer news, and viral online trends. Find her on Twitter at <\/em>@TheeMissGlaze<em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jurassic-park-fans-go-viral-with-tear-jerking-tribute-to-sam-neill-in-path-of-titans.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jurassic-park-fans-go-viral-with-tear-jerking-tribute-to-sam-neill-in-path-of-titans.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jurassic-park-fans-go-viral-with-tear-jerking-tribute-to-sam-neill-in-path-of-titans.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/jurassic-park-fans-go-viral-with-tear-jerking-tribute-to-sam-neill-in-path-of-titans.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[109,50],"class_list":["post-11902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-49","tag-destiny","tag-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11904,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11902\/revisions\/11904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}