Path of Titans players hold a dinosaur march to honor Sam Neill

Sam Neill, best known to gamers and film fans alike as Dr. Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park franchise, died on July 13, 2026 in Sydney, Australia. He was 78. Within a day, players on the Path of Titans EchoedArk server organized a peaceful in-game migration to pay tribute to him.

The procession featured player-controlled dinosaurs drawn straight from the Jurassic Park films — Triceratops, Brachiosaurus, and even the Spinosaurus from Jurassic Park 3 — marching together while a piano rendition of John Williams' Jurassic Park theme played in the background. TikTok user DizzyBlues captured the moment on July 14, and the clip has since gone viral with over 744,000 views and 155,000 likes in just three days. The tribute was no small logistical feat: Path of Titans servers normally prevent mixed species from coexisting peacefully, so pulling it off required serious coordination across the community.

Neill portrayed Dr. Alan Grant across three Jurassic Park films — the original 1993 classic, Jurassic Park III, and 2022's Jurassic World Dominion — and also voiced the character in the first two Jurassic World Evolution games. Beyond the franchise, he built a career spanning decades, with roles in The Hunt for Red October, Event Horizon, The Piano, Peaky Blinders, and the critically acclaimed 1998 Merlin miniseries. He was equally beloved off-screen: stories circulating since his death describe him pushing for the Aboriginal flag to appear on his uniform in Event Horizon and working to bring genuine humanity to Alan Grant, alongside a well-known social media presence built around his farm and vineyard in New Zealand.

Commenters on the TikTok video were quick to praise the EchoedArk community, with one noting that moments like this — alongside the Destiny 2 Tower gathering after Lance Reddick's death in 2023 and Final Fantasy 14 players honoring Berserk creator Kentaro Miura in 2021 — prove gaming communities are capable of real warmth when it counts.