![]() The next day, both GTAForums and the GTA 6 subreddit removed threads featuring the leaked content. As reported by VGC, takedown requests appeared to come from individuals with Rockstar email addresses, all but confirming that the leaks were legitimate. Later that same day, leaked videos on multiple platforms were removed at the request of Take-Two Interactive. The hacker also shared what looks to be various GTA 6 assets, and code from the game. “Here are 90 footage/clips from GTA 6,” they wrote. The leak was from a user named “teapotuberhacker” who also claimed to be the same person who hacked the ride-hailing app Uber earlier this month. ![]() ![]() The clips also seemingly confirmed some rumors about GTA 6 that were already spreading online, such as the existence of male and female protagonists. Various clips, with unfinished assets, showed off several elements of the game in development including parts of the world, gunplay, and NPC AI. The leaks quickly spread to other social media sites like Twitter and YouTube. On September 18, it became an unexpected home to leaked assets from the still-in-development Grand Theft Auto 6. GTAForums is one of the most popular online discussion boards to talk about all things Grand Theft Auto. The Leaks Begin: ‘Here are 90 Footage/clips From GTA 6’ Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive and its CEO Strauss Zelnick followed up by saying more of GTA 6 would be shared on “Rockstar’s schedule.” However, with the announcement coming from a press release with no additional materials, it seemed that GTA 6 was still early in development. While undoubtedly still popular, continuing to hype a decade-old game was wearing thin for some fans and the announcement of the next GTA game felt long overdue. “We look forward to sharing more as soon as we are ready, so please stay tuned to the Rockstar Newswire for official details.”īefore the announcement, Rockstar mainly discussed the ongoing success of Grand Theft Auto 5 and GTA Online, both of which were receiving next-gen updates. ![]() “e are pleased to confirm that active development for the next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series is well underway,” Rockstar wrote earlier this year. Rockstar has long faced intense criticism around its company culture and reliance on crunch - things came to a head in 2018 when Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser, who left the company in 2020, said employees had worked "100-hour weeks" to finish Red Dead Redemption 2 - but Bloomberg's report claimed the studio has been working to improve its culture in recent times, having implemented the likes of a new flexitime policy to immediately gain back extra time spent working, a narrowed gender pay gap, and the hiring of additional producers to ensure workloads are better managed.Rockstar officially announced the next Grand Theft Auto game on February 4, 2022, in a press release. Rockstar finally confirmed development on GTA 6 was "well underway" earlier this year, and while official details remain extremely limited, a report by Bloomberg's Jason Schreier in June shared a number of tantalising details about the project, claiming it'll be set in Miami and will feature the series' first female protagonist as part of a Bonny and Clyde-style duo – two things seemingly backed up by today's leaks. ![]() GTA VI HERE WE GO!!!," replied one excited commenter. "i've just created this account just to say I WAS HERE. The dialogue system and animations also look similar to those used in Red Dead Redemption 2, although those may only be temporary, of course. If real – and right now, the consensus is that it is – it seems to back-up prior claims that the game's set in Vice City and features a female protagonist: a first for the franchise. Whilst, naturally, the unfinished game has missing assets and features, the videos give a rudimentary peek at the protagonists, the open world, and even the shooter's combat, totalling over seven minutes' worth of unsanctioned footage. Whilst there's no way of authenticating them, the initially hostile response on the GTA Forums eventually softened as posters began to believe that the leaked assets were genuine. ORIGINAL STORY 18/9/22: 90+ screenshots and videos reportedly taken from GTA 6 have leaked online. UPDATE 19/9/22: Rockstar has commented on the GTA 6 leak from over the weekend - here's our full coverage. ![]()
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