‘GTA VI’ Leaker Drops Even More New Footage, Reveals Motivations
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Last night, Rockstar was plagued by yet another leak of Grand Theft Auto VI footage, this time just a few months ahead of the game’s release in November. The leaker, known as Cyberleek, has released footage of gameplay and the map of GTA VI, content that Take-Two has been issuing takedowns for since its release, though the social media spread is largely uncontained.
Cyberleek has been vocal about the leak and has actually spelled out their motivations for doing it. In a statement, they said: “A digital copy cannot sell out. Yet publishers kept the preorder system and stripped away its only consumer benefit. Now gamers pay early and receive nothing in return except a countdown timer and a cosmetic skin."
This is in the wake of Take-Two announcing there would be no physical copies of GTA VI for consoles. Purchasing a box copy would contain nothing more than a code. The move is adjacent to Sony announcing it would produce no more physical games in 2028, but Rockstar’s move starts this year, which will net it a better return on its $80 game, on that will sell tens of millions of copies.
There may be alternative motivations here, as many of the releases contain watermarks promoting a specific cryptocurrency for purchase, suggesting the leaker is trying to get something out of this besides internet infamy.
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Some are criticizing the footage for its quality; one clip shows Jason getting out of a car and beating to death a driver with a wrench, and the movement and visuals seem underwhelming to some. However, Cyberleek themselves have confirmed that the leaked footage is from 2023, and a whole lot of work has happened between now and this late-2026 release.
The leak has also produced new, previously unknown information like a fuel gauge on cars, and within the last few hours, a claim that GTA VI will feature a currency that can be traded for real-life money, similar to Roblox. Cyberleek promises more releases and screenshots are coming today. (Update: shortly after publication, another trove of leaks of gameplay footage, including a cutscene, have been uploaded).
The leaks hardly seem devastating to the game’s prospects, but it is sure to infuriate Rockstar, which has an extensive reveal of GTA VI gameplay and systems on Netflix and YouTube in just over a week. Everyone spreading and debating three-year-old clips with no context is certainly not what it wants to see.
There is an uneven history of leakers in all types of media getting caught or slipping away. One of the most famous cases is a man who uploaded an unfinished version of X-Men Origins: Wolverine online. He was eventually caught and sentenced to a year in federal prison.
This story is ongoing, and we will see what happens next with what may hit the internet soon. Reportedly a new leak has just been released within the last half hour. Rockstar has not yet issued a public s
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