UPDATE 09/19/22: Rockstar has commented on the GTA 6 leak that happened over the weekend – here’s our full coverage.
ORIGINAL STORY 09/18/22: Over 90 screenshots and videos allegedly taken from GTA 6 have leaked online.
Although there was no way to authenticate them, the initially hostile response on the GTA forums eventually died down when the posters began to believe the leaked assets were genuine.
While understandably the unfinished game has some missing assets and features, the videos give a rudimentary look at the protagonists, open world, and even shooter combat, totaling over seven minutes of unauthorized footage.
If it’s real – and right now the consensus is that it is – it seems to back up earlier claims that the game is set in Vice City and features a female protagonist: a first for the franchise. The dialogue system and animations also resemble those used in Red Dead Redemption 2, although these are only temporary, of course.
“I just created this account just to say I WAS HERE. GTA VI GO ON!!!” replied one enthusiastic commenter.
Rockstar finally confirmed that development on GTA 6 was “on track” earlier this year, and while official details remain extremely limited, a report from Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier in June shared a number of tantalizing details about the game. project, saying it would take place in Miami. and will feature the series’ first female protagonist as part of a Bonny and Clyde-style duo – two things apparently backed up by today’s leaks.
Rockstar has long faced intense criticism over its corporate culture and reliance on crunch – things came to a head in 2018 when Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser left the company. company in 2020 said employees worked “100-hour weeks” to complete Red Dead Redemption 2 – but Bloomberg’s report claimed the studio has been working to improve its culture lately, having put in place a new flextime policy to immediately recoup more time spent working, a reduced gender pay gap and the hiring of additional staff. producers to ensure workloads are better managed.
