This Massive Possible 'Grand Theft Auto VI' Leak Sure Is Looking Legit [UPDATE]

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A consumer on GTAForums, who claims to have additionally been behind the current hack of Uber, has simply dumped practically 100 movies on-line claiming to point out improvement footage of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto VI, that are at the moment circulating throughout just about each social media platform.

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Matching a lot of what Bloomberg reported earlier this yr—together with that the sport will co-star a girl and be set in Vice City—the movies are very a lot in-development footage, with unfinished textures and fashions everywhere, and code enjoying out in real-time throughout lots of them. The leaker is at the moment taking requests asking folks what else they’d wish to see in additional movies.

In one, a white male playable character encounters a racist NPC by a poolside, and because the dialog transpires you may see the code required for the interplay enjoying out alongside the in-game motion. In one other, the lady character—I’m solely specifying it like this as a result of it could be a sequence first—explores one of many sequence’ notorious strip golf equipment.

AdvertisementThis seems to be the brand new lady protagonist for GTA 6, which is technically a sequence first, and all of the extra motive why a leak of this caliber for one of the crucial anticipated video games ever is so unprecedented for Rockstar Games.Screenshot: teapotuberhacker / Rockstar

There’s additionally a video displaying “passenger shooting mechanics”, illustrated with the participant taking an AK-47 to some pursuing police automobiles, and one other that showcases the inside modelling of a automotive.

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One of the extra full movies uploaded reveals each characters partnering as much as rob a diner, holding the patrons at gunpoint earlier than the police arrive. Others are in rougher form, and have little greater than a featureless placeholder character transferring round an empty panorama performing out fight animations like taking cowl.

The legitimacy of those movies is clearly in query. There’s definitely quite a lot of footage, and faking each the motion and the code working on the identical time could be quite a lot of work for an web prank. But it’s nonetheless a leak, and until Rockstar feedback (we’ve reached out and can replace if we hear again), we gained’t realize it’s actual till we will match what’s proven right here with no matter finally turns up in GTA VI.

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If it’s actual, then holy shit. Given the standing of the sport and the quantity of footage it could be one of many largest of all time, proper up there with Half-Life 2. So far, although, it’s trying legit: not solely are reporters like ex-Kotaku behemoth Jason Schreier saying that Rockstar contacts have confirmed the information to them, Rockstar workers look like liking tweets associated to the obvious hack. But the wildest half?

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The hacker is attempting to strike a take care of Rockstar proper now, although we don’t know what form. To cease distributing extra materials? To be certain that the leaker doesn’t get sued? Whatever the case, that is positively one of the crucial unprecedented leaks in all of online game historical past.

Update 1:55 p.m: Added particulars relating to the leaker’s shout-out to Rockstar, together with new developments within the story.

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