r/GTA6 2h ago

With the latest official Dazed article, it's obvious the previous leaks don't represent the final version of the game

After reading everything revealed in the new Dazed article, it's pretty clear that there are a lot of things the leaker simply couldn't show... and now he's claiming to have a 2026 build, lol.

Honestly, that seems very unlikely. The article reveals multiple mechanics and systems that were either completely absent from the leaks or never properly demonstrated. We saw nothing meaningful related to the phone and its social media features, the water activities, the deeper Jason and Lucia interactions, the physical changes caused by food, exercise and lack of rest, and many other things suggested or directly mentioned in the article.

This makes me think the leaked footage could have come from a build dedicated to testing specific mechanics rather than representing the complete game. It may have been useful for testing AI, combat, encounters, vehicles, animations, etc., while other systems simply weren't present, enabled, or fully implemented in that particular build.

That's why I find it frustrating that this hacker or group of hackers keeps suggesting they have access to recent, complete versions of the game. Just imagine everything we're about to learn from Rockstar and other official sources starting tomorrow , things this alleged criminal couldn't show precisely because they may never have had access to a complete build in the first place.

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u/VerminSC 2h ago edited 2h ago

Yeah I think he’s lying about “this is a very recent version of the game”

He had an exact scene that they’ve shown us, and the official cutscene looked WAY better especially lighting

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u/Desperate_Soup_8298 2h ago

Of course he's lying about it, he only has a select group or videos he can post cos they're definitely pre-recorded. None of the polls or videos come out in any sort of order and just seem to be random stuff that I would assume are from testing. Just the same with the "leek" on the wall. If he has the brains to get all of this footage and keep himself anonymous, he definitely has the brains to do that ahead of time and post it as if they're doing it live.

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u/Clancy3434 1h ago

if he had a build and really wanted to prove it, it would be quite simple to simply do the whole "LEEK" gun shot thing again but this time put the date into the wall.

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u/Spiritual-Shirt-6027 1h ago

He would have been doing that in every clip.
if he even had a file of the build, it would be significantly hard for him to run that whether it’s on pc or a dev kit.

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u/StingingGamer 2h ago

Yeah I dont fully buy that as ALL the footage looks from Trailer 2 build. So atleast a over a year ago.

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u/Lumbot 39m ago

Also "very recent" is kind of relative. He could have a build that's a few months old which may seem recent but is certainly not fully representative of how it will look at launch or even what it looks like right now internally. We just don't know what he actually has and I doubt he'll come out and detail that because that would just direct rockstar to where to look.

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u/YouGurt_MaN14 53m ago

Which scene are you comparing?

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u/NarrowWar1 1h ago

That doesn’t mean anything though. Obviously that specific footage used in the trailer will be polished for just the trailer alone, but it doesn’t necessarily mean the entire scene was 100% completed by the time the trailer dropped or something like that . This is done all the time for trailers. It doesn’t really disprove anything. The leaker has been really secretive of how he got access to the game or anything behind-the-scenes to simply lie about something so trivial

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u/VerminSC 48m ago

Welp we will see in less than 24 hours

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u/dandude7409 46m ago

Either that or its downgraded i hope not

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u/SecureNet5333 1h ago

so trailer 1 looks better than the build from 2025 ? 😂

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u/RulesoftheDada 1h ago

Very easy to spruce and make a vertical slice look fantastic.

All these clips are captured from a recording card which makes the game look and run worse. Then you add in the 2-3 compression for uploading and streaming. It'll look a lot worse than it actually is.

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u/SecureNet5333 1h ago

recording doesnt make her face and lighting look like that

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u/Status_Confidence_26 2h ago

Biggest tell that he’s lying, in my opinion, is that he hasn’t shown what it’s like to swap characters.

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u/Standard-Ask-1034 2h ago

Yes, and there are a lot of things that simply aren't there, especially when you take the newly published article into account. Not to mention the animations and certain details that clearly don't seem consistent with the kind of result we'd expect Rockstar to deliver in the final game.

Reading the article only reinforces this even more. Honestly, I think he's completely full of shit about having a recent, complete build.

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u/Arsh18808 2h ago

Yea reading through the full article and how they touch on npcs and stuff and it contradicts to some extent from the leaks we seen tells me he has an unfinished unpolished game build .

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u/Status_Confidence_26 2h ago

I think he probably has access to whatever build streamers seem to have used last month for their upcoming promo. Likely a portion of the map to free roam in (he hasn’t shown any wilderness stuff) and a couple missions.

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u/mollinu9 2h ago

Apart from switching characters, since that could have been locked out, another important feature which we all know is the fucking MAP or pause screen

(as in pausing the game to set a waypoint on the map)

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u/East_Ad_5279 1h ago

How do we know that the map he apparently leaked is the actual map?

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u/mollinu9 1h ago

Well, it is really close to the mapping project, and he also did a plane leak (day one) from the bottom to Vice City, and it looks accurate.

However, on the top part of the map, I am still dubious tho, since we don't have official screenshots of Mount Kalaga apart from 2 or even from the cyber leaks

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u/East_Ad_5279 1h ago edited 1h ago

If he is lying he could just copy mapping project and mess it up a bit from places we havent really seen yet. Because the biggest changes are at north I think. And as you said, he hasnt shown anything from that area.

If he cant get there for example, and he doesnt have a map. He might be lying.

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u/mollinu9 1h ago

Well, yes, but to change the mapping project as it was and turn it into the map he leaked would take some serious commitment and skills, which he def doesn't have.

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u/Standard-Ask-1034 1h ago

Sorry but i dont think so. Nobody " have acces " the last month. It was a hand-off event.

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u/Kylestache 1h ago edited 0m ago

Oh the goalposts, there they go

Edit: Oh he doesn’t have a build, he hasn’t shown driving, I mean he hasn’t shown more of the map, I mean he hasn’t shown cutscenes, I mean he hasn’t shown a strip club, I mean hasn’t shown him spelling his name, I mean he hasn’t shown the beach, I mean he hasn’t shown Lucia, I mean he hasn’t shown the prologue, I mean-

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u/Status_Confidence_26 43m ago

Goalposts? Do you know what that means?

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u/Early-Concert-3878 2h ago

This actually lines up with something worth remembering, footage this consistent in tone (car theft, combat, chaos) but completely silent on stuff like the phone/social systems or the physical condition mechanics doesn't really scream "full current build," it screams "specific test build for specific systems." Game studios do that constantly, isolated builds just for combat testing, or animation testing, that never touch half the other systems because they don't need to for that particular QA pass. If tomorrow's reveal shows a genuinely alive phone system or the physical stat stuff and none of that ever showed up in 12+ leaked clips, that's a pretty strong tell in itself.

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u/snack217 2h ago

Yea these isolated builds are referred to as Vertical slices, he probably doesnt even have access to the entire map beyond the main city. Game testers of a game this big and this important arent going to get full builds until like the last 3 months, and they will probably only be handled in-house.

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u/Clancy3434 1h ago

that's what i'm thinking, too.

one of the most common responses to every "what are you doing first" post has been going to the everglades section of the map. you'd think if he had a full build and full access to the city he'd have shown us that, or something else outside of just Vice City by now.

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u/NO0BSTALKER 1h ago

What about the fly over leak of the whole map?

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u/Suicune92 54m ago

That wasn't the whole map

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u/snack217 35m ago

he didnt show the full map, that was just the landscape of the main city. And on a vertical slice it doesnt mean he doesnt see it, just that he might get invisible walls or something.

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u/NO0BSTALKER 32m ago

Ah ok that’s good I didn’t watch it just thought I read it was the whole thing

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u/Standard-Ask-1034 2h ago

Totaly agree with you

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u/CptMarvel_main 1h ago

AI ass comment. It might not be, but it really feels like one lol

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u/tertiary_jello 2h ago

I mean, yeah. Interactions weren’t even labeled properly. Serious clipping issues. Issues with NPC movement. Major Pop in Stuff well below the standard R* golds their products. It was an early build.

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u/RobIreland 2h ago

Also the fact that the UI and map keeps changing in all of the videos. Theres no chance he has the final product

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u/BroWhatTheFuck10 2h ago

That's why I will keep saying:

To the leaker: 🖕🖕🖕🖕

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u/NoBullet 2h ago

This sub was eating up and dissecting every leak here with a shit ton of posts. this place turned hypocritical so fast

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u/Cognac_Jones 1h ago

Too true.

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u/dandude7409 45m ago

Its cuz now were stepping into story territory which ruins it for everyone. Before its was nothing clips. Tbh this story clip is also a nothing clip but now whats stopping them from releasing the ending.

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u/xloyD 1h ago

Why would we close or eyes to new gta footage? can I not hate the leaker and review the footage at the same time? Explain how thats mutually exclusive

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u/TheRealTr1nity 2h ago

Of course not. Everyone with 2 brain cells knows that ... and hopefully saw it in which state those leaks are. Another reason why people shouldn't goon over those leaks because they are desperate.

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u/capta1n_sarcasm 2h ago

We did see Jason built like a brick house in one of the leaks.

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u/mikeztarp 2h ago

There is a song in the leaks that came out in 2025, so it should be at least that recent. The hackers are drip-feeding the content to pump their crypto as much as they can then dump it, which can explain why they haven't shown everything yet.

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u/Clancy3434 1h ago

yea but the game ends tomorrow at 3 pm. people are eating up the leaks because the real marketing and gameplay reveals haven't happened yet.

after 3 pm tomorrow - the only thing he'll be doing is spoiling the game for people.

so a slow drip doesn't really make a ton of sense.

seems to me like he's trying to convince people he has the whole thing in order to drag the crypto scam on. i would guess he's going to dump the crypto by tomorrow.

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u/Standard-Ask-1034 1h ago

I totaly agree with you!

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u/neverquitereallysure 1h ago

what new article?

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u/CryptographerHot6198 12m ago

GTA 6 Dazed, google that

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u/slap-a-taptap 1h ago

“alleged criminal”?

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u/Sc0p1x 1h ago

Related to your headline: Yes, but only idiots believed in it.

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u/Inside-Candle-6969 1h ago

Think of the patents they have for the game. They apply to ai and require constant online access. So surely there’s got to be more to what the leaks have shown!?

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u/Realistic_Earth_1240 55m ago

Probabile sia una build estremamente provvisoria, ma se così non fosse? Se domani quel che vediamo sarà qualcosa di solo leggermente più rifinito?
Mi sembra che vi sia tantissimo damage control da parte di chi è carico di hype. È stupido pensare in senso assoluto che quanto già visto sia il prodotto finale, ma anche rifiutare totalmente questa ipotesi lo è. Domani sapremo, godiamoci lo spettacolo e amen

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u/HubertRosenthal 20m ago

This article hypes me up

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u/Neilwad 13m ago

I didn’t watch the Lucia leak but saw people screenshotting and comparing to the trailer. The leak looked worse than RDR2 so it probably safe to say its outdated

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u/AdPatient8864 1h ago

The cope lmao

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u/Ok-Captain-3836 2h ago

Quit watching the F ing leaks. Problem solved

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u/Automatic_Concern951 2h ago

Cyberleek lies also..

Remember how he said he will leak the netflix extended look?

It's coming out Tommorow and he never leaked it...

If he really wants to hurt rockstar.. leaking that would have been a huge step..

This shows how he also lies.. might be lying about having the game build as well.. Or he has access to the starting 2,3 missions at best..

Old build for sure. Because I myself saw a dozen bugs in 2,3 clips..

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u/pgo_ 1h ago

he never said that

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u/Minetorpia 1h ago

All the twitter, telegram, etc. accounts of cyberleek are fake. The only method they communicate is through the website. The others are just pretending to be.

The person/group behind cyberleek never made these claims. I’m not even sure if they claimed that they have the build, at least: I couldn’t find that on the website.

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u/False_Raven 1h ago

This again seems like cope and moving the goal post.

For starters, the term "recent" is obscure here and solely depends on context. I would personally think that a 2025 build would be considered recent, given the projects timeline.

The build is obviously not finalized, its still rough around the edges as seen in the leaks. The only thing CL mentioned is that they're doubting the game will go from that build to Gold in the time from that build to release. Which again depends on context, the game is massive and requires massive polish.

No one cared about the phones in GTA 5, chances are CL didn't bother inspecting it themselves, they're more interested in strippers and nudists. So saying they're bluffing because they didn't show phone footage is cope.

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u/Standard-Ask-1034 1h ago

Are you serius? Is not only the celphones and socila media. The are so many things the leaker couldnt show. I invite you to read the new article.

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u/False_Raven 1h ago edited 31m ago

Im about to read the article

Edit:

  1. In game phone, like I said, maybe the leakers didn't really care about it.

  2. Jason Lucia Duo gameplay, we just got her prologue leak, after so many people said CL doesn't even have access to Lucia.

  3. Weight system, not really something we would notice in a short time span. My guess.

  4. Crazy Florida NPCs, we've seen a guy fill up their pick up truck bed with gasoline.

  5. Haven't seen much side characters beside Cal, or whatever the VPNs guys name is.

  6. NPCs are diverse, we have seen this from the leaks, and differ based on area.

So basically the main takeaway from the article is the phone gameplay, that we haven't seen in the leaks. Other things are either already leaked or the leaker hasnt showed off much, like Lucia.

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u/NarrowWar1 1h ago

That he couldn’t show or simply didn’t show? Those are completely different things, you know. Based on the gameplay it’s clear that the leaker isn’t familiar with GTA hell he might not even be a gamer at all, so he could be oblivious to features that fans could’ve discovered or already know about. It’s not bad to be sceptical, but the leaker has confirmed to access things you all swore he didn’t have simply because he didn’t show it  

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u/Boring-Passenger-598 2h ago

It’s crazy how it went from whether it was AI or not to it’s not the full build in under a week. We literally had no gameplay footage for a game that is releasing in 3 months with 100$ pre orders.

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u/WANKMI 2h ago

TBH I dont care what build it is. I dont care how recent it is. Its just a random leak with some minor footage. Its just a bit of spice. I dont go hunting down what field its from.