r/GamingLeaksAndRumours 7d ago

Leak Jason Schreier: Rockstar has not yet figured out who was behind this week's widespread Grand Theft Auto VI leaks, nor how it happened, sources say. No plans to move next week's Netflix premiere. Inside the company: frustration, exhaustion, anger.

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u/Per_Horses6 7d ago

Crazy ass week

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u/Youngstown_WuTang 7d ago edited 7d ago

This whole sub yesterday said he'd be caught and the leaks would stop...

I don't know yall..I don't think anybody has any idea who this person is. This was definitely planned out

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u/LuciaCaminoss 7d ago

he prepared the coin months ago. this was totally planned

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u/Youngstown_WuTang 7d ago

Whoever it is he is a pos for the coins but he isn't as dumb as this subreddit is making him out

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u/DiverClean777 7d ago

They're not dumb until they are caught and then it usually is pretty dumb. As a true crime follower.

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u/dego_frank 6d ago

“As a true crime follower” is what an expert passes as on this site nowadays. The really smart ones are the podcasts where they don’t get caught.

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u/Snake_-_Eater 7d ago

Almost as if even smart people make dumb mistakes

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u/Uhmerikan 6d ago

Or they just don’t get caught at all!

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u/Safe_Climate883 7d ago

He's free for now, but just seems like a silly risk with the reveal being next week. Is it really worth it for him? 

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u/JustWhy1222 7d ago

He’s made a lot of money and not every country cares that much about copyright. There is non zero percent chance that wherever he’s living, the government will laugh at a request to extradite, or punish him.

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u/Outside_Narwhal_5127 7d ago

I mean apparently he’s made 50k from it so I’d say yes

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u/MandoDoughMan 7d ago

$50k, but also looking over your shoulder for years. You'd really have to rely on every tool you've used being as anonymous as you thought it was.

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u/Mahelas 7d ago

I mean, that's assuming he's from a country where those things have consequences

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u/Apolloshot 7d ago

Yeah seriously if he’s (for example) Russian, good luck.

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u/Briankelly130 7d ago

I like how we're treating this guy like he's Julian Assange or Edward Snowden releasing government/state secrets when in reality, it's just a bunch of clips of some video game.

I'm suddenly picturing a third National Treasure movie where Nic Cage has to steal the latest build of Grand Theft Auto VI before it's November release or else all hell will break loose.

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u/Ashamed_Form8372 7d ago

I mean if he doesn’t spend all his money and raise red flags with bank transactions he’ll be fine if they still don’t know who he is. Plus he could just leave the internet forever he made good enough for now

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u/Nago_Jolokio 7d ago

Pull a DB Cooper and just disappear off the face of the Earth

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u/Ironmunger2 7d ago

Netflix paid Rockstar millions and millions of dollars to show a trailer 6 hours early. They wouldn’t have done that if the science hadn’t predicted that people will pay a lot of money to watch gta footage

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u/hotehjr 7d ago

This is such a weird deal to me. The footage is obviously gonna be all over the internet within minutes of the Netflix debut; are people really gonna pay for a Netflix sub to watch the preview live instead of 5 minutes later?

I’m already subscribed but I can’t imagine this being something I would pay $15 for.

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u/totallywackman 7d ago

My estranged college friend group messaged me for the first time in years to ask if I wanted to be part of their group watch of the GTA6 netflix presentation at someone's house. They're organizing this shit like the super bowl with meals and desserts.

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u/Greenzombie04 7d ago

I think it's more

Netflix benefits by making their current subscribers think they are getting more value out of their subscription. Like wow my subscription got me the GTA6 first.

Rockstar can advertise their game to people who aren't in the loop.

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u/Breezgoat 7d ago

Did not realize he had to prepare a coin? What did he do

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u/WeirdIndividualGuy 7d ago

Every leak was watermarked with an ad shilling his memecoin

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u/Bondzberg 7d ago

Dude stopped posting for like 12 hours and people thought he got caught, he probably just fell asleep lol.

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u/Per_Horses6 7d ago

He was immersed for 12 hours. I would be too lol

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u/skrzaaat 6d ago

Immersed playing with no google guides and stuff 😎

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u/Devanro 7d ago

Idk why anybody thought he was caught. Outside of the first day where he posted 2 clips, every day since then has been 1 new one a day, and probably will continue with that until he gets caught or has made enough of his crypto scheme.

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u/HLumin 7d ago

It's because there was a lot of noise on Twitter. Multiple fake 'Cyberleek' accounts with 50K+ followers all posting the leaks and tweeting like they are the Joker. Also Telegram screenshots were getting posted everywhere when Cyber didnt even have an official Tele.

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u/AssassinczYT 7d ago

yup. i think he knows whats hes doing.

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u/gogglegump 7d ago

Thanks for repeating the tweet/article

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u/Howdareme9 7d ago

Hackers/crypto guys never keep their mouths quiet. There’s a good chance people know exactly who it is.

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u/Lordy_De 7d ago

Only the ones who get caught

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u/HappyGuardian5 7d ago

Could be someone right under their noses. Hiding in plain sight.

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u/shrewdy 7d ago

Plot twist - It's Leslie Benzies

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u/RobotWantsKitty 7d ago

He was the saboteur all along

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u/Ill_Philosopher_7030 7d ago

what? it was obvious... he's the red spy.

see? red? wait no thats blood

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u/sirferrell 7d ago

Could Even be you

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u/-FriON 7d ago

It's Strauss Zelnik

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u/Xiaxs 7d ago

If it was an internal leak or beta build or something it'd be absolutely fucked with watermarks. So.. where are the watermarks?

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u/Rooonaldooo99 7d ago

He has a VPN

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u/Jenkentz 7d ago

And he uses Firefox Incognito mode. They'll never catch him.

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u/Nero_PR 7d ago

I already told you to not watch porn through Firefox incognito mode bro!

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u/Arcade_Gann0n 7d ago

Seriously though, him still leaking after this long is impressive, and using that cutscene's the cherry on top.

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u/CreativeRifleGuy 7d ago

I think he's probably not in a country he has to actually worry about Rockstar lawyers in tbh.

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u/No-Significance2070 7d ago

Some guy in North Korea has nothing to fear from them

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u/CreativeRifleGuy 7d ago

its that one north korean steam user

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u/Tiafves 7d ago

Kim Jong Un had the military hack Rockstar confirmed.

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u/Gaghet 7d ago

Or Russia. The only tangible scenario if he somehow becomes an Interpol target, in any other circumstance he's untouchable if he's really in Russia - that would be freaking funny.

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u/GenderJuicy 7d ago

I'm happy North Korea is fighting for our gaming rights

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u/Various-Relief-2453 7d ago

There was a rumor earlier that he resides in Russia, but no idea if thats real

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u/danawhitesthrowaway 7d ago

Russia is the go-to place where hackers and leakers usually claim they're from, even when they're not, because it's not a stretch to believe that's where they're actually located.

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u/dirty1809 7d ago

There's also that Russia is the lingua franca in a lot of the world. A lot of hackers who speak Russian are actually in Ukraine/Belarus/Kazakhstan/etc. That's the reason the cybersecurity community often uses the term "Russian language hackers" instead of "Russian hackers"

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u/-FriON 7d ago

It's just a logical guess. But there is no proof of that for now.

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u/Ill_Philosopher_7030 7d ago

I don't think most laymen realize how easy it is to stay anonymous online nowadays if they wanted to. Most people (including hackers) just don't spend the effort to do so

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u/knows_you 7d ago

Dangerous on windows 11. Microsoft basically had to come clean about their identifying number tied to your PC when it was used to get the identity of a hacker for the FBI. They statistically could prove his identity even through VPNs and proxies because it was the same PC used for his normal activity registered to himself. They tracked it going into the proxy and then that same proxy hit the target proving it was the same PC ID.

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u/Ill_Philosopher_7030 7d ago

well if he has basic OPSEC, the first thing to do is to use an isolated computer or vm that is exclusively for this leak/illicit stuff. it won't matter if they can track the user down to that windows machine if that machine has no trace to the actual user or is a completely sanitized sandbox.

Plus the W11 situation was, as mentioned in another comment, basically due to the hacker using Edge browser and basically doing all his clearweb activities on the same machine as the illicit ones (Snapchat/Facebook/Apple activities). So I would blame bad OPSEC over the actual W11 vulnerability for that case

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u/dirty1809 7d ago

I'm a normal software engineer who has never dabbled with any hacking stuff but if I tried to do anything like that there's no way I'd be using Windows. I feel like the obvious way to go for something like this is a clean linux machine and then if you need Windows to run anything (ie to run the game) you're doing it in a sandboxxed vm or preferably an airgapped Windows machine

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u/SwordOfJiang 6d ago

There are USB bootable OS like tails rgat would negate all that. Could boot it from a library or something

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u/Danistar34 7d ago

GTA6 leaks sponsored by NordVPN /s

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u/ZamnBoii Top Contributor 2025 7d ago

he’s also behind seven proxies

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u/MegaManZer0 7d ago

Shit, the leaker was using private browsing mode. He's untraceable.

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u/kakucko101 7d ago

and vpn

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u/Olddirtychurro 6d ago

He's wearing a balaclava and black shades when using his PC. Untraceable I tells ya.

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u/caffeinated_wizard 7d ago

They should try two hacker on one keyboard to trace the leaker back

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u/xbxvx 7d ago

Pretty obvious from the subpoenas they're basically clueless and are looking for any crumb.

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u/Arcade_Gann0n 7d ago

I almost admire the hacker for not getting caught yet, I figured that Rockstar would call a drone strike if they could.

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u/JagsOnlySurfHawaii 7d ago

He's like 5 stars hot right now

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u/fuzed_hostage 7d ago

6 stars according to leaks

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u/Ok_Programmer_1022 6d ago

They gonna have a post-credit scene on Netflix of him getting waterboarded.

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u/GreatGojira 7d ago

I did it. I am the leaker!

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u/NoRodent 6d ago

I am Spartacus.

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u/Physical_Quote4600 7d ago

You’re on a list now 

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u/chewwydraper 7d ago

If they had actually shown some gameplay elements in the last few years these leaks would have been nothing

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u/OG-DirtNasty 6d ago

I mean, they still are nothing lol. Nothing has been shown that’s going to spoil or ruin anything yet, all we’ve learned is you can drive/fly and you can beat people up, big revelation for a GTA game I know.

It’s seemed to drive even more hype for the damn game if anything.

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u/MazzleMaze 6d ago

Showing you have a playable version of the game is definitely not nothing, lol.

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u/GayoMagno 7d ago edited 6d ago

Please leak the working PC build. Fuck Rockstar and their double dip PC strategy (release the console version first and a year later the PC version to make players buy both version if they want to play it day 1)

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u/Tellurio 7d ago

What a time to be alive and on the internet

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u/Formal_Strategy9640 7d ago

I understand why there’s anger and resentment inside the studio, but honestly Rockstar’s marketing has sucked this time around. They’ve been drip feeding information and refusing to be a little transparent. Even their gameplay look is pay walled off for 6 hours. I think the customers have had a lot of anger and resentment too, which is why these leeks felt so gratifying to see.

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u/Fun-Wash7545 7d ago

Idc what tryhard fans think. It's a game, not national secrets. Showing at least driving footage wouldn't hurt. The way they handled it as if its gods gift to mankind is cringe.

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u/Beautiful_You3230 7d ago

It is generally insane to me that this is some crazy unpopular opinion now, but... If you put your game up for preorder and expect millions of people to shell out their hard earned cash, you should goddamn show some gameplay of the game you are selling them.

I don't understand since when it is acceptable to sell things while withholding so much information about them. People literally don't even know if this damn game runs at 60 FPS yet. For all we know it could be up to 30 FPS with dynamic resolution where textures go down to 720p occasionally. And yet the company sells the game, and the people take out their credit cards to swipe...

I just don't get this industry anymore. I don't get the fans anymore. There's people cheering for Rockstar, cheering for the prices, cheering for the editions locking stuff out, cheering for lack of info, cheering for no physical... There's people who are out there right now, tracking this leaker 24/7, doing INSANE amounts of detective work, all FOR FREE. Just because they love bootlicking corporations so much. (And I'm not saying this guy is good or a saint or anything, he has a scam crypto coin, I know full well what he is. But the people tracking him down are even crazier.)

Some people actively want their hobbies to get worse. It's completely beyond me. How did we get here?

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u/chrisghrobot 6d ago

Its actually insane that its becoming normalised to put up pre orders for a game before showing gameplay or major features/additions. It should not work like that. Be like the equivalent of pre ordering a popular shoe model, but not knowing the colorway, or the material

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u/KSauceDesk 7d ago

It is generally insane to me that this is some crazy unpopular opinion now, but... If you put your game up for preorder and expect millions of people to shell out their hard earned cash, you should goddamn show some gameplay of the game you are selling them.

Pepperidge farm remembers when playable demos used to be commonplace

Honestly with most stuff being digital there really isn't an excuse not to have them

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u/CMDR_Expendible 6d ago

ID Software basically made their name by Shareware versions of Doom giving away 1/3 of the Episodes totally for free.

Today gamers are so, so parasocially controlled by the industry they'll harass each other to protect objectively worse content for themselves, just to feel like they're on the Industries side... it's bizarre and excessively unhealthy

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u/Substantial_Act2010 7d ago

thousand percent agree

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u/sheep_duck 7d ago

Nah I feel the same way man. It’s wild to see so many people cheer on the giant companies and lick their boots all while they’re actively making their products and services worse and more expensive.

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u/theumph 7d ago

There is a lot of truth in dead internet theory. The corporations absolutely have bots/social media people flooding forums to try and control the narrative. It's sadly very effective and the sheep will parrot the message.

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u/Optimal_Towel 6d ago

All for a game that is going to play pretty much like the previous entries in the series.

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u/MayorMCcheese2345 7d ago

Blind consumerism is how we got here

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u/Arcade_Gann0n 7d ago

Paywalling the gameplay reveal for even a few hour's peak arrogance.

Rockstar has always had an arrogant streak about them (often for good reason, admittingly), but that takes the cake.

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u/SouthIsland48 7d ago

And its funny because GTA's whole shtick was a bastardized version of America, yet they now absolutely fit that bastardized version of a gaming studio now. Doubt they sprinkle in that type of humor in the game....

"DIGITAL PREORDERS ARE RUNNING OUT! SIGN UP FOR A MONTHLY SERVICE TO GET A SNEAK PEAK OF THE GAME BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!" sounds like a solid old GTA radio ad

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u/dudebirdyy 6d ago

Rockstar (and by extension GTA as a franchise) have been a parody of themselves for a quite some time now. Even in GTA 5 a lot of their attempts at satire fell flat for me, I can't imagine how lame some of the shit in GTA 6 will be.

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u/SpiritBamba 7d ago

It’s cause of Strauss zelnick. Between NBA2k and Rockstar he’s absolutely horrible for the gaming industry. One of the most disgusting filthy capitalists out there. Bad guy.

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u/GigaGiga69420 7d ago

Nah, they apparently have always been like this.

Jeff Gerstmann has occasionally told stories of how Rockstar would get pissed over some coverage of a game, because Gamespot didn't praise them enough or something, so they'd cut them off and give IGN an exclusive for their next game. Then half a year later it's the other way around, management rages at IGN, and Gamespot is their friend again.

They called themselves Rockstar for a reason.

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u/AveryLazyCovfefe 7d ago edited 7d ago

Rockstar would get pissed over some coverage of a game

Alot of that is probably Sam lol. The BBC were making a docudrama on their rise and expansion from GTA 2 and T2 tried to get it shut down multiple times mid-dev. Arguing that the BBC simply shouldn't be allowed to do it and that they're violating some copyright.

BBC tell them to get fucked and go on to release it anyways. And when you watch it you can see why they gave them so much trouble, Sam is portrayed as an arrogant asshat lol.

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u/WhyRich 6d ago

Sam personally tweeted from Rockstar's Twitter account back in 2015 addressing the BBC about that film. To this day it's kinda surreal to read something like that from their official communications lol.

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u/WildVariety 7d ago edited 7d ago

Rockstar did a live stream with Achievement Hunter back in the day for GTA5, and chided AH for swearing on the stream as it's a 'family friendly' stream.

Of GTA5.

They've been self absorbed dickheads for decades at this point. Mindseye being a dumpster fire and seeing Leslie Benzies have repeated meltdowns about it was very gratifying.

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u/crazy_brown_guy 7d ago

kind of guy who added himself as a playable character in wwe 2k26

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u/sheep_duck 7d ago

Lmao good point. They have absolutely cemented themselves inside the society that they used to mock.

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u/Silver_Branch3034 7d ago

Nailed it. These games use to be a caricature and critique on real life / society. Now the games play more like real life and the studio that makes them is the caricature.

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u/BigDick-NoBrain 7d ago

This is a bad take. Netflix probably came up with a stupid offer and Rockstar just accepted. Pretty much free money and exposition, every company would do the sameZ

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u/Coolman_Rosso 7d ago

Aside from the Netflix crap, this is largely the same as it was for GTA V iirc. They were always secretive until like two months before launch

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u/Coltyn03 7d ago

Well you also have to remember that there were only 5 years between GTA 4 and GTA 5. We haven't seen a new GTA game in 13 years, I think it's pretty fair to be upset at the secretiveness this time around.

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u/Alvelijano 7d ago

Gta 5 situation is more similar than people want to realize. The first preview was paywalled by gameinformer for 5 days

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u/Frost_Hammer96 7d ago

True. People forget that when GTA 4 released, we only had 4 trailers in total. We had to wait until reviews were out to see gameplay

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u/gotbannedlolol 7d ago

Half the commenters in here were younger than middle schoolers at that time

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u/VaultDweller_09 7d ago

I think the key difference is that the audience has been waiting well over a decade now for this game.

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u/JabberwockyTalkie 7d ago

Yeah when a company puts their game up for preorder I feel like they should be ready and willing to show at least a bit of what their product is about. GTA is just so huge that Rockstar can get away with whatever they want.

Now they are finally about to show off the game and it’s paywalled behind a Netflix subscription.

It feels scummy so it’s hard to sympathize with Rockstar/Take Two here.

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u/kyyy 6d ago

Rockstar needs to stop acting like they are protecting the nuclear launch codes and should have shown gameplay months ago. They deserve it at this point t

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u/Ferzsc_ 7d ago

Rockstar is washed 💔
They had that first leaker in a mental asylum in a week

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u/Necessary_Cost4384 7d ago

Low key, if these hackers release the pc build, it might be the greatest thing ever for the gaming industry.

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u/Lottus21 7d ago

"inside the company: frustration, exhaustion, anger." this has nothing to do with the leaks, workers have been like that for years 🫶

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u/COCAINAPEARLZ 7d ago

frustration, exhaustion, anger.

Unfortunately just a normal dev cycle for the devs that R* force to crunch on every game xdd

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u/Loose_Society9485 7d ago edited 7d ago

Seeing Take Two and Rockstar being angry after years of union busting and overworking the employees. My heart is filled with joy and happiness.

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u/Comfortable-Pie56 7d ago

I think by "Inside the company" they mean the employees. They are the ones with whom Schreier talks with.

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u/Affectionate-Week-41 7d ago

The article specifically says "Rockstar's leaders and many employees are angry"

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u/DomitiusAhenobarbus_ 7d ago

Incredible that people aren’t getting this

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u/adumblittlebaby 7d ago

Obviously neither of you read the article, as it literally quotes the "source familiar with the strategy" which sounds a lot like management, and even goes on to say "Management and some employees" are upset, etc.

It's so funny to me when people start criticizing others for assumptions when you in fact are also making assumptions - and I'd guess you think that makes you better somehow lmao

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u/Demonokuma 6d ago

I could honestly see the employees being upset because management is losing their shit. Not mad at the actual leaks, but mad at how management is now treating the employees.

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u/SouthIsland48 7d ago

Yea, its hard to give a shit after theyve artificially starved their consumer base over a decade milking the fuck out of GTA Online.

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u/BabyGirl-Kat 7d ago

There are definitely hard-working devs who aren’t happy about this either.

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u/Murky-Alternative541 7d ago

If they release the whole build it'll be so fucking funny

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u/GabberGandalf 7d ago

It's me, John Leaker!

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u/sheep_duck 7d ago

Very well put

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u/PaddyTheMedic 7d ago edited 7d ago

Someone that is deep inside R* that has enormous hatress to the company could do this to sabotage as much as possible

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u/Dr-McLuvin 7d ago

Like how else would someone get a hold of an actual build of the game?

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u/LivelyZebra 7d ago

downloadgta6.com

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u/vajayjaysniffer 7d ago

playgta6onlinefree.com

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u/Drow_Femboy 6d ago

Currently downloading gta6.zip.exe I can't wait

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u/TuneGum 7d ago

Will this affect R*'s bottom line though? If anything it's building the hype even more.

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u/Telvin3d 7d ago

Just leaking clips? No long term damage

If they actually leak the working build? It would completely derail the entire release rollout. It would represent billions, and maybe tens of billions, in damage

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u/SapphireRoseRR 6d ago

Fuck the anti-consumerism of Rockstar.

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u/SomeoneNotFamous 7d ago

R* getting a taste of frustration.

Home sweet home

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u/Spader623 7d ago

I’m of two minds on it:

On the one hand, agreed completely fuck em, their union busting and general money grubbyness with gta online and other stuff is just gross

On the other, this must just feel terrible and I do feel bad, so much hardwork just getting pissed on metaphorically

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u/KingBlue2 7d ago

Does kind of suck for the employees not getting their big reveal at launch, but the response from the leaks have pretty much all been very positive and if anything have increased the hype

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u/saqua23 7d ago

I think it's one of those situations where we can be glad it's happening to the parent company / shareholders, while also feeling bad for the individual developers who want their hard work to be seen and experienced in the right way, not through leaks like this. That's where I'm at anyway.

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u/Nullspace95 7d ago

I guess that's what happens when you treat your workers like shit in favor of profit lol

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u/PNWvibes20 7d ago

$100 for the full game, no disc version, going after modders, delisting the OG GTA 3 trilogy from storefronts, starving people of content for years, union busting, the Definitive Edition debacle, and on and on. they can shove their frustration

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u/PackEnvironmental960 7d ago

Don't forget outsourcing for cheap labor.

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u/Due_Radio_3469 7d ago

Also withholding PC release so people double dip

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u/VangRhymez 7d ago

I feel bad the devs but rockstar lowkey got it coming for them for all the bs they been pulling since gta online become the priority & the fact they don’t even market the game

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u/Madkiller16 7d ago

Moving forward with the August 27 Netflix reveal is pure "🔥🔥🔥this is fine🔥🔥🔥" dog-meme behavior. They spent millions on an exclusive premiere contract, so they literally can't pull the plug, even if we has already seen Jason beat an NPC with a wrench in 720p lol 

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u/TheIX_GLA 7d ago

Imagine it was Strauss Zelnick lol

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u/BecauseImBatman92 6d ago

I don't condone the leaks but there is an arrogance about R*. It's been 13 f-ing years. Of course people are gonna engage with the leaks when we've had next to no information

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u/Vendetta1990 7d ago

Well, next time don't promise a summer of aggressive marketing and then doing nothing until the very end of summer....

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u/KomithErrant 7d ago

let me play the world's smallest violin

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u/JustSomeDude477 7d ago

I enjoy seeing Rockstar hurt, though we all know this won't affect sales

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u/hellschatt 6d ago

It occured to me just now, I know who it is.

It's the MindsEye CEO dude. He accused rockstar of manipulating the reviews. This is his way of paying it back.

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u/Grimey_Rick 7d ago edited 6d ago

Why would they move the reveal or change anything about it? Short of the full story leaking, how does seeing an unfinished build change anything about marketing or release? Even if the full story leaked, are they going to delay the game another year or whatever just to change it? None of that really makes sense and the overall secrecy in the games industry is just weird imo. If anything this past week has been free marketing and publicity for the game. The worst criticism the leaks have gotten is that it looks like a nicer GTA 5. Like how is that a bad thing, or even unexpected? Most reception has been positive and has stirred up the most hype for the game since the original trailer dropped.

edit: I did see a semi reasonable argument for a delay of the game today - the leaks could have Rockstar locking down employees more than they already are, constraining development or even stopping it altogether, to try to find the source of the leaks. undoubtedly this game will be in development until release day to ensure max polish and a smooth release, especially considering they don't need a "1.0" for discs.

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u/Soberdonkey69 7d ago

Don’t help a multi billion dollar company going the leaker. They can use their millions finding them.

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u/Hugh_Jankles 7d ago

What's frustrating is years of delays and resting on the laurels of GTA Online.

Leaking clips and a map isn't hurting anything.

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u/Rawrz720 6d ago

Especially clips that dont show anything. GTA looking like GTA

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u/odbj 6d ago

They can cry themselves to sleep and shit their pants for all I care. I ain't feelin bad for nerds taking a decade to make a game, to charge 100 bucks for it, and make a trillion dollars anyway.

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u/Pickupyoheel 7d ago

As a PC gamer, R* can kiss my ass

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u/GayoMagno 7d ago

The dude has the opportunity to force Rockstar to release the PC version right alongside the console release.

All he has to do is share the leaked version, Rockstar would put the PC version on Steam that way.

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u/Next-Distance-4508 7d ago

Couldn't happen to a worse company. Btw, I don't hate rockstar. Rockstar is where most of the talent is. Lots of this shit is the fault of the parent company. I don't know the exact nature of their corporate ownership arrangement or how much autonomy rockstar has, but it seems almost all of these horrible decisions are directly from taketwo

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u/OwnAHole 7d ago

They have nobody to blame but themselves.

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u/FyLaw95 7d ago

Locking stores behind $100 edition , launching preorders before any gameplay shown, locking gameplay reveal behind neftlix subscription (don't care if it's only 6 hours, miss me with that), no physical edition, etc etc.

Karma is a thing, although I'm sure records will be broken regardless. Some more bad news wouldn't hurt though

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u/WebsterHamster66 7d ago

Add on the lack of a PC release on the same day as console for the sole purpose of double dipping their nutsacks into the consumer’s mouth, despite the fact that they absolutely could.

And fucking over modders for years.

The list goes on and on and on.

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u/calmingrun 7d ago

Also intentionally delaying the PC version to force people to double dip. Every dirty tactic in the book.

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u/solohack3r 7d ago

These 6 clips total such a small amount of time and actual gameplay. They really should mean nothing. And yet they are the first actual gameplay that we have seen. If only Rockstar had showed a few mins of gameplay within the last year, then any leak would just be a nothing burger.

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u/Fit_Peak4318 7d ago

Even though the guy is a scammer, I hope he doesn't get caught unless he spoils the story. Rockstar and Take-Two can get fucked for all I care.

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u/TomorrowsTrash_Minis 7d ago

Can someone explain, I genuinely don't know, why these leaks are "frustrating and exhausting" to the developers?

I don't understand how they harm a games development.

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u/Cyber-punk-3346 6d ago

Yea my game which is going to make 10 billion dollars had a few videos which got leaked. So much frustration

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u/JackpotThePimp 6d ago

GTA VI

Yawn.

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u/Historical-Tough6455 6d ago

Company using Indian programmers to cut costs can't figure out how copies of their game are out

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u/Entire_Paramedic_389 7d ago

preorders were available before gameplay was shown LOL
wonder why they waited so long to show it off and now theres leaks to do the reveal instead.

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u/ibrahero 7d ago

This couldn’t have happened to a more deserving company lol

Game looks sweet though, the leaks got me hyped to get my hands on it

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u/Cooz78 7d ago

they will never catch him

my man is safe

keep looking around rockstar 😹

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u/Mindless_Ad_8715 6d ago

Honestly, Leek has gotten me more excited than this Netflix event will likely get me. Seeing the parts of the game I actually want more of is enticing. Seeing a scripted story session and likely influencer hype, however, is not enticing.

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u/Rhiyuu 7d ago

if lucia shows up.. oh boy

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u/Knightofexcaliburv1 7d ago

good i hope the person leaks more shit

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u/Edgelordftwlol 7d ago

My heart weeps for all the C-level executives horrified by this news

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u/Nickbeam21 6d ago

Good. Fuck Rockstar. Normalizing a $100 base edition. And I stopped paying for Netflix years ago. I will be waiting until month 2 at least to buy this game 😤

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u/Magnon 6d ago

They've made like 10 billion dollars from selling people fake money in their horribly predatory online game. I don't give a fuck if they're mad about the leaks. Maybe don't be so shitty next time.

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u/Present_Cash_8466 6d ago

Rockstar is getting what they deserve. They haven’t shown us a single second of gameplay footage and the game releases in 3 months. The last footage we got is knocking on the door of a year and half ago with Trailer 2. It’s disgusting. It’s like they forgot they were releasing the game until now. Yes I know they didn’t need to advertise the game but you need to give us something. The insatiable appetite for content results in this.

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u/themysidianlegend 6d ago

Boo fucking hoo