GTA 6: The Possible Branching Consequences of The Biggest Leak to Date

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Although many fans of the Grand Theft Auto franchise were positive that a new chapter after GTA 5 and many years of silence would come, Rockstar Games' official announcement of Grand Theft Auto 6 in February of this year made millions of players happy. GTA 6 has been a long time coming, with GTA 5 celebrating its ninth anniversary just a few days ago, right before one of the biggest leaks in the gaming industry took place at the hands of a hacker. The leaker managed to gain access to all sorts of gameplay footage for GTA 6 from a Rockstar Games employee's communication channels and then proceeded to share them online alongside listings for GTA 5's source code.

The videos show the game's two protagonists, with one of them being a woman called Lucia, which ties back to previous reports of GTA 6 featuring a female lead character, who in this case is accompanied by a man named Jason. All the GTA 6 footage alone is enough damage to Rockstar Games, which hadn't officially revealed any sort of detail about the upcoming game beforehand, including its protagonists, but the source code being out in the open is a different beast entirely. Very recently, a message that acknowledges the leak as legitimate was issued on Rockstar Games' socials, with the promise on the company's part to go ahead with its work as intended.

Grand Theft Auto 6 Leaker Posts Have Been Taken Down

Despite its statement regarding the leaks, Rockstar Games is still likely going to face many branching consequences when it comes to its work on GTA 6 and the company's internal policies. The hacker claims that they got access to the videos and the game's source code by phishing a Rockstar Games employee and then grabbing links and documents from their Slack account.