The alleged GTA 6 leaker has launched two additional gameplay movies regardless of Rockstar proprietor Take-Two’s subpoenas requesting figuring out info from Microsoft and Discord.
The ‘CyberLeek’ particular person or group launched two new movies at the moment, August 22, one exhibiting extra supercar gameplay and an armed theft, the opposite strip membership gameplay. The latter seems to taunt Take-Two and Rockstar by exhibiting a snippet of a cutscene through which a personality says they should take “a leak.” That is the second cutscene to emerge this week, and there’s rising concern that the leaker has entry to a construct of the sport and should submit vital story spoilers.
These new movies are the seventh and eighth to leak this week. And, like all of the others, they promote the ‘CyberLeek’ memecoin as a part of what’s extensively thought-about to be a crypto scheme.
On August 20, Take-Two issued Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) subpoenas in a federal court docket requesting info from each Microsoft and Discord as a part of its hunt for the leaker or leakers behind the latest spate of GTA 6 gameplay movies. Take-Two desires figuring out info related to consumer accounts that had been members of various Discord servers, together with one regarding Australian GTA content material creator Matthew “Matt” Choose, aka DarkViperAU. Choose has denied any wrongdoing.
In the meantime, Take-Two issued Github with a DMCA takedown discover on Wednesday, August 19, saying “the infringer is sharing the stolen content material from our copyright.” The takedown discover added: “The whole repository should be utterly disabled, there aren’t any treatments to rectify this clear case of infringement.” By way of the subpoenas, Take-Two desires to determine these chargeable for posting the leaks on Github, in addition to “all inner Microsoft enterprise data and investigative data related to Microsoft’s inner investigation of the ‘cyberleek’ persona ample to determine the consumer(s), particular person(s) and/or entity/ies related to that persona.”
The USA District Court docket for the Southern District of New York granted the Microsoft subpoena on August 21. Final evening, Xbox Chief Technical Officer Scott Van Vliet tweeted to handle the scenario, saying: “We’re working intently with Take-Two and Rockstar Video games to help efforts to guard inventive works and mental property.”
Discord instructed Selection: “Discord typically receives subpoenas associated to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). We assessment and adjust to legitimate subpoenas once we obtain them, as is normal and routine for firms like ours.”
Neither Rockstar nor Take-Two have issued an announcement. IGN has requested for remark.
In keeping with Bloomberg, Rockstar nonetheless doesn’t understand how these leaks occurred, nor who’s behind them. And whereas there aren’t any plans to shift subsequent week’s huge Netflix reveal, Bloomberg reported that there’s frustration and anger internally at latest occasions.
Undeterred, Netflix tweeted to tease Grand Theft Auto 6: An Prolonged Look, which is ready for Thursday, August 27, and can stay unique on the streaming platform for six hours earlier than it makes its technique to different platforms corresponding to YouTube.
GTA 6 is due out on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X and S on November 19, 2026.
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