Rockstar Acknowledges GTA 6 Leak and Says It Won't Delay the Game - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 19 September 2022 / 2,141 Views
Rockstar Games in a message on Twitter acknowledged the leak for the next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series, likely to be titled Grand Theft Auto VI, that occurred over the weekend was real.
The developer is "extremely disappointed" to have details on Grand Theft Auto VI leaked to the internet, however, they don't anticipate the leak to cause any delays to the game.
"We recently suffered a network intrusion in which an unauthorized third party illegally accessed and downloaded confidential information from our systems, including early development footage for the next Grand Theft Auto," reads the statement from Rockstar Games. "At this time, we do not anticipate any disruption to our live game services nor any long-term effect on the development of our ongoing projects.
"We are extremely disappointed to have any details of our next game shared with you all in this way. Our work on the next Grand Theft Auto game will continue as planned and we remain as committed as ever to delivering an experience to you, our players, that truly exceeds your expectations.
"We will update everyone again soon and, of course, will properly introduce you to this next game when it is ready. We want to thank everyone for their ongoing support through this situation."
A Message from Rockstar Games pic.twitter.com/T4Wztu8RW8
— Rockstar Games (@RockstarGames) September 19, 2022
Bloomberg's Jason Schreier has previously previously reported on the game saying Grand Theft Auto VI for the first time in the series will have a playable female protagonist. The woman is Latina and is one of two leading characters in a story that influenced by the bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Bad that the hacker got into the system, but at least damage seems to be minimal.
To be fair we don't know when this game is supposed to launch to begin with. So it can still be launching in 2025 or even later.
Good news.
Gta6 to launch alongside ps6. Not long to go.
Probably paid the guy already
It's a bit strange that they're not talking about how the hack happened, what they're trying to do to prevent it in the future and if any user data has been stolen.
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