{"id":865016,"date":"2026-08-20T13:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/865016\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T13:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:20:09","slug":"rockstar-hit-with-more-leaks-as-gta-6-gameplay-and-assets-appear-to-circulate-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/865016\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockstar hit with more leaks as GTA 6 gameplay and assets appear to circulate on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A hacker group is is posting daily leaks of what appears to be details and footage from a build of GTA 6. Material posted so far includes various gameplay mechanics and assets, as well as a full game map.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/gta-6-gameplay-and-map-appear-to-leak-online-group-reportedly-responsible-threatens-rockstar-over-all-digital-future\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IGN<\/a>, the group, called &#8220;CyberLeek&#8221;, has threatened to release new videos daily. It has used the material posted so far, which has not been confirmed as authentic, to promote a memecoin.<\/p>\n<p>The origin and age of the gameplay and assets remain uncertain. Rockstar and its parent company, Take-Two Interactive, seem to be working to remove the footage from social media.<\/p>\n<p>CyberLeek began sharing footage earlier this week, with two additional videos yesterday and another today. The latest clip suggests the leakers have access to a playable build of the game as it shows one of the game&#8217;s protagonists Jason Duval spell &#8220;LEEK&#8221; with bullet holes onto a wall.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear how old this apparent build is, and how much of the game is playable.<\/p>\n<p>The group has demanded that Rockstar reconsider its all-digital strategy with GTA 6, including digital pre-orders and no physical discs, and remove monetised single-player content.<\/p>\n<p>It has also threatened other publishers with leaks, stating: &#8220;If CyberLeek can reach Rockstar, no one is safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>GamesIndustry.biz has approached Take-Two for comment.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Rockstar has dealt with GTA 6 leaks. In September 2022, more than a year before Rockstar officially announced the title, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/rockstar-sees-major-grand-theft-auto-6-leak\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Rockstar was hit by a major leak<\/a> of 90 in-development videos.<\/p>\n<p>The authenticity of the footage was apparently confirmed when Take-Two removed related YouTube videos. The FBI subsequently investigated the alleged hacker responsible for the leaks.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/grand-theft-auto-6-launching-in-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> the game&#8217;s trailer leaked<\/a> a day before its scheduled premiere, prompting Rockstar to release the official first look on YouTube earlier than planned.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Rockstar experienced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/rockstar-games-affected-by-data-breach-limited-amount-of-non-material-information-accessed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> a third-party data breach<\/a> in which a hacker group accessed a &#8220;limited amount of non-material information.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The latest leaked footage comes a week before an extended gameplay look of GTA 6 on Netflix, which will premiere on August 27.<\/p>\n<p>Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick recently told GamesIndustry.biz that this partnership is merely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/strauss-zelnick-netflix-debut-is-merely-one-of-the-hors-doeuvres-for-full-gta-6-launch-pre-order-numbers-are-unprecedented-and-astonishing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> &#8220;one of the hors d&#8217;oeuvres&#8221; of its marketing campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s appetisers, main course, and dessert to follow,&#8221; he said, describing Netflix as &#8220;a great marketing partner for us, and distribution partner&#8221;, and that the deal is &#8220;a groundbreaking partnership that Rockstar arranged.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A hacker group is is posting daily leaks of what appears to be details and footage from a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":865017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-865016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}