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’ individual or group launched two new movies right now, August 22, one displaying extra supercar gameplay and an armed theft, the opposite strip membership gameplay. The latter seems to taunt Take-Two and Rockstar by displaying a snippet of a cutscene during which a personality says they should take “a leak.” That is the second cutscene to emerge this week, and there may be rising concern that the leaker has entry to a construct of the sport and will submit vital story spoilers.
These new movies are the seventh and eighth to leak this week. And, like all the others, they promote the ‘CyberLeek’ memecoin as a part of what is widely considered to be a crypto scheme.
On August 20, Take-Two issued Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) subpoenas in a federal court docket requesting information from both 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 needs figuring out info related to person accounts that have been members of quite a lot of Discord servers, together with one regarding Australian GTA content material creator Matthew “Matt” Decide, aka DarkViperAU. Judge 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: “Your complete repository should be utterly disabled, there are not any cures to rectify this clear case of infringement.” By way of the subpoenas, Take-Two needs 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 enough to determine the person(s), individual(s) and/or entity/ies related to that persona.”
America District Courtroom for the Southern District of New York granted the Microsoft subpoena on August 21. Final night time, Xbox Chief Technical Officer Scott Van Vliet tweeted to deal with the state of affairs, saying: “We’re working intently with Take-Two and Rockstar Video games to help efforts to guard artistic works and mental property.”
Discord informed Variety: “Discord generally receives subpoenas associated to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). We overview and adjust to legitimate subpoenas after we obtain them, as is normal and routine for corporations like ours.”
Neither Rockstar nor Take-Two have issued a press release. IGN has requested for remark.
Based on Bloomberg, Rockstar nonetheless doesn’t understand how these leaks occurred, nor who’s behind them. And whereas there are not 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 Extended Look, which is ready for Thursday, August 27, and can stay unique on the streaming platform for six hours earlier than it makes its strategy to different platforms reminiscent of YouTube.
GTA 6 is due out on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X and S on November 19, 2026.
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