Rockstar Finally Responds to the GTA 6 Leaks
Rockstar Games broke its silence on the GTA 6 leaks on August 26, calling the leaked gameplay clips “heartbreaking for our team.” The statement came after more than a week of leaks, DMCA takedowns, and a legal offensive from Take-Two against Microsoft and Discord. ALLGTA World is covering the story in full, without hosting or linking to any of the leaked material itself.
How it started
Around August 15, an account under the name “Cyberleek” set up a small crypto operation around the leaks: a token, a liquidity pool, a website, and a voting system apparently meant to let backers influence what got released next, according to PC Gamer. The first major leak followed on August 18: two roughly one-minute gameplay clips, one showing Jason Duval outside a house near the water and another showing driving, a fight, and a police encounter, plus screenshots of what appears to be the full Leonida map. Rockstar issued DMCA takedown notices within hours, per reporting from PC Gamer, GameSpot, and Engadget. The leaker claimed the release was a protest against Rockstar’s decision to ship the physical Ultimate Edition without a disc in the box. The clips reportedly showed elements later corroborated by Rockstar’s own Extended Look, including the 6-star wanted system, alongside unconfirmed details like a melee stamina bar and fuel and engine gauges.
Take-Two’s stock took a hit, then recovered
Between August 18 and 20, Take-Two’s share price slid from around $245 to roughly $236, wiping out close to $2.8 billion in market capitalization, before recovering to around $241, according to PC Gamer and GameSpot. Analysts described the market impact as marginal overall.
Take-Two goes after Microsoft and Discord
On August 20, Take-Two filed DMCA subpoenas in the Southern District of New York targeting both Microsoft and Discord, as reported by VGC and Variety. The Microsoft subpoena seeks internal records tied to the company’s investigation into the “cyberleek” account, with a response deadline of September 4. The Discord subpoena seeks identifying information, account IDs, emails, IP addresses, phone numbers, device identifiers, and linked Xbox or Google accounts, for members of specific servers going back to June 1, 2026. Discord has stated it had not yet been formally served at the time of reporting.
Rockstar speaks, then the leaks escalate
Rockstar’s August 26 statement, in the key passage: “It would be an understatement to say that having videos of Grand Theft Auto VI gameplay leak in this way has been heartbreaking for our team, and this is obviously not how we intended for you to see the game after all this time.” The company apologized for the long wait to show the game properly, warned that leaked footage could contain spoilers, and said the game is nearly finished. Hours later, according to GamesRadar, the Cyberleek account escalated by releasing roughly four minutes and thirty-eight seconds of Lucia’s prologue, described as direct retaliation for Rockstar’s statement.
Where things stand
The Extended Look premiered the very next day, on August 27, a rollout Rockstar had been planning independently of the leaks. Read our full breakdown of that video in our Extended Look coverage, track every release milestone on our countdown page, and follow the release date guide for everything officially confirmed so far.
A note on our approach: ALLGTA World reports on leak-related news because it’s part of the story around GTA 6, but we do not host, embed, or link to leaked footage or images. Everything we publish about the game itself is sourced from Rockstar’s own official channels or established press outlets.