Latest GTA 6 leaks reveal strip club setting and new slow-motion camera
Grand Theft Auto VI is being plagued by more leaks than a sinking ship, beginning with the trailer three years ago , and continuing into this week with a gameplay release that sees the protagonist, Jason Duval, robbing a gas station convenience store, escaping in a car, suffering a slow-motion car crash, and then escaping into a strip club.
SEE ALSO: 'GTA 6' file size: How large will the game be? Some of these gameplay elements will definitely be familiar to long-time fans of the series, but the slow-motion camera interrupting the regular game speed is definitely a novelty, and probably something Rockstar Games wanted to keep secret, given that Rockstar still hasn't revealed actual gameplay.
In fact, they've been saving the biggest reveal for a Netflix launch on Thursday, Aug.
27th at 3 p.m.
ET, which is itself an unprecedented move for a game release.
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Behind the scenes, Rockstar Games and parent company Take-Two are working hard to discover the source of the leaks, reportedly even having been granted subpoenas for GitHub, Microsoft, and Discord server records by a federal court, which they allege will help them uncover the culprits.
Even Xbox CTO Scott Van Vliet has weighed in on the issue, promising to support efforts to stop the theft, saying in a post on X that "[Xbox] are working closely with Take-Two and Rockstar Games to support efforts to protect creative works and intellectual property." This Tweet is currently unavailable.
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The main leaker, using the alias Cyberleeks , is so confident in his IP theft that he's now charging up to $165,000 (in cryptocurrency) to anyone wanting to advertise in his leaked footage, according to Yahoo Tech .
While these leaks are definitely sucks for the developers at Rockstar Games, they're also probably doing even more to hype up what promises to be the biggest game launch of all time.
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