Rockstar appears to be struggling to contain Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay video leaks for a second day, as the leaker responsible claims to have “full access” to the game. After being temporarily halted overnight, they’ve reappeared again with another seemingly real GTA 6 video.
The leaker apparently responsible, CyberLeek, had their account suspended on X yesterday, from which they’d leaked the previous GTA 6 videos. But today a new account has appeared, with the same name, picking up where that one left off.
Three GTA 6 videos leaked yesterday, and a fourth appeared moments ago, showing a biplane flying above a major city – presumably Vice City – showcasing just how large and detailed the playing area appears to be. Towering office blocks stretch up into the sky as highways bend and curve in spirals around them, and small dot-like cars drive along them. The radio is playing on the plane, which flies with no particular urgency or destination.
The video ends with the game’s co-protagonist Jason shooting a rifle at a wall and leaving bullet holes in it that spell the word “leek”, suggesting a link between whoever recorded the footage and CyberLeek – or that the leaker themselves is the one apparently playing the game in the footage. This aspect is underlined by the CyberLeek account on X, which claimed: “Yes I have full access to the game.”
Other much shorter videos from yesterday showed a small passenger plane taking off from an airport as sirens blared nearby – the player had six wanted stars so was presumably being intensely tracked by police – and a helicopter gliding over a marshland area that’s surely a recreation of Florida’s Everglades.
It’s still unconfirmed whether these videos are real, and if they are, how current they are. It’s unlikely they come from the GTA 6 ‘extended look’ trailer that’s due to air on Netflix next week, given their raw and unedited nature, as if recorded by someone messing around in the game – and the inclusion of the word “leek” now all but confirms this. We also have no idea how long the apparent leaks will continue for, although yesterday, the leaker told us to prepare for 2-4 more videos.
The motivation behind the leaks is purportedly backlash for GTA 6 not coming on a game-disc, and for Rockstar offering what seems to be a substantial amount of exclusive in-game content to people buying the more expensive Ultimate Edition of the game. But the leaker is also profiting in crypto from these leaks via an associated and incentivised donation drive.
This monetary angle has resulted in fierce condemnation from consumer rights movements like Stop Killing Games, which has urged followers not to support “illegal” acts such as this. “Do not send these people your money, no matter how much sympathy you may feel for their actions,” Stop Killing Games said.
