What simply occurred? What’s allegedly a large leak of GTA 6 content material, together with dozens of check construct movies and screenshots, has been posted by the 18-year-old hacker claiming to be behind the current Uber breach. Whether or not they’re official remains to be open to debate, however quite a lot of it matches up with earlier rumors, and the dialogue and cutscenes appear convincingly Rockstar-like.
A zipper file was posted to the GTAForums round 5 hours in the past (on the time of writing) with the message, “Listed below are 90 footage/clips from GTA 6. Its doable i may leak extra information quickly, GTA 5 and 6 supply code and property, GTA 6 testing construct.”
One would often count on a hyperlink reminiscent of this to result in some scammy malware obtain, however no, it truly is a slew of alleged clips from the in-development sport.
The video above exhibits a player-controlled character referred to as Luciaro robbing a diner alongside somebody referred to as Jason whereas a timer counts all the way down to the cops’ arrival. It appears a bit tough, with some placeholders, clipping, and lacking textures, nevertheless it is a developer check construct.
Earlier rumors declare that GTA 6 will once more characteristic a number of protagonists and be the primary sport within the sequence with a playable feminine character. We additionally heard it could happen throughout a number of cities, together with Vice Metropolis; the V.C.P.D. on the police automotive within the video does recommend we’ll be returning to the Miami-style location in GTA 6.
A number of the cutscenes additionally add authenticity to this leak. They characteristic what seems like skilled actors and the type of dialogue one would immediately affiliate with a GTA sport.
One other fascinating aspect in all that is that the leaker, ‘teapotuberhacker,’ claims to be the identical hacker chargeable for the large Uber breach that occurred just a few days in the past. An 18-year-old with the username ‘teapots2022’ accessed the ride-sharing large’s methods just by tricking an worker into handing over their password through a textual content message.
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The final official information we heard about GTA 6 was that Rockstar desires the sport to set a benchmark for “the sequence, our trade, and for all leisure.” The corporate will reportedly take a extra politically appropriate stance within the sixth primary installment and never “punch down” by making enjoyable of marginalized teams. GTA 6 won’t arrive till 2024 and even 2025, so there is a lengthy wait earlier than we discover out what’s in retailer.