In solidarity, several industry developers shared work-in-progress footage of their games and some, including Cliff Bleszinski, Neil Druckmann, Rami Ismail, and Alanah Pearce, offered their sympathies to Rockstar. Some users erroneously claimed graphics and art assets are finalised early in game development. The Guardian noted the leaked footage was being widely criticised 'by ill-informed users' due to its quality, despite not being representative of the final product. Jefferies analyst Andrew Uerkwitz called it a 'PR disaster' that could potentially delay the game and diminish staff morale, but was unlikely to impact reception or sales. Several journalists described the event as one of the biggest leaks in video game history Schreier called it 'a nightmare for Rockstar Games' which could limit remote work flexibility for employees. The hacker wrote they were 'looking to negotiate a deal' with Rockstar or Take-Two. Take-Two responded by submitting takedowns of videos showing or discussing the leaks hosted on YouTube under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and contacted moderators of GTAForums and Reddit to remove access. They claimed to have downloaded the files directly from Rockstar's internal Slack groups, and they possessed source code, assets, and internal builds of both the new game and Grand Theft Auto V, which they threatened to publish. The hacker claimed to be behind the Uber security breach from the earlier week.

The footage reveals a modern-day Vice City setting, contains animation tests, gameplay tests, level layouts, and conversations between characters, and depicts the player characters, Jason and Lucia, entering a strip club and robbing a diner. Schreier confirmed with sources at Rockstar that the footage was genuine, and The Guardian reported it was from several stages of development, with some videos about a year old. On 18 September 2022, 90 videos showing 50 minutes of work-in-progress game footage were published on GTAForums by a user known as 'teapotuberhacker'. In August, Strauss Zelnick, chief executive officer of Rockstar's parent company Take-Two Interactive, said Rockstar was 'determined to once again set creative benchmarks for the series, our industry, and for all entertainment'. In July, Rockstar announced Red Dead Online would not receive more major updates as development resources were withdrawn to focus on the upcoming game industry sources stated Rockstar reallocated resources after planned remasters of Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) and Red Dead Redemption (2010) were paused due to the backlash received by Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition (2021). On 4 February 2022, Rockstar confirmed development was 'well underway', and they intended to 'significantly move beyond what we have previously delivered'. In the years before its announcement, a new Grand Theft Auto game became highly anticipated, and journalists noted some fans had become frustrated by Rockstar Games's continued silence, particularly after they announced a re-release of Grand Theft Auto V in 2020. Writing for Bloomberg News in July 2022, Schreier reported the game, titled Grand Theft Auto VI, entered development in 2014 and would feature a pair of protagonists influenced by Bonnie and Clyde, including a Latina woman he claimed the developers were cautiously subverting the series' trend of joking about marginalised groups. In July 2021, journalist Tom Henderson claimed the game would be set in modern-day Vice City, its map could evolve akin to Fortnite, and it would not release until 2025 Schreier reaffirmed these reports. In April 2020, Kotaku 's Jason Schreier reported the game was 'early in development' as 'a moderately sized release' that would expand over time, to avoid the developer crunch of its predecessors. In March 2018, The Know reported the game, code-named Project Americas, would be set primarily in a reworked Vice City and partly in South America, with a female playable protagonist. Footage from unfinished versions was leaked online in September in what was described as one of the biggest leaks in the history of the video game industry.įollowing the release of Grand Theft Auto V in September 2013, Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies said the company had 'some ideas' for the next entry in the series. Following years of speculation and leaks, Rockstar confirmed in February 2022 that the game is in development.

It is due to be the eighth main Grand Theft Auto game, following Grand Theft Auto V (2013), and the sixteenth instalment overall. An untitled Grand Theft Auto game is in development by Rockstar Games.

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