If you’re eagerly waiting for GTA 6, you’re probably itching for some open-world action in the meantime. Luckily, there are plenty of awesome games out there to try while you get the hang of the open world games. ??Each one has its own vibe, whether you’re into modern settings, classic adventures, or something more casu?al.

What are the best games to play while waiting for GTA 6?

Red Dead Redemption 2

Starting off the list with Red Dead Redemption 2 from Rockstar Games, same developer for GTA 6. If you haven’t played this gem yet, you’r??e in for a treat. This game sets in the late 1800s, where you play Arthur Morgan, an outlaw trying to survive against the government and deal with the decline of the Wild West. To be frank, you can spend hours playing this game as the side quests are as engaging as the main storyline, plus the attention to detail is insane.

Sleeping Dogs

Next up is Sleeping Dogs. This one flies a bit under the radar compared t??o some other open-world titles but deserves a spot on your list. It is set in Hong Kong, where you play as Wei Shen, an undercover cop infiltrating the city’s triads. The martial arts combat is a highlight here; you’ll find yourself executing stylish moves and combos that make every fight feel cinematic.

Watch Dogs

If you're into tech and find hacking intriguing, you should definitely check out Watch Dogs. The game takes place in Chicago, where you play as Aiden Pearce, a vigilante hacker. You’ll be using technolo??gy to take control of the city—hacking into cameras, messing with traffic lights, and even stealing info from your enemies. It’s pretty cool how you can manipulate the environment around you.

Far Cry 6

But if you are more into safari and jungle vibes, Far Cry 6 is for you. It takes you to a fictional Caribbean island called Yara, which is ruled by a dictator called Antón Castillo. You will play as Dani Rojas, a guerrilla fighter trying to challenge the dictatorship ??in the Island.

Cyberpunk 2077

Last but not least, Cyberpunk 2077 has made a strong comeback since its rocky launch. This game set in the Night City, where you play as V, a mercenary trying to make his name. Basically, you can configure your body and mind with cybernetics and augmentations i??n this game. Spoiler alert: if you like Keanu Reeves, then you?? should definitely check out his cameo in the game.

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Following confirmation that Grand Theft Auto 6 will be launching in the fall of 2025, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has said the company is?? "highly confident" it will meet that target, while also setting some rather lofty expectations by calling the game "an experience that no one has seen before."

In a recent CNBC interview (spotted and shared by Twitter user Dyllie), Zelnick was asked about the de??cision-making behind ch?oosing a release window.

"Well, there is slippage in the industry, and we're not immune from that," said Zelnick. "However, we narrowed the timing becau??se we are highly confident in that timing."

He explained there are multiple elements; one of which is determined by how many bugs are in the game. While the team at Rockstar will obviously be aiming to minimize that amount by launch, Zelnick added, "In the case of an extraordinary title, for which there are extraordinary expectations, it's not really about bugs. It's about creating an experience that no one has seen before, ?and Rockstar Games seeks perfection."

I don't doubt the team at Rockstar is working extremely hard on GTA 6, and it'll probably be a very good game. However, fan expectations already incredibly high for it (it's been over 10 years since Grand Theft Auto 5, after all), and suggesting GTA 6 won't be like any other video game feels like going overboard. It's bound to be technically impressive, but I can't imagine it'll be that much different from previous GTA games. If anything, if it's nothing like those games, that only risks upsetting long-time fans who are looking for a new GTA.

Zelnick's comments can arguably be written off as him simply generating hype and not meant to be taken at face value. However, Take-Two itself likely has the highest expectations of all for GTA 6. GTA 5 made $1 billion in just three days (via IGN) when it launched in 2013; is Take-Two expecting similar results? If anything, it may want even better results since GTA 6 is no doub??t proving more expensive to make th?an its predecessor, but a lot has changed in the past decade. Game prices have gone up and not everyone's willing to drop $70 on a new release, especially when everything else has been getting more expensive too.

As for that fall release date, Zelnick has acknowledged Take-Two isn't immune to "slippage," suggesting a delay isn't entirely out of the question. That said, Take-Two will probably avoid pushing GTA 6 back if it can, and only agree to a delay as a last resort. After all, given the fan expectations, GTA 6 does stand to make a lot of money and Take-Two will want that income ASAP. It's not going to want to wait till the game's 'perfect,' since such a goal is frankly unobtainable, or at the v?ery least take up even more development time.

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Amid concerns around when Grand Theft Auto 6 could hit sh??elves, Rockstar Games reassured fans with an official release window.

During a Take-Two Interactive investor earnings call discussing future releases, Rockstar Games confirmed that GTA 6 will launch in the fall of 2025.

In December 2023, Rockstar Gave fans a first look at the upcoming title in an announcement trailer with a 2025 release date. However, in March, Kotaku reported that the title could be delayed to 2026 as development was allegedly falling behind. Those concerns were exacerbated when Rockstar Games reportedly asked employees to r??eturn to the office for five days a week, signaling something might have gone wrong in the development process.

Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, who broke the story, acknowledged those concerns and claimed "employees are not thrilled" with Rocks?tar's decision.

Even in light of those hiccups, the recent earnings call should help extinguish any concerns about a potential delay. However, we still only have one trailer to go on for any concrete information about the title. So besides a setting and a first-look at the protagonists, we still have much to learn about GTA 6 before the reported Fall 2025 release date.

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Far be it from me to tell you about the current state of the video game industry. Layoffs and studio shutdowns are just one part (big though it may be) of the problem. On top of that, it's also been speculated that consumer spending could drop this year, so it may be up to the likes of GTA 6 to perk things up a bit.

That's according to an interview with Circana analyst Mat Piscatella over on Gamesindustry.biz. According to him, spending on video games in the US could come down by 2% on the more optimistic side. In a worst-case scenario, it could g?o as low as 10% or even more.

There are likely a number of factors that could contribute to this, such as the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. However, the report believes that the lack of blockbusters coming in 2024 could also be a reason. For example, we're not going to see GTA 6 or the new Nintendo Switch until 2025, all bei?ng well??.

Helldivers 2 and Palworld can only do so much

Piscatella ends by saying that it's "going to be a tough year," but we may see a boost providing things like interest rates come down. He also believes that the eventual (and long-awaited) release of GTA 6 could give the industry a "re?newed batch of inter??est."

The analyst suggests the anticipated follow-up to Grand Theft Auto 5 is vital to the gaming market, saying that there's "probably never been a more important thing to ever ??rele??ase in the industry." He then adds "so no pressure."

This is a rather pessimistic view of the future of video games, but some might say these are rather pessimistic times. Consumer spending in the US could come down by a fair amount, but we should hopefully see a boost. It seems a lot may be riding on the success of GTA 6.

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At the time of writing, the GTA 6 trailer is sitting pretty at 178 million views on YouTube. But that's not what most people are interested in. What we want to know is exactly when it's coming out. Well, the end may be in sight for the long-awaited Grand Theft Auto game.

According to a report from Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, Rockstar is asking all staff to return to the office for "five d??ays a week starting in April." This is for "security and productivity reasons," according to Rockstar Head of Publishing Jen??n Kolbe.

The report goes on to say GTA 6 is about to "enter the final stretch of development." This means we're getting ever closer to its release, though we obviously still ??don't know when that's likely to happen.

Employees "not thrilled," it seems

The fact that Rockstar Games is putting out the clarion call for employees shows the company is looking to end hybrid working conditions. It's a topic that's been quite prevalent in the working world, and Rockstar asking staff to return to the office is likely due to security breaches, such as the great GTA 6 leak of 2022.

Companies asking people to shift to on-site working on?? a more permeant basis is becoming more common as the memories of the pandemic begin to fade for a lot of people. However, such a move may prove unpopular with those in the gaming industry who have adjusted to working remotely.

That aside, we don't exactly know when the game itself will actually be launching, even if it is heading towards the finish line. We're being told it's a??iming for a 2025 release, so we're still looking at nearly another year yet, give or take.

No doubt it's going to be one of the biggest releases of all time. Given the legacy of Grand Theft Auto 5 �w?hich came out over 10 years ago, don't forget �there's no way the follow-up is going to be anything other than a money-printing license for Rockstar.

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Arion Kurtaj, an 18-year-old hacker behind the massive GTA 6 leak last year, has been given an indefinite hospital order.

Kurtaj is a member of the international gang Lapsus$, which was behind various high-profile cybersecurity attacks over the past year. It is estimated that attacks on Uber, Nvidia, and Rockstar have cost the companies up to $10 million. Per the BBC, Kurtaj expressed apparent unwillingness to stop ??con?ducting similar attacks.

It turns out that by the time he committed the GTA 6 hack, Kurtaj was already on bail for hacking Nvidia and BT/EE. The BBC reports: "Despite having his laptop confiscated, Kurtaj managed to breach Rockstar, the company behind GTA, using an Amazon? Firestick, his hotel TV and a mobile phone."

Kurtaj and another unnamed member of the Lapsus$ hacking group are ??the first to be con??victed, while others are thought to remain at large, according to the BBC.

In July, Arion Kurtaj was d?eemed u??nfit to stand trial following a diagnosis of acute austism. The court then had the jury focusing not on whe??the??r Kurtaj had done it with criminal intent, but solely on whether or not he had perpetrated the alleged crimes at all.

Regardin??g the mediate fate of Kurtaj, BBC reports:? "He will remain at a secure hospital for life unless doctors deem him no longer a danger."

The news arrives just a few days after news broke of a massive hack at Insomniac, leaking details about in-development games? and information about the studio.

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PC gamers were probably disheartened to learn that, much like all previous Rockstar games, Grand Theft Auto 6 would be arriving a little later on Windows. But according to a former Rockst??ar developer, the decision to go co??nsole-first mostly has to do with marketing.

According to former Rockstar developer Mike York (who's previously worked on GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 and discussed this in a YouTube video) the company always prioritizes "what sells."

"One of the main things I want to touch on is that the reason why a PC port comes later and not the first thing that comes out is because they want to prioritize what sells," he explained. "Most of the time, especially in the past, PlayStation was?? the big seller. So what the developer would do is they would focus all their energy on making sure the PlayStation port and the PlayStation game worked really well.

"Then they would kind of port to the Xbox —usually they'd do it at the same time. When I was working over on GTA 5,?? for instance, we were concentrating on the PS3 and the Xbox at the time. But we were mainly pushing the PS3 to the limit because the PS3 was kind of better hardware at the time? to use memory and different things."

Already breaking the record for the fastest trailer in any entertainment medium to rack up 100 million views, it's safe to assume that GTA 6 will be shattering the sales charts upon release in a way that will make its predecessor �the second best-selling video game of all time �look like a modest success.

If sales have historically leaned towards consoles, then Rockstar might be more likely to focus on those platforms. While that might come off as callous ??to PC enthusiasts, Mike further explains that it's one of the reasons why Rockstar games are so polished, regardless of the platform.

Prioritizing platforms makes for a more convenient launch

That being said, there's a silver lining to this way of thinking. There have been some broken PC ports released this last year, like The Last of Us and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Rockstar taking some extra time to work on the PC version might hopefully avoid the same pit??fall other companies ran into.

Besides, as York explains it, this gives Rockstar the chance to really push the limits of its? tech with the PC version. "For instance, they might go into a scene and go, 'Oh, we're on PC now, we have a little bit more memory, we can add some fog into here like we always wanted to, but it was too much for the console.' They can do a lot of different?? things like adding more characters, they can populate better foliage."

Knowing PC gamers, they probably appre??ciate the gesture.

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As of right now, the official GTA 6 trailer has been watched on YouTube more than 140 million times. It's become one of the most-watched video game announcements of all time??. Given that, it was inevitable that some would want a piece of that success by recre??ating their own versions.

As spotted by PCGamesN, Instagram user evilgame_ytb has put their personal spin on the GTA 6 teaser by giving it the Minecraft treatment. The reel uploaded to their profile ?shows the blocky recreation of Rockstar's trailer, complete with the Tom Petty soundtrac??k.

In fact, if you search "GTA 6 trailer in Minecraft" on YouTube, you'll see more than one example. Here's one from Alex & Steve Animation. It's not a shot-for-shot ??remake, but it's got wide shots of the beach and even features some of the dialogue audio. Of course, Petty crops up again to really sell the illusion.

And one done in Los Santos

Other games have been used for a different take on the trailer. Here's one from the channel GTA BELGIUM (as noted by DSO Gaming), which recreates GTA 6 in GTA 5. It even opens with a joke by play?ing the openin??g to Genesis' "That's All" track before a record scratch and then Tom Petty kicks in.

It follows the same vibe as the official trailer: a glimpse at some of the main characters, establishing shots of the beach and surrounding city life. Except it's in Grand Theft Auto 5. Then it ends with another joke, insinuating there's an? "expanded and enhanced" version of the game coming to "PlayStation 6" in 2030.

All we're missing now is a Skyrim remix. Or maybe one done in Garry's Mod.

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With the Grand Theft Auto VI trailer out in the world, we got our first glimpse at Leonida and Vice City. Now, many? have found loads of similarities to its real-life counterpart: Florida.

The trailer came out earlier than expected due to an unfortunate leak. Regardless, the graphics and world made the 10-year wait for a new Grand Theft Auto worth it for fans. With that, we are returning to a familiar location??: Vice City. However, it's just a small part of the bigger map of Leonida.

Yes, you can probably tell it's a clear reference to the real-life Florida. Th??e references to the state don't end at the name, as many crazy scenes in the trail?er actually happened.

So, in honor of Grand Theft Auto VI's dive into Florida cul??ture, I will go over the many references to crazy real-life events Rockstar has in the trailer. For the article, and your sanity, I will use the pictu?res from the trailer, not real life. You can thank me later.

That Huge Gator in the Pool

It's not uncommon for wildlife to end up in your pool. There might be the odd frog or perhaps a snake, but rarely. Well, in Florida, and in GTA's Leonida, alligators are known to take dips in your local watering hole. FOX News reported in 2022 that one family had an almost 11-foot, 550-pound alligator in their pool. It took three police officers to even get the reptile out! Funny enough, the excerpt in the trailer mimics the one used by the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office's Facebook post.

That Shopping Alligator

With the amount of gators in the trailer, I'm assuming we'll be playing one of these scaly fellas. They're already robbing stores! Or they just walked in looking for some 'fresh' sushi. Regardless, this specific event hasn't happened, as far as we know. However, in 2018 via ABC Action News, a drunk man brought a live alligator into a gas station for a beer run. Why? Just cause. The man was?? arrested and he claims he has no idea how or why he had an alligator with him. They just show up everywhere, I guess. Might as well ??let them joyride a car next, Rockstar.

That Car Twerker

Okay, not this type of joyride. Remember twerking? It seems it's alive and well in Leonida, as we see an individual going crazy on top of a moving vehicle. Believe it or not, this has happened on multiple occasions in Florida. In 2017, per the Miami New Times, one wo?man twerked on top of a moving vehicle in?? Miami.

That Nude Gardener

You're probably saying "Someone didn't actually water plants nude, right?" I'm here to inform you that, yes, someone did. Minus the thong. In September 2018, Tampa Bay Times reported that a Florida man repeatedly gardened 'au naturel' in public. One witness said they taught their children not to look at the naked man, which is a weird detail considering they could've called the cops. There's a video out there of it but I, for one, am good?? to remain blissful in my obliviousness.

That Crazy Hammer Lady

I'm going to be honest: dual-wielding hammers is a sick weapon idea. As you can see, this Karen 'nails' it pretty well. There are a few hammer-related incidents in Florida, with the most recent involving an argument over rum. However, Grand Theft Auto VI seems to actually take inspiration from a viral video out of California. A video, per TMZ, shows a woman repeatedly hitting a car with, you guessed it, two hammer??s. The owner of the damaged car was, ironically enough, in Miami during the incident, so it technically counts, ??right? 'Screw' it.

That Awkward Tatted-Up Criminal

If you have tattoos, that's rad. Inking your body is not for me, but I support you if you want to get tatted out. However, do be wary if they are fully visible, as you might be the center of attention. This seemingly poor soul in the trailer has the whole "Joker from the Suicide Squad" look going. Jury's still out if he rocks it. Anyway, the comparison with Batman's arch-nemesis isn't a coincidence. The criminal is based on a real-life Florida resident Lawrence Sullivan, also known as the Miami Joker. You can see why via a video on CBS News. Needless to say,? it put a smile on this writer's face.

Grand Theft Auto VI is s??cheduled to release in 2025? on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

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Two days in and the GTA 6 trailer? is nearly at 120 million views on YouTube. It's become one of the most-watched video game trailers in history, but it's not just benefitting Rockstar. It's also seeing a revival of a music legend.

According to data sent to the BBC by Spotify, the recent GTA 6 reveal has seen interest in the late rock musician Tom Petty soar, thanks to his song "Love Is A Long Road" being featured in the teaser. Streams for the track �first ?released in 1989 �have increased by 36,979%.

Yes, I had to do a double take as well, because that's a comma, not a period. Nearly a 37,000% uptick in one song's popularity is insane, but given the hype around the upcoming Grand Theft Auto entry, it's perhaps not too surprising.

Rock never dies

After ten years of waiting, Rockstar finally gave us a taste of things to come in GTA 6. Sadly, we still have a bit longer to wait until it releases, as it's only due to come out ?in 2025. We don't even have an exact date. All we know is it'll be available on PS5 and Xb?ox Series X|S. No word on when PC will get it, though.

With Tom Petty's song being given a new lease on life, it calls into question what other tracks will be in the game itself. As a series, Grand Theft Auto i?s known?? for its soundtrack, featuring a slew of classics from many artists and bands.

On a personal note: it absolutely blew my mind when I first heard Slayer's "Raining Blood" on Vice City's V-Rock station. Ah, good times.

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With thousands already waiting for the trailer to drop, the GTA 6 teaser has been one of the most anticipated promos of this year, maybe of this whole generation. While it was unveiled a little earlier than planned, thi??s has only made it possible for even more people to watch it many, man??y times.

At the time of writing, over 70 million people have seen the GTA 6 trailer over on YouTube. By comparison, "Baby Shark" has amassed around 13 billion views at the time of this writing, so GTA still has some way to go, but we're only on day one so far. Oh, also, the Grand Theft Auto 5 trailer has b??een viewed 98 million times, so it sounds like the new one could? easily surpass it.

This number of people watching the trailer is going up at a pretty alarming rate, which is not entirely unsurprising. By now, many of you will have seen it, so you'll have your own thoughts on the upcoming new entry in the Grand Theft Auto series.

Sadly, we don't have a r??elease dat?e. All we know is that it's coming in 2025. That still feels like a long way off, especially for a game that people have been waiting about a decade for.

Also, no PC release confirmed yet

Parent company Take-Two Interactive also confirmed that GTA 6 will be coming to PS5 and Xbox Series. Nothing's been said about a PC version. If we're going off what happened with Grand Theft Auto 5, PC players might not get it for? another year or so after the console release.

The teaser itself wasn't actually supposed to release when it did. Due to leaks on social media, Rockstar decided to show the trailer early.

GTA 6 has already been the subject of hacks and leaks, so the fact that someone was able to get the trailer up before the?? official release time is not that surprising. Still, it doesn't seem to have harmed the Rockstar YouTube figures much. It could very well go down as the most watched video game trailer in history.

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Who's ready for the first, official trailer for GTA 6? Apparently, a lot ??of people, as plenty have already staked out their digital spot ready to view it. Evidently, thousands don't want to risk missing what is probably one of the most anticipated teasers in years.

At the time of writing, there are 31,659 people currently waiting on the Rockstar Games YouTube channel, where the GTA 6 trailer will be playing. It's not scheduled to play until Tuesday, December 5 (at 9am ET, to be specific), so y??ou'd be forgiven for thinking these eager beavers were being too keen.

However, this could be a pretty historic moment for gaming. Okay, it's only a promo, but seeing as Grand Theft Auto 5 has been out for ten years now, I'd say gamers are m??ore than ready fo??r the follow-up.

The numbers just keep going up

Given the behemoth amount of success GTA 5 has had, there's every possibility?? the sixth installment could be one of the biggest releases of this �or any �generation. Obviously, I don't want to oversell it, but the fact that more than 30,000 people are waiting to watch a YouTube video that can be replayed whenever they want shows how important it is to some.

It was just a few weeks ago that Rockstar announced the GTA 6 trailer. We've had barely any information about the game itself, save for the big leak that happened in 2022. Outside that, nobody really knows anything about the upcoming Grand Theft Auto game.

I must admit, I'm quite eager to check out the trailer myself. I've played most of the major entries in the series, going all the way back to the original 1997 release (Yes, I'm that old). We don't know what the teaser will show, but it's going to be on everyo?ne's lips this side of Ch??ristmas.

Ooh, 34,750 people waiting now.

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Artificial intelligence has found its way into many industries, including gaming, and Take-Two is considering how it ??can leverage the technol??ogy.

At the Paley International Council Summit on November 7, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick discussed his views on AI and its impact on gaming. He has a mostly positive outlook, as Inverse reports, and he imagines how generative AI can be used to im??prove N?PCs.

If implemented correctly, it could give more variety to NPC dialogue. Zelnick argues that currently, scripted NPC dialogue can be quite boring, though w?ith generative AI, "you could imagine all the NPCs?? becoming really interesting and fun." The CEO believes that AI could be better than current solutions, though he is not so sure that it will be faster and cheaper.

He does not mention much about Grand Theft Auto 6, which has generated quite a bit of excitement this week with the announcement of an incoming trailer??. Though he does confirm that the next game in the fra?nchise is in development, he doesn't reveal additional information except that more news will come from Rockstar. We should get more information in December, which is when the trailer is due to drop.

Take-Two's latest quarterly earnings report reveals that Rockstar's franchises are still going strong, with Red Dead Redemption 2 selling over 57 million and GTA 5 selling a stellar 190 million units.

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[Update: Rockstar's Sam Houser has confirmed that a trailer for the next Grand Theft Auto game will be released in December. The original story foll??ows after the below tweet.]

Bloomberg's Jason Schreier reports that a Grand Theft Auto 6 announcement could be com??ing as early as this week, according to his sources.

Schreier's sources also tell him that a trailer is scheduled for December, to coincide with Rockstar's 25th anniversary. As one of the most ?anticipated games, anticipation is high for Rockstar to finally unveil the next chapter of the massive franchise.

For years there has been a flood of GTA 6 rumors, with nearly all proving to be false. However, due to Schreier's track record, this claim holds a little more weight. Schreier had also previously reported that the upcoming game will feature a Lat??ina protagonist which aligned with what we eventually saw in the colossal 2022 leak.

The long wait for Grand Theft Auto VI

The gap between GTA 5 and its successor is the biggest in the franchise, with the game being originally released on the PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2013. During this time, it's had s??everal re-releases, including a remaster for current-gen consoles. We got our first official mention of the successor in February 2022, and since then, reports from Schreier have claimed that we'll be heading back to Vice City in the next installment.

It is hard to predict what the upcoming game will look and feel like, as there have been significant changes at Rockstar since GTA 5. Most notably, Dan Houser has left the studio, and there have also been reports of a cultural chan??ge at th?e studio as it aims to shed its old fratboy ways.

Prior reports claim that the upcoming game could launch in 2025, though we will have to wait for official word fr??om Rockstar before?? marking our calendars.

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The great GTA 6 leak of 2022

Back in September 2022, Rockstar confirmed there'd been a leak in which a ton of early GTA 6 footage had been made public, showing everyone the early l??ook at one of the most anticipated games in years. An alleged perpetrator was eventually caught. However, the hacker accused of the leak may not be standing trial.

In a report from Reuters, Arion Kurtaj—the 18-year-old who is belie??ved to have hacked a number of big companies—has been declared "not fit to stand trial," after being assessed by psychiatrists. The report goes on to say that the jury will determine whether he committed the acts alleged, rather tha??n determine whether he is guilty or not guilty.

Alongside the GTA 6 leak, Kurtaj has been accused of 12 offenses. He's also been accused, along with an unnamed 17-year-old, of blackmailing BT, one of the UK's biggest internet providers. The 17-year-old will be standing trial on two counts of blackmail, two counts of fraud, and three charges under the UK's Computer Misuse Act.

Rockstar needed to plug this leak

When the news that GTA 6 footage had been leaked, Rockstar issued ?a message on social media. The post said that the company had "suffered a network intrusion," at the hands of an "unauthorized third party", which "illegally accessed and downloaded confidential information from our systems."

Many immediately had access to plenty of footage from an early development build of Grand Theft Auto 6. As huge as the leak was for both Rockstar and parent company Take-Two Interactive, it didn't deter the studio, which is still working on the anticipated GTA 5 follow-up. The accused hacker was arrested not long after?????????????????????????? th??e leak, but pleaded not guilty at the time.

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Vice, Vice, Baby

A mysterious leak has surfaced online, claiming to showcase development footage, screenshots, and plot details pertaining to Rockstar Games' upcoming sequel Grand Theft Auto 6 �the assets were uploaded to popular GTA 6 community GTA Forums overnight.

The videos, all of which have since been removed from YouTube, included footage of unfinished player characters and NPCs traversing a strip club, using an intercity metro train, and robbing a fast food restaurant, Pumpkin and Honey Bunny style. This footage (assuming that it's legitimate) would validate earlier reports that the GTA 6 narrative will focus on "B?onnie and Clyde"-style dual protagonists.

In total, around 90 video clips (mostly only seconds long) were archived in the leak, with some builds dating back to 2019/2020, suggesting that this was very, very early footage, in no way close to being reflect?ive of the eventual magnum opus.

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All of the clips seemingly take place in Vice City, the locale of GTA's stellar 2002 iteration. Again, this has previously been reported as the setting for Grand Theft Auto 6. While none of the footage, screens, or details have been officially confirmed as legitimate (of course), it has to be said that if it is fake, then someone has gone to really ridiculo?us lengths in order to put it together... but t??hen, they would, wouldn't they?

Regardless of the leak's authenticity, the fact remains that GTA 6 is still a long way from laying down skidmarks on your living room carpet. Frequent industry spoiler Tom Henderson has already stated previously that they do not expect Rockstar to release the sequel until late 2024 at the absolute earliest. Frankly, they have all the time in the world. Given that GTA V is not only the second-best-selling video game of all time, but is still raking in mucho dollarydoos thanks to its multiplayer element, GTA Online. GTA 6 is highly likely to see the same level of stupendous success whenever it shows its ski-??masked face.

Grand Theft Auto 6 is currently in development at Rockstar Games.

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