GTA 6 is the victim of a huge leak that results in the release of about forty videos of the game in alpha versions intended for developers. Here's what we know about the origin of these leaks and what they tell us about the game.
The origin of the leak
First of all it seems that the gameplay videos are from builds dating from between 2019 and 2021. We can indeed note real differences in graphics according to the videos in terms of details, textures or in face modeling. However, keep in mind that these images are not at all representative of the final game. Regarding the origin of this leak, it would probably come from a hacker who hacked the Slack account of one of Rockstar's employees. As a reminder, Slack is a communication platform widely used by companies to manage different projects online.
Towards a postponement of the game?
The person behind this leak also says he has access to the GTA VI source code. To summarize roughly, the source code gives access to all the elements of a game and its manufacturing processes (including details on how the title was coded). This valuable information makes it easier, for example, to hack or mod. In an even more serious case, imagine for example that GTA VI has an online mode similar to GTA V, this could very easily pave the way for many "cheats".
The information we learn from these leaks
In this fiddle of videos, we see mainly test phases for animations, some dialogues and especially a list of elements giving some indications on the content. However, it is difficult to sort through. However, we can confirm some information provided by Jason Schreier via Bloomberg some time ago:
- We will have two protagonists: a male character and a female character of Latin origin. According to these leaks, their names would be Jason and Lucia.
- An excerpt in a subway confirms that we will be back in Vice City.
- A police car tells us that "Port Gellhorn" will be a new area of the city.
- The game takes place well after 2013 since during a dialogue between NPCs, the death of Jay Norris is evoked. Norris was the CEO of Life Invader, a Facebook cartoon in GTA V. His assassination was one of the main missions of the game.
With this last point, we can then consider connections between GTA 5 and GTA 6 via the return of several characters including possibly Michael, Franklin and Trevor. Regarding the gameplay, we do not learn much new since the great mechanics of the game are now well known gunfight, chase, burglary ....
However, what was said about interiors in the open world, namely further exploration at that level, seems to be a reality. In the game's files, we can read (possibly random events or story mode) a warehouse full of sex robots, a satanic house or a mansion called "Big Cat Mansion".
In terms of gameplay, we see that GTA 6 takes a similar structure to Red Dead Redemption 2, especially in terms of physics. At one point, we can observe fall tests very similar to Rockstar's Western. Other attempts also seem to indicate that one will be able to squat again at will and even crawl.
This news is naturally disastrous because it is not in these conditions that we hoped to discover this long-awaited new opus. Obviously, the hacker would have even more resources on GTA 6, which suggests that the soap opera is far from over. We can imagine that Rockstar will soon speak officially, to warn players or make an appointment for a first trailer. We will of course keep you informed.
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