GTA 6 Leak Affected Development Team Emotionally: Report

The eighth important entry within the Grand Theft Auto collection is probably essentially the most awaited recreation within the historical past of video games. It has been practically a decade since Grand Theft Auto V initially launched on consoles, now two generations outdated. Rockstar Video games have already confirmed they’re onerous at work on GTA 6, however there is no phrase on a launch date. Final 12 months, eagerly ready followers obtained an unauthorised take a look at the upcoming recreation when a leak revealed in-development footage from the following GTA. The leak, which included gameplay, characters, and the open world setting from GTA 6, sparked considerations in regards to the affect it may have on the sport’s publishers. Proper across the time for its newest earnings report, which fell barely wanting its goal, Rockstar’s guardian firm Take-Two Interactive have mentioned the leak didn’t adversely have an effect on its enterprise.

Chatting with IGN, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said the leak was an “emotional matter” and never a enterprise one. “”We take leaks very critically certainly and so they disappoint all of us, it is actually irritating and upsetting to the crew,” Zelnick mentioned. “Nevertheless, as a enterprise matter we’re not affected. However as a private matter and an emotional matter, our groups are affected.”

Final 12 months in September, Rockstar Video games suffered a massive leak, which revealed in-development gameplay footage from GTA 6. The leak, which popped up on a preferred GTA discussion board, consisted of over 90 movies exhibiting two playable characters, Lucia and Jason, all however confirming that the following Grand Theft Auto may have a feminine protagonist.

Movies from the leak went viral on a number of social media platforms as Take-Two Interactive began submitting copyright claims to take the footage down. On the time, Rockstar issued an announcement saying they had been “extraordinarily disenchanted” to have any particulars of their subsequent recreation shared in that method.

Earlier final 12 months, after years of hypothesis Rockstar Video games lastly revealed that they engaged on the following important instalment of GTA. “We’re happy to substantiate that energetic growth for the following entry within the collection is underway,” the studio said in a web based put up final February.

Years after launch, GTA 5 stays as profitable as ever, with the sport nonetheless promoting like sizzling desserts. In response to the IGN report, the sport has bought a complete of 175 million copies after final quarter’s gross sales.