Rockstar calls GTA VI gameplay leaks heartbreaking, keeps November 19
Rockstar said a week of leaked GTA VI gameplay clips was heartbreaking for its team, apologized for the wait and asked fans to hold on until November 19.
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Rockstar said a week of leaked GTA VI gameplay clips was heartbreaking for its team, apologized for the wait and asked fans to hold on until November 19.
Take-Two sought subpoenas to Discord, Microsoft, X and YouTube to find who leaked GTA VI gameplay, according to court filings reported by Kotaku.
Rockstar said a limited amount of non-material company information was accessed through a breach at another company, with no impact on players.
Bloomberg reported that Rockstar told staff to work from the office five days a week from April 2024, citing productivity and security.
Arion Kurtaj, the Lapsus$ hacker behind the 2022 Rockstar breach, is to be held in a secure hospital with no end date, VGC and The Record reported.
A London jury found Arion Kurtaj, 18, carried out the 2022 Rockstar Games hack, UK media reported. He was unfit for trial, so it was not a conviction.
On a November 2022 earnings call, Strauss Zelnick said Take-Two saw no sign material assets were taken and that the leak would not affect development.
City of London Police arrested and charged a 17-year-old over hacking. Reports tied him to the Rockstar breach; police did not name Rockstar.
Rockstar said an outside party downloaded confidential data, including early footage of the next GTA, and that development would go on as planned.