GTA 6 Leak Affected Growth Staff Emotionally: Report

The eighth principal entry within the Grand Theft Auto sequence is maybe 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 previous. Rockstar Video games have already confirmed they’re arduous 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 subsequent GTA. The leak, which included gameplay, characters, and the open world setting from GTA 6, sparked considerations in regards to the impression 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 mother or father firm Take-Two Interactive have stated the leak didn’t adversely have an effect on its enterprise.

Talking to IGN, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said the leak was an “emotional matter” and never a enterprise one. “”We take leaks very critically certainly they usually disappoint all of us, it is actually irritating and upsetting to the staff,” Zelnick stated. “Nonetheless, 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 large leak, which revealed in-development gameplay footage from GTA 6. The leak, which popped up on a well-liked GTA discussion board, consisted of over 90 movies displaying two playable characters, Lucia and Jason, all however confirming that the subsequent Grand Theft Auto could 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 a press release saying they had been “extraordinarily disillusioned” 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 subsequent principal instalment of GTA. “We’re happy to verify that energetic improvement for the subsequent entry within the sequence is underway,” the studio stated in a web-based publish final February.

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