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[IbizaPocholo]

Take-Two says Grand Theft Auto 6 leak ‘won’t have any influence on development’ | VGC

Rockstar owner also says there’s no evidence that any material assets were taken…

www.videogameschronicle.com

In one of the games industry’s most high-profile data leaks, more than an hour of GTA 6 development footage was published online in September by an anonymous user who claimed to have obtained it via an internal Rockstar Slack channel.

At the time, Rockstar said it didn’t anticipate any long-term effect on its development timelines as a result of the incident.

This message was reiterated by Rockstar parent company Take-Two during its second quarter earnings call on Monday.

“With regards to the leak, it was terribly unfortunate, and we take those sorts of incidents very seriously indeed,” said Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick (transcribed by VGC).

“There’s no evidence that any material assets were taken, which is a good thing, and certainly the leak won’t have any influence on development or anything of the sort, but it is terribly disappointing and causes us to be ever more vigilant on matters relating to cybersecurity.”

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[dorkimoe]

I never understood why the fuck it would...

 

[SSfox]

I only deal Rockstar. Fuck Take 2.

 

[Golgo 13]

As always, never believe these CEO’s. If code was leaked, there will indeed be REQUIRED to rewrite much of the game code for security reasons. It could delay the game by months, years even. Of course Strauss isn’t going to say this and have the stock tank, and it’s particularly convenient because a release date was never announced to begin with, so we’ll never be able to “prove” it caused delays, but yeah. It almost certainly will

 

[GymWolf]

No...shit?!

 

[RoadHazard]

Whatever happened to that guy? Was he arrested?

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

I'm shocked at this absolute bombshell

 

[nani17]

 

[GymWolf]

Whatever happened to that guy? Was he arrested?

Yep, they gave him 2 options, prison or playing 1000 hours of the recent gta remaster collection.

He chose prison.

 

[light2x]

Hasn't even been a month and it seems everyone's already forgotten and the hacker is rotting away in prison.

Remember kids, clout does not pay.

 

[MGHA]

THERE WAS A LEAK?!?!

 

[Balducci30]

As always, never believe these CEO’s. If code was leaked, there will indeed be REQUIRED to rewrite much of the game code for security reasons. It could delay the game by months, years even. Of course Strauss isn’t going to say this and have the stock tank, and it’s particularly convenient because a release date was never announced to begin with, so we’ll never be able to “prove” it caused delays, but yeah. It almost certainly will

The code wasn’t leaked for gta 6

 

[N0S]

They'll just take another ten years so everybody forgets about it.

 

[Puscifer]

I never understood why the fuck it would...

Big leaks like Half Life 2 changed the course of development. Then again, when you're source code itself is leaked I'd like to think certain things would be redone.

 

[Robb]

Really wish R* would pick up the pace. I assume we’ll still be playing GTA6 on the PlayStation 9 at the snails pace they’re releasing games..

 

[Negotiator101]

I find your disdain of most threads interesting, given you have no interest why bother posting?

 

[DeepEnigma]

I find your disdain of most threads interesting, given you have no interest why bother posting?

 

[Negotiator101]

Really wish R* would pick up the pace. I assume we’ll still be playing GTA6 on the PlayStation 9 at the snails pace they’re releasing games..

While I do wish to play GTA 6 I'm fully aware that Rockstar are the best developer in the world, and creating a game as large and complex as they do takes a long time.

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

Thanks to the Hacker we know a Lot about the next GTA. Thanks for that.

THERE WAS A LEAK?!?!

 

[Robb]

and creating a game as large and complex as they do takes a long time.

Tbh I wish they'd just lower their ambitions if every game is going to take 10+ years to make from now on.

 

[Fuz]

Of course it doesn't.

 

[ReBurn]

I remember the original thread and laughing at people who said they had to throw it all away and start over. It was fun.

 

[lukilladog]

Probably fake leak for free massive marketing.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

Take-Two Interactive Says GTA 6 Leaks in 2022 Were ‘Emotional’

In response to early Grand Theft Auto 6 footage doing the rounds in 2022, Take-Two Interactive's CEO says the leaks were an 'emotional matter.'

gamerant.com

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has been speaking to IGN about last year's Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks, referring to them as an "emotional matter" and adding that the company takes these things "very seriously." However, while Zelnick insists that the leak hasn't had an effect on the business side of development, he says that the "teams are affected" in terms of it being a personal matter. The report goes on to say that Take-Two is experiencing a shortfall in earnings, which could impact the business and lead to layoffs. Zelnick responded by saying "that's not the plan," though he admits some jobs may be lost.

 

[Yoboman]

Amazing how a leaker could basically everything but a release date

 

[Represent.]

Take-Two Interactive Says GTA 6 Leaks in 2022 Were ‘Emotional’

In response to early Grand Theft Auto 6 footage doing the rounds in 2022, Take-Two Interactive's CEO says the leaks were an 'emotional matter.'

gamerant.com

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has been speaking to IGN about last year's Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks, referring to them as an "emotional matter" and adding that the company takes these things "very seriously." However, while Zelnick insists that the leak hasn't had an effect on the business side of development, he says that the "teams are affected" in terms of it being a personal matter. The report goes on to say that Take-Two is experiencing a shortfall in earnings, which could impact the business and lead to layoffs. Zelnick responded by saying "that's not the plan," though he admits some jobs may be lost.

I HATE when journalists don’t say things with their chest. And beat around the bush.

They called GTA 5 “one of the most successful entries in the GTA franchise”.

“One of”, bitch, it’s by far and away the most successful GTA, wtf are you talking about “one of”?

It’s poor reporting and factually false information.