Interestingly, the hacker (who goes by “teapotuberhacker” on GTAForums) also claims to be responsible for the recent Uber hack, and says they obtained the video by accessing a Rockstar employee’s Slack account — which is the same MO for the massive Uber breach. The leaks themselves appear to be either legit or knockoffs created with such a high degree of attention to detail and authenticity that they have won over what was initially a very skeptical GTAForums audience. Various clips from the leak show male and female lead characters, which fits with other reports about what to expect in the upcoming game. They also show gameplay taking place in an analog fictional city of Miami, again matching early reports of what GTA 6 will bring to the franchise. It’s worth noting that these videos likely show an older build, which some indications could be from around 2017. The game is said to have been in development since 2014 (GTA 5 was originally released in 2013), so it would be reasonable to expect that there would be development footage from various builds over the years. Earlier this month, Rockstar released the credits from GTA 5 and GTA 5 Online on its website, titling the page “Thank You”, which many saw as a sign that it was ending active development on its long-running and much-expanded fifth installment. series to focus more directly on the upcoming sequel. We reached out to Rockstar owner Take-Two Interactive, but did not immediately hear back. We’ll update this post with more if and when they respond.
