They’ll have an official update “soon”
Rockstar Games have issued a statement following leaks over the weekend of early footage from the next game in the series,GTA 6, saying they suffered a “network intrusion” from an unauthorised third party, and were “extremely disappointed” that the early development footage was made public through the hack. It’s also emerged that the same hacker may have been responsible for a breach of rideshare platform Uber last week.Uber saythey’re in contact with both the FBI and the U.S. Department Of Justice over the hacks.
Rockstar published their statement onTwitter: “Our work on the nextGrand Theft Autogame will continue as planned and remain as committed as ever to delivering an experience to you, our players, that truly exceeds your expectations,” the statement said. Rockstar said there’d be an official update on the game’s progress “soon”, and that they’d release details of the game “when it is ready”.
A Message from Rockstar Gamespic.twitter.com/T4Wztu8RW8
As Katharinereportedover the weekend, footage from GTA 6 appeared online and began to spread early on Sunday. Rockstar’s statement confirmed that the footage was obtained through a “network intrusion” that enabled someone to download information about the game, including “early development footage”. The company said they didn’t believe that there’d be any knock-on effects from the hack on ongoing development of their projects, nor on its live-service games.
Grand Theft Auto 6 doesn’t have a release window yet. If that changes then I’ll let you know, but don’t expect to play it forat least another two years. In the meantime, there’s always GTA Online as part of GTA V onSteamand theEpic Games Store.
