Huge Grand Theft Auto leak 'won't influence new game's development'

A immense leak of aboriginal footage from the adjacent Grand Theft Auto won't interaction the game's development, the publisher's main enforcement has said.

In what was 1 of the astir high-profile cybersecurity breaches successful the industry's history, dozens of videos showing assorted robberies, shoot-outs, and open-world driving were posted to an online connection committee successful September.

The incidental saw the franchise's notoriously secretive developer Rockstar forced to merchandise a statement, acknowledging a "network intrusion successful which an unauthorised 3rd enactment illegally accessed and downloaded confidential accusation from our systems".

Rockstar said it was "extremely disappointed" to person details of the adjacent GTA "shared with you each successful this way", pursuing astir a decennary of speculation astir the game.

The past instalment has go 1 of the highest-grossing amusement releases ever since its 2013 debut, with improvement of the sequel only confirmed for the archetypal clip earlier this year.

Addressing the hack during steadfast Take-Two's 2nd 4th net call, reported by VGC, CEO Strauss Zelnick said: "With regards to the leak, it was terribly unfortunate, and we instrumentality those sorts of incidents precise earnestly indeed.

"There's nary grounds that immoderate worldly assets were taken, which is simply a bully thing, and surely the leak won't person immoderate power connected improvement oregon thing of the sort.

"But it is terribly disappointing, and it causes america to beryllium ever much vigilant connected matters relating to cybersecurity."

The footage appeared to corroborate erstwhile reports GTA 6 would beryllium acceptable successful Vice City, a fictionalised practice of Miami seen successful erstwhile games.

Reports suggest the crippled volition diagnostic 2 protagonists successful a Bonnie and Clyde-style story, including the archetypal playable pistillate quality successful bid history.

Fans volition beryllium relieved to perceive that the leak volition not interaction development, fixed the already agelong wait. It is by acold the biggest spread betwixt caller instalments since the GTA bid began successful 1997.

The past crippled has present sold much than 170 cardinal copies worldwide, it was revealed successful Take Two's net call, helped by it being re-released connected the existent procreation of consoles earlier this year.