Rockstar Games Issues Official Response After Historic GTA 6 Leak

With the recent Grand Theft Auto getting leaked to the public, the gaming community is greatly affected by it. Thus, in this time of hardship, the developers of the GTA franchise, Rockstar Games, have released a statement on the matter.

The last few hours had seen a great deal of uncertain and unnecessary updates on the advancements in the upcoming Grand Theft Auto game, GTA 6. As it stands, the most anticipated game of the decade was thought to be facing a delay because of the recent mishap that took place after GTA 6 got leaked.

What do Rockstar Games have to say about GTA 6 being leaked?

In a recent statement by Rockstar Games on their official Twitter handle, it was revealed by them that the leaked footage of the GTA 6 was, in fact, true. And now they have launched an official statement where they are assuring the fans that the game might not suffer from any long-term issues, nor the game might suffer any live game services.

The official statement said, “We recently suffered a network intrusion in which an unauthorized third party illegally accessed and downloaded confidential information from our systems, including early development footage for the next Grand Theft Auto. At this time, we do not anticipate any disruption to our live game services nor any long-term effect on the development of our ongoing projects.”

Rockstar also said that they are not happy with the way the footage got leaked and spoiled most of the game to their fans. Also, they said that they are going to keep working on the game and make sure to showcase it to the public when the time is right.

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“We are extremely disappointed to have any details of our next game shared with you all in this way. Our work on the next Grand Theft Auto game will continue as planned and we remain as committed as ever to delivering an experience to you, our players, that truly exceeds your expectations. We will update everyone again soon and, of course, will properly introduce you to this next game when it is ready. We want to thank everyone for their ongoing support through this situation.”

What was the statement about?

For those who don’t know, a recent mishap in the development process of the GTA 6 happened when a hacker hacked the Rockstar Games’ server and took out footage of the upcoming GTA title. Notably, the footage got viral on the internet and fans started speculating that it might cause the game to get delayed or even scraped by the development team.

But thankfully now the matter had been officially approved by Rockstar Games and it can be said that the game might not be delayed after all. What are your thoughts on this? Do let us know in the comments below.

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