Grand Theft Auto VI is getting its own piece of official hardware, and it's coming straight from PlayStation. During Thursday's State of Play broadcast, Sony and Rockstar Games jointly unveiled the Grand Theft Auto VI Limited-Edition DualSense Wireless Controllers, two custom pads designed to tie directly into the game's Vice City setting.

Design and Features

The controllers come in two color options — black and white — each built on the standard DualSense shell but dressed up with GTA VI-specific styling. The standout feature is a shimmering, color-shifting gradient across the lower portion of each controller, blending blue, pink, and purple tones meant to evoke a Vice City sunset fading into neon nightlife. Both versions also feature raised palm tree molding on the grips for a distinct tactile feel, along with a large "VI" logo printed on the touchpad. The face buttons and d-pad are finished in pink to match the overall aesthetic.

According to PlayStation's official blog, the two colorways are meant to represent contrasting sides of Vice City: "the black and white limited-edition DualSense wireless controllers each capture the essence of Vice City, from bright days along the coast to vibrant city nights." Beyond the cosmetic changes, the controllers retain full support for the DualSense's haptic feedback and adaptive triggers, which Rockstar has said will play a central role in how GTA VI's action feels in players' hands.

Pricing and Availability

Both controllers are priced at $84.99 USD (£74.99 / €84.99), with pre-orders opening September 10 at 10:00 AM local time through PlayStation Direct in supported regions, as well as select participating retailers. Given the scale of anticipation around GTA 6, and the fact that these are confirmed limited-run items, demand is expected to be intense — with some early reporting suggesting the black variant in particular may be harder to secure.

Both controllers are set to launch on November 19, 2026, the same day Grand Theft Auto VI arrives on PlayStation 5.

The reveal continues a pattern established throughout GTA 6's marketing cycle, with PlayStation holding a prominent promotional partnership around the game's launch — from trailer capture on PS5 hardware to repeated claims that GTA 6 "plays best" on Sony's console. These controllers give that partnership its most tangible form yet.

Rockstar has rolled out a new GTA Online weekly update, and it marks the start of a much bigger push: a month-long celebration called the Business Rivalries event. Running alongside the usual weekly rotation of bonuses, discounts and vehicles, this Event Week spans September 3rd through 9th and sets the stage for weeks of business-focused rewards.

A Business Bonus Month, Four Ways

Rockstar hasn't run a dedicated business bonus month in a couple of years, and this one is structured to roll through GTA Online's core business types one at a time. Executives are up first this week, with Bikers taking the spotlight next week, followed by Gunrunning operations, and the event wrapping up with a focus on Nightclub Owners.

Players who complete at least one Weekly Challenge across the next three weeks will earn a free Penaud La Coureuse sports car. There's also a bonus for sticking around into the back half of the month — anyone who logs into GTA Online between September 24th and 30th will receive a complimentary HSW upgrade. On top of that, delivering Business Battle crates now guarantees a clothing drop, with players able to pick up the Six Figure Tee, Ride or Die Tee, Red and White Ammu-Nation Cap, or Bourgeoix Tee.

Kortz Center Heist Gets Fresh Targets

The Kortz Center Heist is getting a shake-up this week too. Rockstar has introduced new Primary Targets — Consumato, Stacks Study V, and Trust — while resetting the heist's first-completion bonus. Crews that manage a death-free run will also walk away with an extra GTA$400,000 on top of the standard payout.

This Week's Rotation

Beyond the headline event, the usual weekly staples are in place:

• FIB Priority File: The Project Breakaway File, paying double as always.

• Salvage Yard Robberies: The Duggan Robbery rewards a Pfister Astron, The Cargo Ship Robbery rewards an Ocelot Jugular, and The Gangbanger Robbery rewards a Canis Kamacho.

• Podium Vehicle: The Declasse Impaler SZ ($1,280,000 at Southern San Andreas Super Autos) is up for grabs via the Casino's Lucky Wheel, and GTA+ members now get two spins every 24 hours instead of one.

• Prize Ride Challenge: Placing in the top two of an LS Car Meet Race unlocks the Karin Woodlander ($1,611,000).

• Premium Test Ride: The Declasse Vigero ZX Convertible, available for PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC Enhanced players.

• Test Track Vehicles: Lampadati Novak, Ocelot Jugular and Vapid Dominator GTX.

• Luxury Autos (Rockford Hills): Benefactor LRC GT and Pfister X-treme.

• Premium Deluxe Motorsport (Simeon's): Coil Cyclone, Dewbauchee Vagner, Grotti Cheetah, Karin 190z and Överflöd Entity XF.

Gun Van, Races and Discounts

This week's Gun Van is stocked with the Railgun, Grenade Launcher, Flare Gun, Knife and Stun Gun, along with Tear Gas, Molotovs and Sticky Bombs, plus the full lineup of body armor tiers — all discounted, with steeper cuts for GTA+ subscribers.

The Premium Race this week is Downtown Underground, the HSW Time Trial is East Vinewood, and the standard Time Trial is Up Chiliad.

On the discounts front, the Arcadius Business Center Executive Office is completely free this week. The Coil Cyclone II is cut by 70%, while a long list of vehicles — including the Coil Cyclone, Dewbauchee Vagner, Grotti Cheetah, Karin 190z, Lampadati Novak, Vapid Dominator GTX and more — are all 30% off.

Bonuses and the Weekly Challenge

GTA$ and RP bonuses this week include:

• 4x on Special Vehicle Work

• 3x on Community Mission Series

• 2x on Madrazo Hits

• 2x on Diamond Adversary Series

• 2x on Export Mixed Goods Missions (via the Executive Office Assistant)

• 2x speed on Staff Sourcing Special Cargo

The Weekly Challenge tasks players with earning GTA$1,000,000 from selling Special Cargo, which rewards that full GTA$1,000,000 alongside the Yeti x LS Customs Tracksuit.

With four business types set to rotate through bonus status over the coming weeks, this looks set to be one of GTA Online's more rewarding stretches in recent memory — and it's only just getting started.

Grand Theft Auto VI just delivered one of the biggest marketing moments in gaming history, and Wall Street shrugged.

Rockstar's Extended Look trailer dropped last week, a nearly 30-minute chunk of PS5 gameplay footage that Netflix says became the most-watched English-language film on the platform that week, pulling in a massive spike in traffic the moment it went live. Fan reaction was overwhelmingly positive. Investor reaction was the opposite: Take-Two's share price fell from roughly $235 to $218 when markets opened Monday — an 8% drop — and has slipped further since, putting the stock at its lowest point since pre-orders opened.

A Pre-Order Bump That Wasn't

The main culprit appears to be pre-order data. Analytics firm M Science released a report Monday estimating the Extended Look only generated a few hundred thousand additional global pre-orders in the days after it hit Netflix — on top of an already substantial base of more than 4 million pre-orders logged before the trailer dropped. Investors circulating the report concluded the gameplay reveal simply didn't move the needle the way they'd hoped.

That read skips some context. The vast majority of existing pre-orders are reportedly for the $100 Ultimate Edition, and historically, the bulk of any game's pre-order volume lands in the final week before release rather than months out. Comparisons to GTA V's pre-order pace also miss an obvious wrinkle: that game leaned heavily on physical retail in a market that looked nothing like today's.

A Speculative Op-Ed Gets Treated Like a Report

Panic also spread after a Forbes opinion piece speculated — without sourcing — that GTA Online's presence in GTA 6 could be spun off as a standalone release down the line, rather than launching alongside the game. It was framed as pure conjecture, not reporting, and drew pushback from investors on social media who called out the overreaction. Still, some shareholders treated the speculation as gospel. Even if Rockstar eventually did carve out a separate GTA Online follow-up, there's no evidence pointing that way yet — and given how central GTA Online monetization is to Take-Two's business model, any wobble in confidence there tends to ripple into the stock quickly.

Leak Fatigue Adds to the Jitters

Ongoing gameplay leaks tied to a source with apparent access to the full build have also unsettled some investors, who've floated fears that the leaks could force a delay. Since the Extended Look premiered, though, interest in the leaks has largely died down, and Rockstar remains on track for its planned release.

The Bigger Picture

Taken together, the sell-off looks less like a verdict on GTA 6's prospects and more like a case of investors misreading incomplete data and running with worst-case speculation. Barring something going seriously wrong with the game itself, GTA VI remains on track to be a massive commercial success when it launches on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on November 19.

Netflix has now put hard numbers behind just how big a win the GTA 6 exclusivity deal turned out to be.

The streaming giant secured a six-hour exclusivity window last week to premiere 27 minutes of Grand Theft Auto VI footage before it hit YouTube. Demand was reportedly high enough to briefly crash the platform, and Netflix later confirmed a 35% spike in overall users during the window. It was also confirmed that the arrangement was pitched to Netflix by Rockstar itself.

Netflix has now published its weekly Top 10 chart data covering August 24th–30th, and the Extended Look topped the "English film" category with 31.1 million views. The clip hit No. 1 in 87 of the 93 countries Netflix tracks — a near-total global sweep for a piece of game marketing.

By comparison, the YouTube upload, which went live a few hours after the Netflix debut, has pulled in 17 million views. That's a notable gap considering the YouTube version sits behind no paywall at all, while the Netflix cut required an active subscription to watch.

Part of that gap comes down to how differently the two platforms count a "view." YouTube recently changed its methodology so a view registers the moment a video starts playing. Netflix's bar is considerably higher: it counts total watch time and divides it by the title's runtime to produce a "full-runtime equivalent." Under that system, one household watching the 27-minute trailer twice counts the same as two separate households watching it once — meaning Netflix's 31.1 million figure represents a much stricter threshold than YouTube's raw view count.

Even against Netflix's own chart, the Extended Look wasn't close to being challenged. The second-place title, The Whisper Man, managed 23.2 million views — nearly 8 million behind GTA 6, despite having an extra day of availability on the chart before the trailer's August 27th release.

Grand Theft Auto VI is set to release on November 19.

Rockstar Games is throwing its full weight behind the next generation of GTA Online roleplay, formally backing the launch of NoPixel V and rolling out in-game perks to reward players for tuning into the hype around it.

The publisher confirmed the news through an official newswire post, marking one of its clearest public endorsements yet of the roleplay community that has grown up around GTA Online over the years. NoPixel has long been one of the most-watched RP servers in the FiveM space, and this latest version is set to enter a closed beta on September 8, with roughly 500 players receiving invitations to access it directly through the Rockstar Games Launcher.

What's Changing in NoPixel V

Rockstar and the NoPixel team say version 5.0 is a substantial overhaul rather than an incremental patch. Highlights include:

• Refreshed visuals across the server

• Smarter, more reactive pedestrians to improve immersion

• New ways to earn a living in-world

• A reworked character customization system, giving roleplayers more tools to build characters that match their backstories

• A revamped Los Santos, including the brand-new Pixel Hotel & Casino and a six-block overhaul of Cypress Flats

Rockstar also appears to have finished the long-teased Mile High Club location, which is now visible on the company's official site.

In the newswire post, Rockstar praised the NoPixel team's track record, crediting the server with pushing the boundaries of GTA roleplay through character-driven storytelling and creative reworks of the map.

Free Rewards for All GTA Online Players

The rollout isn't just for the roughly 500 beta participants — Rockstar is also giving something back to the wider GTA Online community. From September 8 through 30, players on console and PC can earn GTA$1,500,000 and a Burger Shot Tracksuit simply by watching NoPixel V streams from participating GTA Roleplay creators on Twitch.

What Comes Next

Rockstar says more announcements are coming, including a new in-game PC overlay, additional events, and wider access to NoPixel V down the line. On the overlay specifically, well-known dataminer Tex2 speculated on X that the update is likely to reintroduce text chat to GTA Online and potentially other Rockstar titles.

With the closed beta just over a week away, all eyes will now be on how NoPixel V performs once real players get their hands on it — and whether Rockstar's newfound openness toward the roleplay community continues to grow from here.

Grand Theft Auto VI's launch isn't just shaping up to be the biggest event in gaming history — it might also leave a dent in the US economy.

A new study suggests that Rockstar's next mega-release could cost the United States more than $1 billion in lost productivity on launch day alone, as huge numbers of workers and students skip work or class to play.

The "sick day" joke is becoming a real economic factor

Fans calling in sick — or burning a vacation day — to play a hotly anticipated game on release day is a long-running joke in gaming culture, but it's not just a joke anymore. GTA VI has already driven unusually early time-off requests, with players locking in days off well before Rockstar even confirmed the current release date. Given that it's widely considered the most anticipated game ever made, that's not entirely surprising: social media has been full of people mapping out their launch-day plans for months.

That anticipation lines up with the game's staggering commercial trajectory. Recent estimates point to GTA VI moving around 50 million copies at launch, generating roughly $4.5 billion in sales.

Where the billion-dollar figure comes from

The absenteeism study comes from José Montalvo, a Professor of Economics at Pompeu Fabra University, and was reported by Spanish outlet El Output. According to Montalvo's research, the sheer scale of people skipping work or school on release day could translate into a roughly $1 billion hit to the US economy from lost labor productivity alone.

The study estimates that the impact will be led disproportionately by young men aged 18 to 30, with thousands expected to miss work or classes on Thursday, November 19 — GTA VI's release date. The tech sector is flagged as the industry likely to feel it most, with an estimated 2% drop in labor productivity tied to the launch.

This isn't unprecedented. Past reports found that as much as 6% of 18-to-35-year-olds in major cities like Los Angeles and New York took the day off for Grand Theft Auto V's 2013 release — suggesting GTA VI, with a far larger and more online fanbase, could easily exceed that.

A billion-dollar loss, but a bigger billion-dollar win

For context, whatever hit the broader US economy takes will be dwarfed by what Take-Two Interactive and its shareholders stand to gain from the launch itself, given the game's multi-billion-dollar sales projections. It's also worth noting that Rockstar's UK-based development operations mean a chunk of that economic upside flows into Britain rather than the US.

Whether or not the billion-dollar estimate proves precise, it's a striking illustration of just how much cultural and economic gravity GTA VI has accumulated ahead of release — enough that economists are now treating a video game launch as a measurable line item in national productivity data.

Are you taking time off for GTA VI's launch? November 19 is fast approaching either way.

Rockstar Games and Netflix's 26-minute Extended Look at Grand Theft Auto VI didn't just give fans their most substantial gameplay footage yet — it also delivered a hefty dose of the game's soundtrack. Across the extended showcase, 15 individual songs played out over the action, spanning six decades and half a dozen genres, giving the clearest picture yet of how eclectic Vice City's in-game radio and music direction will be.

The reveal builds on a soundtrack picture that was already taking shape. Last week, unauthorized early-build gameplay footage leaked by a user known as Cyberleek surfaced a separate batch of confirmed tracks, and this official Extended Look adds another wave of confirmations straight from Rockstar and Netflix's own broadcast.

The Full Tracklist

Here's every song confirmed to have played during the Extended Look:

• "Pop Bottles" – Birdman, Lil Wayne

• "Skrilla" – Kodak Black

• "Love Bites" – Def Leppard

• "But I Think It's a Dream" – Captain & Tennille

• "Cars and Girls" – Prefab Sprout

• "Devil Woman" – Cliff Richard

• "Take a Look at Me Now" – Phil Collins

• "Inner Light" – Elderbrook, Bob Moses

• "Pound Town" – Sexy Red, Tay Keith

• "Let Your Love Flow" – The Bellamy Brothers

• "People Are People" – Depeche Mode

• "Besito de Coco" – Celia Cruz, Johnny Pacheco, Justo Betancourt, Papo Lucca

• "Off the Grid" – !!!, Meah Pace

• "Se Me Nota Agárrame" – Chimbala & Omega

• "Mine O' Mine" – Aluna, Jayda G

What the Lineup Tells Us

The spread here is notably wide-ranging. On one end sits a run of AM-radio-friendly deep cuts — Cliff Richard's "Devil Woman," the Bellamy Brothers' "Let Your Love Flow," Captain & Tennille and Prefab Sprout — the kind of soft-rock and yacht-pop staples that echo GTA: Vice City's original '80s soundtrack DNA. That's balanced against a strong contemporary hip-hop and trap presence via Kodak Black, Sexy Red and Tay Keith, plus Birdman and Lil Wayne's "Pop Bottles" repping the 2000s.

Then there's the genre-hopping middle ground: Depeche Mode's synth-pop classic "People Are People," Phil Collins' "Take a Look at Me Now," and Def Leppard's arena-rock "Love Bites" all suggest Vice City's rock and new wave stations remain firmly intact. Meanwhile, tracks like "Besito de Coco" and "Se Me Nota Agárrame" point toward a dedicated Latin/salsa and dembow presence — fitting, given the game's Miami-inspired setting and its large Latin American population — while Elderbrook, Bob Moses, and Aluna's electronic and house-leaning cuts hint at a modern dance station alongside the classics.

Taken together, it paints a soundtrack strategy similar to past GTA entries: a blend of era-specific throwbacks that match the setting's aesthetic roots, layered with current chart hits to keep the world feeling lived-in and contemporary.

With Rockstar historically keeping full station tracklists under wraps until much closer to launch, expect more confirmations to trickle out as additional gameplay — official or leaked — continues to surface ahead of GTA 6's November 19 release.

Grand Theft Auto 6's newly released Extended Look trailer left little doubt that Rockstar has built one of the most visually ambitious open-world games ever attempted. Dense crowds, lifelike lighting, and intricate character animation dominate the nearly 30-minute reveal. But alongside the praise, a familiar concern has resurfaced: the game appears to be locked to 30 frames per second, with no confirmed 60 FPS option in sight.

A Bridge the Technical Team Hasn't Crossed

The footage in the trailer reportedly comes from an in-development build running at 30 FPS, and that looks to be Rockstar's target at launch. Rob Nelson, head of development at Rockstar North, fielded questions from outlets and creators invited to the studio ahead of the trailer's debut, and he reportedly deflected inquiries about higher frame rates, describing it as a bridge the technical team hasn't yet crossed. That leaves fans with no firm timeline — or promise — of a performance mode arriving at launch or afterward.

It's not the first time Rockstar has punted on this question. A separate report, citing comments attributed to Nelson during the same media session, indicated consoles are currently running the game at 30 FPS and that the studio still needs to consult its technical team before deciding whether a 60 FPS mode is even feasible, now or down the line.

History Repeating

For longtime fans, this will sound like déjà vu. Grand Theft Auto V didn't get a 60 FPS mode until its PS5 and Xbox Series X/S re-release — its third console generation. Red Dead Redemption 2, meanwhile, has never received a frame rate boost on console, years after launch. If GTA 6 follows that pattern, players could be waiting a long time for smoother performance, if it comes at all.

The tension comes down to trade-offs. Frame rate tends to matter more than resolution on a TV screen, since choppy motion is easier to notice from a couch than a slight drop in sharpness. But doubling the frame rate without gutting visual fidelity is a tall order for a game already pushing dense NPC crowds, detailed character models, and simulation-heavy systems — especially on the lower-powered Xbox Series S, which already has to make resolution concessions just to hit a steady 30 FPS.

Former Rockstar technical director Obbe Vermeij has weighed in on the debate as well, arguing that 60 FPS matters most for competitive multiplayer games, not a cinematic, story-driven adventure like GTA 6. He's also pointed out that even the PS5 Pro may not offer enough of a horsepower jump to make a real difference, given that its CPU is largely unchanged from the base console — the component most responsible for handling GTA 6's crowds and simulation systems.

What It Means for Launch

None of this threatens GTA 6's November 19 release date, and a locked 30 FPS experience won't stop the game from being a system-seller. But it does mean players hoping for a snappier, 60 FPS console experience shouldn't get their hopes up — at least not until Rockstar's technical team figures out whether that "bridge" can be crossed at all.

Grand Theft Auto games don't start with a script, a character, or even a story beat. According to Rockstar Games' own Head of Development, they start with a plane ticket.

In a recent interview with French outlet TroisCouleurs, Rob Nelson pulled back the curtain on the early creative process behind Grand Theft Auto VI, revealing a methodical, almost architectural approach to building a fictional world before a single mission is designed. The picture that emerges is less "video game pitch meeting" and more location scouting for a feature film — because, as it turns out, that's essentially what it is.

Step One: Pick a Place, Then Go Live There (Sort Of)

Nelson explained that the process begins with choosing a real-world setting. For GTA VI, that meant Miami. From there, a Rockstar team physically travels to the region to determine which elements of the real location deserve a place in the game's fictional counterpart.

It's not just sightseeing. The goal is to identify the texture of a place — the things that make it feel like itself — and figure out how to translate that into something playable.

Step Two: Build Out the "Special Areas"

Once the core setting is locked in, Rockstar starts layering in what Nelson called "special areas" — the regions surrounding the base location that give the map its variety. For GTA VI, that includes the Everglades and other pockets of Florida life well outside the neon glow of Vice City proper.

These aren't just scenery. According to Nelson, the team studies local life in these areas and deliberately exaggerates it into what he described as a "warped sort of version of reality" — the same trick Rockstar has leaned on for decades to make its satire land while still feeling grounded.

This lines up with separate comments from Rupert Humphries, Rockstar's Senior Vice President of Narrative, who has said that much of GTA VI's cast was shaped directly by on-the-ground research — meetings with ex-criminals, law enforcement, club promoters, and gun dealers who agreed to talk.

Step Three: Populate the Map With People, Then Hand It to the Writers

Once the geography is mapped out, Rockstar's writing team gets to work figuring out which characters belong in which parts of the world — someone navigating a drug deal in the Everglades, for instance, or getting caught up in a police raid on a tower block.

Only after that groundwork is laid does Humphries begin actually writing the story. Nelson described the starting point as a single page outlining, in broad strokes, where the main characters begin and why they're on the move. From there, the writing team maps out which missions function as narrative "catalysts" — the story beats designed specifically to push players from one part of the map to the next.

Step Four: Build the Tentpoles First

Because GTA games are built around freedom as much as structure, Rockstar prioritizes what Nelson called "tentpole" missions — the major set pieces and narrative beats that anchor the world and get built out before smaller content. Story chapters are then used to break up the overall experience, a structural choice Nelson noted GTA VI shares with Red Dead Redemption 2.

Even with tentpole missions locked in, Rockstar has to account for player unpredictability — designing systems flexible enough to absorb the fact that players rarely do exactly what a script expects them to.

The Takeaway

What Nelson's account makes clear is that GTA VI's world wasn't designed backward from a plot. It was built the way a location scout builds a film set — geography first, character second, story last — with Humphries' narrative team essentially writing into a space Rockstar had already spent months studying and reshaping. It's a process that helps explain why Rockstar's worlds tend to feel lived-in long before players ever pick up a mission marker.

Grand Theft Auto VI had a massive effect on Netflix last night, and the early data proves just how big Rockstar's grand unveiling really was.

The Grand Theft Auto VI: Extended Look premiered on Netflix on Thursday, August 27, giving subscribers a six-hour head start on the rest of the internet before the footage hit YouTube and the official GTA VI site. The impact was immediate — when fans flocked to the platform to watch, the stream struggled to play and briefly crashed for viewers before smoothing out roughly a minute later.

Now the numbers are in, and they show exactly how big that moment was for Netflix.

The Numbers, According to Sensor Tower

A report from GamesBeat, citing data from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, shows the Extended Look triggered a huge surge in Netflix viewership. User counts jumped 35% during the hour the presentation began compared to the hour before it — and that's a 50% increase over the same time slot the previous day.

The platform strain wasn't evenly spread. Mobile usage on Netflix was particularly strong during the premiere, while web traffic saw an even bigger spike: desktop and browser users rose by a staggering 125% compared to Netflix's average Thursday traffic over the prior 12 weeks. That surge is reportedly what caused the brief crash fans experienced as the video went live.

Sensor Tower senior insights analyst Abe Yousef framed the numbers as proof of concept for Netflix's broader strategy of using major entertainment tie-ins to widen its appeal beyond traditional film and TV.

YouTube Numbers Are Climbing Fast Too

The Netflix exclusivity window didn't last long. Once the Extended Look hit Rockstar's official YouTube channel several hours later, it quickly racked up more than 5 million views, and that number has kept climbing since. On Netflix itself, the 26-minute showcase reportedly shot to the top of the platform's daily Top 10, listed as a film rather than a TV special.

Preorders Are Already Piling Up

Netflix viewership wasn't the only figure Sensor Tower tracked. The firm also estimates that GTA VI has already been preordered around 4.6 million times, even without a firm November release date locked to a specific day. Of those preorders, the platform split currently favors PS5, with the console reportedly accounting for the majority share over Xbox.

Alongside the gameplay footage, Rockstar also released more than 20 new screenshots to accompany the showcase, giving fans plenty to pore over ahead of the game's next marketing beat.

Did you catch the Grand Theft Auto VI Extended Look on Netflix, or did you watch it elsewhere once it went live on YouTube? For more news on GTA VI, stay tuned.

For two decades, jacking a car in Grand Theft Auto has meant the same thing: walk up, press a button, watch your protagonist yank the driver out, and drive off. It didn't matter if it was a rusted-out sedan or a six-figure supercar — the process was identical. That's finally changing.

Speaking to IGN as part of the game's Netflix reveal showcase, Rockstar North co-studio head Rob Nelson confirmed that GTA 6 is scrapping the one-button hotwire in favor of a full vehicle security system, one that treats different cars very differently depending on how well-protected they are.

"We have put some layers of stratification into the vehicles," Nelson said. "Previously, you could just press triangle to automatically hotwire and steal any vehicle that you wanted and take off. We felt like that left a lot of potential gameplay on the table in terms of progression and decision-making for players."

Old Cars Are Easy. Nice Cars Are a Job.

The system works on a tier basis. Beat-up junkers will still be pretty much instant grabs — nobody's protecting a car that even Simon Yetarian wouldn't look twice at. But move up to something with real value, and the process gets a lot more involved. Certain higher-end vehicles are gated behind story progress entirely, meaning Jason and Lucia will need to unlock the tools required to crack them before they're even an option.

Two of those tools are confirmed so far: a key cloner, for cars running electronic immobilizers, and a classic Slim Jim, for simpler mechanical locks. Expect more to surface as additional previews and gameplay roll out.

Meet Waink: Your Pre-Theft Scouting App

Before you even touch a door handle, GTA 6 wants you to check first. A new phone app — Waink — lets players scan a parked car from a distance to pull up its security profile: whether it's locked, what kind of alarm it's running, whether it has a tracker installed, what it's worth if sold, and what it would cost to register the car under your own name instead.

It's a small addition, but it reframes car theft as a decision rather than a reflex — do you want this car badly enough to go get the right tool for it, or is it not worth the trouble?

GPS Trackers Turn Getaways Into a Real Escape

Grabbing the car isn't necessarily the end of it, either. Some higher-value vehicles come fitted with GPS trackers, and speeding while driving one will trigger a law enforcement alert. It's a built-in tension mechanic: stolen cars aren't automatically "safe" the second you're behind the wheel — driving carefully becomes part of the theft itself, not just the escape.

Keep It or Flip It

Once a car's actually in your hands, GTA 6 gives you options beyond immediately trashing it in a mission. Stolen vehicles can be sold off, or registered and kept as a personal ride. Both Jason and Lucia will be able to hold onto multiple personal vehicles, provided they've got the garage space to store them — turning car collecting into an actual system rather than a side effect of driving around.

Why It Matters

It's a notable philosophical shift for a franchise whose entire name is built around grand theft auto, and yet has treated the "theft" part as a formality since 2001. Nelson framed the goal as giving vehicles "more meaning" and forcing players to actually pay attention to what they're doing — rather than cars being interchangeable, disposable objects.

How many security tiers exist in total, and how deep the tool progression goes, is still unknown. But paired with everything else revealed in this week's Extended Look — the map scale, the character-switching co-op system, the honor mechanics — it's another sign Rockstar is trying to make Leonida feel less like a sandbox of props and more like a world with actual friction in it.

GTA 6 launches November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Rockstar has already spent years telling fans that Grand Theft Auto VI would be its biggest game yet. Now, in the hours following the "Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look" trailer premiere on Netflix, we finally have some hard numbers to put behind that claim — straight from one of the people building the game.

The numbers, from the source

During a post-trailer livestream, YouTuber TGG — one of a small group of creators flown out to Rockstar North for an early hands-off look at GTA 6 — relayed details from a conversation with Rob Nelson, Head of Development and Co-Studio Head at Rockstar North. Asked directly about the size of the map, Nelson reportedly told TGG that Leonida's overall landmass comes in at roughly double the size of GTA V's map, and about three times the size of Red Dead Redemption 2's map.

Nelson also broke the comparison down further. Vice City itself, on its own, is said to be twice the size of Los Santos. Factor in the surrounding metro area and suburbs around Vice City, and that figure balloons to roughly eleven times the size of Los Santos and its own surrounding sprawl.

For a series that built its reputation on Los Santos feeling like a living, breathing recreation of Los Angeles, that's a staggering jump — and it suggests Rockstar sees Vice City less as "one city on a bigger map" and more as the anchor of an entire region built to be explored for years.

Why this checks out

This isn't the first time this scale of number has surfaced. Independent fan measurements pulled from recent Cyberleek gameplay leaks put Leonida's explorable landmass at somewhere around 83 square kilometers — which lines up with estimates of it being close to twice the size of GTA V and more than double Red Dead Redemption 2, even before accounting for water and unexplorable terrain. Community mapping projects going back to 2024 had already speculated Leonida could land somewhere in the 2.5x-GTA V range based on leaked geography, so Nelson's on-record figures are less a surprise reveal and more an official confirmation of what dedicated fans had already pieced together.

What makes Nelson's comments notable is the source. This isn't a datamine or a forum measurement — it's Rockstar North's own Head of Development putting a number on the record, even if secondhand through TGG's livestream.

The scale isn't just about size

Rockstar has been careful throughout GTA 6's rollout to frame the map's size as a byproduct of detail, not just raw acreage. That messaging lines up with recent comments from the studio about its design philosophy — down to deciding who's sitting where in a bar, what they're drinking, and the wear left behind on a table. A map that's two or three times larger only matters if it's filled with that level of texture, and Rockstar seems to be betting its marketing on convincing players it is.

It also explains why Rockstar held its ground on the November 19 release date even after a wave of Cyberleek leaks threatened to spoil chunks of the game ahead of schedule. Building — and populating — a map of this size isn't something Rockstar was going to rush, leaks or not.

What it means for players

A map 2x the size of GTA V and 3x Red Dead Redemption 2 puts Leonida in territory none of Rockstar's previous open worlds have touched. Assuming these figures hold up at launch, GTA 6 won't just be a bigger Vice City remake — it'll be a map built to support the kind of long-term, years-spanning content cycle GTA Online has run on for over a decade, this time built into the base game from day one.

We'll know for certain how accurate these numbers are on November 19, when GTA 6 launches on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Rockstar Games has released more than 20 new screenshots for Grand Theft Auto VI, arriving alongside the Grand Theft Auto VI Extended Look that premiered on Netflix this past Thursday. The 26-minute gameplay deep dive gave fans far more than most were expecting, and this fresh batch of imagery builds on that momentum with a direct look at the game itself.

Unlike footage pulled from the Extended Look, these screenshots were captured straight from the game. The focus lands squarely on protagonists Jason and Lucia as they move through a range of situations across Leonida, with several shots also pulling back to showcase the sheer scale and detail of the state itself.

The images didn't all come from a single source. Rockstar distributed them across a mix of outlets, including YouTuber TGG, who was given roughly three hours of hands-on time with the game, along with The New York Times, Flow Games, Die Zeit, and IGN, which published its own exclusive alongside the rest. Between them, the outlets have put together a gallery that offers one of the clearest visual pictures of GTA 6 to date.

The response so far has centered on just how far the fidelity has come, both in terms of raw visuals and the interactive systems on display. With Grand Theft Auto VI set to launch on November 19, these screenshots reinforce the idea that Rockstar is aiming to set a new bar for the genre. Notably, this isn't the first screenshot release of the week either — Rockstar had already put out a smaller batch just days earlier.

Whether more screenshots or footage will surface between now and launch remains to be seen, but with less than three months to go, all signs point to Rockstar continuing to drip-feed material as anticipation builds toward release.

Rockstar Games has kicked off a new GTA Online weekly update, and this one marks the start of a two-week event centered on drift and transform races. Running from August 26 through September 2, the update brings a wave of new content, rotating bonuses, and steep discounts across Los Santos.

Five New Transform Races Join the Rotation

The headline addition this week is a batch of five new Random Transform Races, split across the two existing categories. Three are Known Unknown Races, sending players through Redwood Lights Track, the Elysian Island docks, and the Grand Senora Desert. In these, competitors cycle through a predetermined lineup of vehicles in random order — meaning a nimble ATV or Manchez Scout motorcycle could suddenly give way to something as unwieldy as a Phantom tractor truck.

The other two are new Unknown Unknown Races, which push the chaos further by mixing land, sea, and air vehicles and forcing players to adapt on the fly to whatever comes next.

All Random Transform Races are paying triple GTA$ and RP through September 2, and there's an added incentive to jump in early: players who log on between August 28 and August 30 can earn a massive 6X GTA$ and RP bonus on selected Drift and Transform Races.

Drift Tuning Comes to Three More Vehicles

Drift Tuning upgrades — installable through the LS Car Meet — are now available for three additional vehicles: the Annis Elegy Retro, the Invetero Coquette, and the Vapid Dominator GTT. Drift Races themselves are paying double GTA$, RP, and LS Car Meet Rep through September 2, giving players fresh reason to put the new tuning options to use.

This week's Weekly Challenge ties directly into the theme: completing three Drift Races nets an extra GTA$100,000. Anyone who finishes a Drift Race specifically in the Übermacht Cypher will also unlock the exclusive Glitch Camo drift livery, delivered to their garage within 72 hours.

Other Bonuses and Heist Content

Auto Shop owners aren't left out — Auto Shop Robbery Contracts are also paying double GTA$, RP, and LS Car Meet Rep through September 2, making it a good week to put those criminal operations back to work.

Elsewhere, the Kortz Center Heist is getting a refresh: new Primary Targets have been added, its first-completion bonus has reset, and players who complete it without dying will earn a bonus GTA$400,000. The FIB Priority File this week is The Fine Art File, which pays double as always.

On the racing side, this week's Premium Race is On the Ground, the HSW Time Trial is North Chumash, and the standard Time Trial is Storm Drain.

Discounts and the Casino Wheel

A solid lineup of vehicles is discounted 30% through September 2, including the Cheval Taipan, Vapid Flash GT, Invetero Coquette D5, Annis ZR350, RC Bandito, Karin Technical Aqua, Buckingham Howard NX-25, and Western Company Duster. The Gun Van is knocking 30% off the Military Rifle, while GTA+ members can grab the Precision Rifle at 40% off.

At The Diamond Casino & Resort, this week's Lucky Wheel podium vehicle is the Karin Sultan Classic, which normally runs $1,789,000 at Southern San Andreas Super Autos. GTA+ members can also claim a free Gallivanter Warden, Chameleon Paints, and Princess Robot Bubblegum apparel among this month's perks.

With a full slate of new races, tuning options, and bonus multipliers, Rockstar has set the stage for what looks to be an active two weeks in Los Santos heading into September.

Rockstar Games has pulled back the curtain on several of Grand Theft Auto VI's core gameplay systems, revealing new details in a wide-ranging interview with Dazed magazine as part of the publication's autumn 2026 issue. The feature, timed alongside a fresh batch of screenshots, offers the clearest official look yet at how Jason and Lucia will actually play, feel, and evolve across the game.

Play as a couple, or go it alone

Central to the interview is confirmation of how GTA 6's character-switching will function during missions and free roam. Players won't be locked into a single perspective — they'll be able to cruise the highways of Leonida as Jason, then swap seamlessly to Lucia as she scrolls through one of the game's working in-game social media feeds from the passenger seat. Rockstar describes it as flexible by design: couples can stick together and cause chaos as a pair, or split off and operate independently depending on how the player wants to approach a given moment.

That flexibility extends to the relationship at the center of the story. Rockstar also confirmed a system with echoes of Red Dead Redemption 2's honor mechanic, where the player's choices carry consequences that ripple further than in any previous Rockstar title. Exactly how that system will be tracked or displayed hasn't been detailed yet, but the comparison suggests Jason and Lucia's dynamic — and the world's reaction to it — will shift based on player behavior in a more persistent way than GTA has attempted before.

The return of body and lifestyle systems

Fans of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will recognize another returning mechanic: physical upkeep. According to the interview, what Jason and Lucia eat and how active they are will visibly affect their bodies over time. Overeating leads to weight gain, while regular exercise gradually builds muscle. Sleep matters too — skipping rest isn't just a background detail, but something that has a tangible effect on the protagonists.

Rockstar North co-studio head and head of development Rob Nelson framed these systems as part of a broader pattern of iteration rather than a single big swing. The studio, he said, looks back at its previous games critically, evaluating what it didn't get right the first time — whether due to time, resources, technical limitations, or simply not fully realizing an idea — and adjusts accordingly. Nelson described much of the team's process as "iterative," with systems tuned by feel based on what's working during development.

A fashion ecosystem built around Miami's identity

GTA 6's customization options are also getting a significant expansion. The game will feature what Rockstar calls a "fashion ecosystem," overseen by Miami-based stylist Jillian Carr, designed to capture the taste, lifestyle, affluence, and individuality found throughout the region that inspired Leonida. Rockstar says the range of looks available will exceed anything in the studio's previous games.

That variety isn't just cosmetic breadth for its own sake — it's tied to the state's distinct micro-environments. The interview specifically calls out the contrast between Vice City's Little Cuba and the more rural Mount Kalaga national park, noting that the two areas will differ not only in setting but in the people who populate them, right down to how NPCs dress and present themselves.

A world built to react to the player

Perhaps the most consequential detail is Rockstar's characterization of Leonida's world as "more grounded and reactive than before." The studio says player actions will carry more weight this time around. Behavior that might have gone unnoticed by police or NPCs in earlier GTA titles — falling short of triggering a full manhunt, for instance — will now register as cause for concern, suggesting a more finely tuned response system from both law enforcement and the wider population.

Taken together, the details point to a game leaning heavily into simulation-adjacent systems layered on top of GTA's traditional open-world chaos — body upkeep, social consequence, deeper customization, and a world that's meant to notice what the player does, not just react to the big moments.

The Dazed interview arrives just ahead of Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look, Rockstar's gameplay-focused trailer debuting on Netflix. GTA 6 remains set for a November 19, 2026 release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Rockstar Games has released a fresh batch of GTA 6 imagery, and this time the studio didn't just drop it through its usual channels — it went through a fashion magazine. In an unusual move for the notoriously tight-lipped developer, Rockstar sat down with Dazed for the outlet's autumn 2026 issue, handing over new screenshots and a striking new piece of cover art featuring Jason and Lucia.

The cover illustration places the pair in Vice City wearing new looks, continuing the visual language Rockstar has used in prior key art while still offering something fans haven't seen before. Dazed brands the couple as its "new idols" for the issue, name-checking both characters directly on the cover.

The screenshots themselves lean into a photoshoot aesthetic rather than in-game action shots, styled more like editorial fashion photography than a typical marketing drop. Alongside Jason and Lucia in outfits pulled from the game's Ultimate Edition and pre-order bonuses, Rockstar used the opportunity to show off supporting characters Roxy, Raul Bautista, Boobie Ike, and Bae-Luxe. Each image comes captioned with a full outfit breakdown, crediting the in-universe designers responsible for each piece — a detail that underscores how much thought Rockstar has put into GTA 6's fashion ecosystem, from established labels like Ferruccio Tucci and Nola to smaller in-world brands like Caliber and This/That.

It's a departure from how Rockstar has typically rolled out GTA 6 material. Rather than a trailer drop or a blog post on its own site, the studio chose to filter this reveal through a culture and fashion publication, which suggests it's leaning into the game's Vice City glamour and style as a selling point in its own right, not just its open-world scale or crime-saga plot.

The Dazed feature arrives the same week Rockstar has been fielding a wave of unauthorized gameplay leaks, and just ahead of the "Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look" trailer premiering on Netflix. Whether intentional counter-programming or simple scheduling, the timing puts a polished, official image back in the conversation right as fan attention has been consumed by leaked footage.

GTA 6 remains set for release on November 19.

Speculation about a secret GTA 6 preview event has just gone from rumor to reality.

Earlier this month, multiple leakers claimed Rockstar Games had quietly given select content creators and press a hands-off look at Grand Theft Auto VI sometime in July. The claims were vague and unverified, and no one stepped forward to confirm they'd actually attended — until now.

On Wednesday, GTA YouTuber TGG posted on X that he'd been flown out to Rockstar North, the studio's Edinburgh office, and shown exclusive GTA 6 material while there. He said he's been sitting on that information for roughly a month and a half, waiting for clearance to talk. That clearance, he says, arrives the moment Rockstar's "Extended Look" trailer premieres on Netflix.

TGG wrote that the trip happened last month and that he'd learned things about the game he's been unable to discuss until now, thanking Rockstar Games for making the visit possible and saying he can't wait to share what he saw. He followed up with a video reflecting on the experience, telling viewers that what they think they know about GTA 6 so far barely scratches the surface — and that it'll take more than a single video to get through everything he learned.

Rockstar's official account responded to TGG's tweet with a gorilla and yellow heart emoji, a small but telling gesture that all but confirms the studio's involvement and validates the earlier leak reports.

As of now, TGG is the only person who has publicly acknowledged attending the preview. Whether other creators or outlets who were reportedly present will come forward remains to be seen — but with the Extended Look trailer set to drop, that silence likely won't last much longer.

After a week dominated by unauthorized Grand Theft Auto VI gameplay footage flooding social media, Rockstar Games has finally addressed the situation directly — and the tone is more emotional than defensive.

In a statement posted to social media, Rockstar acknowledged what fans already suspected: the leaked clips are real, and the studio is not happy about how they got out. The developer said it is heartbroken that players have had to see the first GTA 6 gameplay through leaks, adding that this is not how it intended for fans to experience the game after all this time.

"Nearly There"

Beyond addressing the leaks themselves, Rockstar used the statement to apologize for the sheer length of the wait. The studio said it's sorry that everything — from finishing the game to sharing official details and gameplay — has taken as long as it has, while confirming that development is close to done.

That "nearly there" framing is notable. It's the clearest signal yet from Rockstar that GTA 6 is in its final stretch, even as leaks have chipped away at the surprise factor the studio spent years protecting.

Spoilers Acknowledged, Release Date Unmoved

Rockstar also addressed the elephant in the room: with hours of gameplay already circulating, some of what fans will see officially has already been spoiled. The studio didn't dodge that reality, but it asked players to hold out a little longer so they can experience GTA 6 properly when it releases on November 19. Importantly, there's no indication in the statement that the leaks have pushed the release date — November 19 stands.

The Netflix Extended Look Is Still Happening

The timing of the statement isn't a coincidence. It arrives just one day before Rockstar's GTA 6: An Extended Look debuts on Netflix. Rockstar confirmed the extended look is still going ahead as planned, saying the team is excited for everyone to finally see it, while admitting it took longer to put together than they wanted.

That last line matters — it's Rockstar tacitly conceding that even its own official reveal has been running behind schedule, separate from the leak drama entirely.

What Rockstar Didn't Say

Just as telling as what's in the statement is what's missing from it. The company did not name Cyberleek, the individual behind the wave of leaks, nor did it respond to any of the demands or grievances the leaker has publicly aired over the past several weeks. There's no mention of legal action, investigations, or consequences — that side of the situation has reportedly been left to Take-Two to handle separately.

By keeping the statement focused squarely on the development team, the fans, and the upcoming Extended Look, Rockstar appears to be making a deliberate choice: acknowledge the leaks, express genuine regret, and then pivot the conversation back toward GTA 6 itself — right as it's about to hand fans the real, official look they've been waiting years for.

GTA 6 launches November 19. Rockstar's Extended Look premieres on Netflix August 27.

The daily drip of unauthorized GTA 6 footage has officially run a full week, and today's haul may be the one fans were waiting for most. Leaker Cyberleek's 13th clip takes players away from nightclubs and gas stations and drops them onto a stretch of Vice City beach — the exact kind of scene Rockstar has been teasing with dense, wall-to-wall crowds since the first trailer dropped back in 2023.

The clip shows protagonist Jason cycling along the sand at sunset, weaving between clusters of NPCs going about a lazy beach day. Some are scrolling on their phones, others are swimming, and plenty are simply lounging under rows of umbrellas and cabanas that stretch toward the horizon. An NPC pilots a speedboat offshore while several more idle nearby, parked vehicles dot the sand, and lifeguard cabins are visible further down the beach. At one point a bird — apparently a seagull with poor judgment — flies directly into Jason's bike wheel. The clip ends with Jason dismounting and walking toward the water.

It's worth noting how this location got picked. Cyberleek had polled followers on what to leak next, offering a choice between a nudist town, a strip club, and a beach. The nudist town technically won that vote and was leaked separately, but the beach was widely seen as the real test — the scene fans have pointed to for years as the benchmark for whether Rockstar's promised NPC density would actually survive into a shipped, optimized game. Prior trailers showed packed beaches, but pre-rendered marketing footage and live gameplay are two very different things.

By most accounts, it holds up. NPCs can be heard chatting in small groups as Jason rides past, and the crowd doesn't thin out into the usual open-world haze at a distance — the mass of people is still visible stretching down the shoreline. Water reflections reportedly render the NPCs standing in the surf accurately as well, a small but telling detail for a scene built almost entirely around ambient crowd behavior rather than a scripted mission.

Today's drop also included a companion clip from Vice City's "Nine1Nine" nightclub, showing Jason walking the entrance queue before heading inside past a packed dance floor — some of which reportedly echoes scenes already seen in the earlier strip club leak. Together, the two clips mark one full week since the leaks began on August 18, a run that has now taken fans through gas stations, strip clubs, a nudist colony, a nightclub, and now the beach.

The leaks show no sign of slowing down. Cyberleek is already running a new poll asking followers whether they want Lucia's prologue leaked next — a request that, if granted, would cross a very different line than ambient beach crowds. Rockstar and Take-Two have reportedly responded to the ongoing leaks with subpoenas aimed at identifying the source, though so far that effort hasn't stopped the daily uploads.

A new Grand Theft Auto VI gameplay leak has surfaced — the twelfth to come from the source known as "the cryptobro" — and it's the longest one to date, running three minutes and fifteen seconds. This time, the footage drops protagonist Jason into the middle of a Vice City nightclub.

Unlike the previous leak, which came stamped with an offer to trade story spoilers involving Lucia, this clip's watermark carries a different message entirely. Rather than baiting fans with plot details, it urges viewers to "stop the hate" and redirect that energy into protest, framing the leaks as a costly and risky endeavor that donations help sustain.

As for the footage itself: Jason is shown approaching the entrance of NINE1NINE, a Vice City nightclub, where a line of NPCs waits under purple lighting. Once inside, the venue's interior comes into view — chandeliers, glimmering walls, red-tinted lighting, and curtains, along with a statue and suggestive black-and-white artwork lining the walls. The Weeknd's "Wanderlust" plays as Jason makes his way toward the club's main floor.

That main area houses a bar and a crowd of NPCs going about typical nightclub behavior — drinking, dancing, vaping, and scrolling on their phones. Jason is able to take a seat at the bar, and NPCs approach him just as he can approach them. On the dance floor, one NPC is shown reacting animatedly at a table before Jason himself joins the crowd to dance, with a DJ visible on a raised platform nearby.

The clip wraps up with Jason heading to an elevated platform overlooking the dance floor, where Tove Lo and SG Lewis's "Heat" takes over the soundtrack. There, he's shown greeting two separate women through button-prompt interactions.

As always, RockstarINTEL is not hosting or linking to the leaked footage itself — this write-up is a description only.

More GTA VI coverage is on the way as additional leaks continue to surface.

Grand Theft Auto 6's most prolific leaker just topped every previous release. The mysterious figure known as Cyberleek, who has been drip-feeding gameplay footage from the game for weeks, has now published a clip from a location fans are calling "Nudist Town" — and it's by far the most explicit material to surface from the game so far.

What the Leak Shows

The clip, which runs a little over two minutes, drops protagonist Jason Duval into a pool-and-bar complex populated almost entirely by nude and semi-nude NPCs. Dozens of characters can be seen lounging, dancing, and drinking around the pool, with saunas and full-body nudity rendered in a level of detail that multiple outlets have called unprecedented for the series. At one point Jason uses a pair of binoculars to look around the area, drawing reactions from the NPCs he watches. Later, a confrontation breaks out: a naked NPC picks a fight with Jason, who knocks her into the pool before opening fire on the crowd — a reminder that even Rockstar's most eyebrow-raising location isn't exempt from the series' trademark chaos.

The footage marks the eleventh gameplay clip Cyberleek has leaked from GTA 6, following earlier releases showing a strip club, a gas station random encounter, plane travel over Leonida, and glimpses of the game's weapon wheel and combat systems.

How the Location Was Chosen

Notably, this leak wasn't random. Cyberleek ran a public poll asking followers to choose the next location to be leaked, with "Nudist Town" beating out a beach setting and a second strip club reveal. It's a format the leaker has leaned into throughout the campaign, turning what would normally be a straightforward act of piracy into an ongoing, audience-driven event — complete with a meme coin tied to the leaks that has reportedly ballooned to a multimillion-dollar market cap.

The watermark on this latest clip has drawn particular attention. According to reports, Cyberleek used it to tease that Lucia gameplay could be next, but only under a strange set of conditions: a follower poll to approve a Lucia-led prologue reveal, plus a demand that ten fans show up dressed as leeks outside Take-Two or Rockstar's offices during business hours holding physical copies of a game.

Why the Timing Matters

The leak's timing is what stings most for Rockstar. It landed just days before the debut of "Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look," the new gameplay trailer set to premiere on Netflix this week. That presentation is reportedly set to run around 30 minutes and include cast reveals alongside a deeper look at mechanics and activities — exactly the kind of moment Rockstar has spent months building anticipation for. With Cyberleek having now leaked location after location on their own timeline, some of that surprise has already been chipped away before Rockstar gets to control the narrative itself.

Take-Two has moved to pull down earlier leaked clips as they've surfaced, but so far that hasn't stopped new ones from replacing them almost as quickly. Whether legal pressure escalates further — or whether Cyberleek's next release actually delivers on the Lucia tease — remains to be seen.

The leaks keep coming. Just hours after the ninth clip surfaced showing Jason getting "wasted" at a gas station, a tenth piece of leaked Grand Theft Auto VI gameplay has hit the internet — and this one takes us into the sky.

Posted by the leaker known as Cyberleek, the new footage is titled "Plane (Night)" and runs roughly one minute and 49 seconds. It picks up with Jason piloting a stunt plane — the same type of aircraft seen doing crop-dusting runs in an earlier daytime leak — soaring over Vice City International Airport and out toward the coastline after dark.

The scale is the story

What's grabbing fans' attention isn't just the airport itself, but everything visible around it. Flying above the city at night reveals just how sprawling Vice City's metropolitan area really is, with traffic still visibly dense even from high altitude. Leak trackers have called the skyline "extremely beautiful at night," with buildings fully lit up across the map.

The flyover also seems to confirm a returning Red Dead Redemption 2-style feature: location-specific wildlife encounters. As Jason flies over a body of water, an on-screen prompt reportedly reads "Fishing spot for large Common Snook" — a detail that may finally explain the mysterious crocodile icon spotted on the leaked map in earlier clips.

More music, more radio stations

True to form, this leak — like most of the nine before it — plays out with the radio running, and it's added a solid handful of new tracks to the growing, unofficial GTA 6 in-game playlist. Songs reportedly heard in this clip include:

• "Go Insane" – Lindsey Buckingham

• "The Fireman" – George Strait

• "Million Dollar Baby" – Tommy Richman

• "Skylarking" – Horace Andy

• "Devil Woman" – Cliff Richard

• "Girl" – Myke Towers

• "Smile" – Jamiroquai

• "Herz Aus Glas" – Marianne Rosenberg

The clip also appears to catch a radio talk segment called "The Wipe," and briefly shows the full in-game radio menu, listing station names including CircoLoco Records, V-Rock, Symphony FM, Stockyard FM, Backcountry Radio, Radio ON.U, Emotion, Dirty South Classics, and Honey FM. Several of those — V-Rock and Emotion among them — are returning names from the original GTA: Vice City, a nod longtime fans will appreciate.

Ten leaks and counting

This marks the tenth unofficial gameplay clip to leak in the space of just over a week, following footage that has already shown off the weapon wheel, NPC combat, a strip club encounter, a gas station random encounter, and Jason's first leaked death screen. Rockstar Games and Take-Two have not commented on the authenticity of any of the clips, though the two companies have continued issuing copyright takedowns against posts sharing the footage — something many fans point to as tacit confirmation that the material is real.

Grand Theft Auto VI is currently set to release on November 19, 2026, on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

A ninth gameplay clip from Grand Theft Auto VI hit the internet earlier today, courtesy of the leaker known as Cyberleek. The stated motive this time is a protest against Sony and Rockstar dropping physical discs — though the timing lines up suspiciously well with a promotional push for the leaker's own meme coin.

This clip picks up where the last one left off. When that previous video surfaced, Cyberleek promised the rest of the strip club footage once their coin's market cap hit $3 million — a threshold that's apparently now been cleared, thanks to a wave of donations from people eager to see more.

The new footage runs 2 minutes and 12 seconds, covering a random encounter at a gas station, GTA 6's very first look at the "Wasted" death screen, and the remainder of the strip club cutscene teased in the prior leak. That cutscene is the more significant reveal here — it's the first of the nine leaked clips to confirm the leaker has footage involving Lucia.

As always, we won't be hosting or linking to the leaked video or screenshots. If you go looking, you'll find it. Everything below is a written account of what happens in the clip.

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The video opens with Jason pulling into a 24/7 gas station in his personal car, a Vapid Ganado. While he's there, the camera catches a random encounter playing out nearby: a man fueling his pickup truck directly onto the ground, prompting the station's cashier to get on the tannoy and ask him to actually put the gas in the tank.

The man doesn't take it well. He launches into a rant about regulations and mind control before Jason simply steals the truck out from under him and drives off — running the man over in the process. Moments later, Jason plows into another car, both vehicles go up in flames, and the screen cuts to GTA 6's Wasted screen for the first time in any leaked footage.

Back to the Strip Club

From there, the video jumps back to the cutscene teased in yesterday's leak, continuing the strip club bathroom scene where Jason watches another man at the urinals. A prompt tells Jason to "Return to Lucia" — the first time she's been referenced by name across any of the nine clips, suggesting the leaker's build now includes content tied to her.

We won't be sharing images or video of any of this, but if you want to track it down yourself, it's out there. Alternatively, GTA 6 is 87 days from release if you'd rather wait and go in unspoiled.

The Music Leak Count Climbs to 18

Another track surfaced in the background of this clip, bringing the running tally of songs confirmed or leaked from GTA 6's soundtrack to 18. Today's addition is "La Cartera" by Junior Gonzalez, Orquesta Harlow, and Larry Harlow. The full list of confirmed and leaked tracks is available in our ongoing roundup.

The wave of unauthorized Grand Theft Auto VI footage shows no sign of slowing, with an eighth clip now circulating online just days ahead of Rockstar's official Netflix reveal. The video, sourced from the same leaker behind the ongoing "Cyberleek" spree, gives the first real look at one of the game's most anticipated locations: a strip club in Vice City.

The leaker had previously teased the footage as a reward tied to the market cap of an associated memecoin, and once that threshold was reportedly hit, the clip made its way online. Running past the two-minute mark, the video is mostly confined to the club's interior, giving fans an extended look at protagonist Jason Duggan moving through the space.

The clip doesn't stop there. In its closing moments, the footage cuts to a previously unseen cutscene. Jason is shown stepping outside a beachside bar, telling another character he needs to use the restroom. The scene then shifts into the men's room, where an unnamed NPC strikes up an odd, meandering conversation with him at the urinals — capped off by a blunt, distinctly Rockstar-style exchange. It marks the second standalone cutscene to surface during the leaker's ongoing run, reinforcing speculation that whoever is behind the leaks has access to footage spanning multiple points in the game rather than a single continuous playthrough.

This is now the third leak clip in a matter of days following gameplay showing Jason driving and a separate clip depicting a gas station robbery. Take-Two has continued pushing back against the leaks through legal channels, filing a subpoena against Microsoft and Discord last week in an effort to help track down the source. Microsoft has reportedly cooperated with the investigation so far.

The strip club leak also lines up with a broader pattern fans have noticed throughout the Cyberleek clips: adult-oriented content, drawn largely from crypto-fueled "unlocks," continues to be positioned as the leaker's biggest draw for engagement. It's a strategy that's kept the clips spreading rapidly across social platforms and gaming forums even as Rockstar and Take-Two work to get them taken down.

With Rockstar's official "Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look" set to premiere on Netflix on August 27, the timing of this leak — and the seven that came before it — raises the question of just how much the leaker plans to reveal before Rockstar gets the chance to unveil it on its own terms.

A seventh gameplay clip tied to the ongoing Grand Theft Auto VI leak spree has surfaced online, offering fans their first look inside one of the game's strip clubs alongside new details on vehicle refueling and repair mechanics. The footage arrives just five days ahead of Rockstar's official "Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look" presentation on Netflix, scheduled for August 27.

What the Clip Shows

The roughly two-minute video, labeled "Hypercar Gameplay 2," picks up where the previous leak left off, with protagonist Jason Duval once again behind the wheel of the Truffade Thrax hypercar. Smoke pours from the rear tires and engine as Jason pulls into a gas station, where a new "Services" prompt appears near the pump. Players are given two choices: refuel for $32 or repair the vehicle for $2,429, with the car's health shown sitting at only 50% and its fuel gauge nearly empty.

With no cash on hand, Jason heads inside and robs the station instead, roughing up the clerk before making off with the money. Police respond almost immediately, and Jason flees to a second gas station to rob it as well, this time making off with $1,321. While trying to escape down a highway, he clips a set of traffic cones, loses control, and slams into a truck in a dramatic slow-motion crash sequence, complete with a cinematic camera angle, flying bumper parts, and visible brake discs as the wheel comes apart. It's a level of destruction the series hasn't shown before.

The clip closes with Jason approaching a strip club in Ambrosia. He steps through the double doors and only a few seconds pass, showing him deciding which way to walk, before the footage cuts off. The video carries a watermark reading "3MIL MARKETCAP = STRIPCLUB," suggesting the leaker — who goes by Cyberleek and has reportedly opened a section of their site for leak sponsorships — is tying a fuller strip club video to a memecoin hitting a $3 million market cap.

The Bigger Picture

This marks the seventh clip Cyberleek has released despite Take-Two's efforts to shut down the leaker's access points, and it lands amid a broader scramble inside Rockstar as the studio heads into its Netflix showcase. Take-Two has reportedly obtained subpoenas for Microsoft and Discord in an attempt to identify who's behind the leaks, and outlets have cited FBI involvement in the investigation, though the company still doesn't appear to know the leaker's identity. Xbox CTO Scott Van Vliet said this week that the company is "working closely with Take-Two and Rockstar Games to support efforts to protect creative works and intellectual property."

Despite the pressure, Rockstar has given no indication it plans to alter its Netflix event, and Netflix itself has continued teasing the reveal on social media.

As with the previous six leaks, all footage so far has featured only Jason — none of the clips have shown co-protagonist Lucia Caminos in gameplay. That's fueled ongoing fan speculation that Lucia may not be unlocked until later in the story, though nothing from Cyberleek or Rockstar has confirmed that theory.

Grand Theft Auto VI is currently set to release on November 19, 2026.