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[–] kryllic@programming.dev 9 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm sure Rockstar is quaking in their boots at the prospect of another 30 minutes of basketball footage being released. Why do these "leaks" never have substantial info on the missions or story?

[–] EtzBetz@feddit.org 3 points 5 hours ago

I think because the content is not self-recorded, but taken from chats, bugtrackers or just from the existing storage of the hacked person.

That person will have tested a specific feature, recorded it to show to team members, recorded to show reproducibility of a certain bug or whatever, not just plainly played the game for their own enjoyment

[–] forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 3 points 6 hours ago

Haven't forgiven Rockstar since they messed up Max Payne (Max Payne 2 on hard mode is the definitive ending imo. There is no 3. F them).

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

leaker demands "publish a kind pr letter and its all over!"

I dont like conspiracies but maybe this is staged lol

Yeah this whole situation is weird. I suppose AI has allowed for much dumber hackers, but absolutely nothing about the hacker's motivations make sense here. It reeks of a marketing campaign.

[–] DungeonTreasureHunt@piefed.social 16 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That’s the real Grand Theft, haha.

[–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 2 points 10 hours ago

The real Grand Theft Auto was the friends we robbed along the way.

[–] blarg_dunsen@sh.itjust.works 112 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

This "cyberleek" is likely a Rockstar marketing campaign, nothing vitriolic or defamatory is being published / said, and these PC Gamer articles read more like ad copy.

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

First thing I thought after seeing how lame they made the leaker. Now everyone is going to associate that lameness with the desire for physical media.

[–] arules@retrofed.com 34 points 20 hours ago

I’m thinking the exact same thing.
Cause a proper boycott makes demands.
Boycotts never asks the empowered to write their own demands.

🎬2Int. only needs to pretend this never happended, and layoff everyone.
Employees get trippled screwed, T2I makes a tax write off.

[–] LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social 39 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Who even cares about GTA leaks? It'll be exactly like GTAV but better graphics.

[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone 37 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

In the clip, we see protagonist Jason Duval at an oceanside house—the same one that we've seen in trailers. The player jumps over his deck and onto the driveway, where he picks up a basketball and shoots some hoops. For sinking a basket, the player increases their "Focus" by 2%. We see two cash totals listed in the HUD—presumably one for their on-hand cash, and one for their bank.

Another clip, posted almost an hour later, shows the player driving around a beat-up car, crashing into a delivery truck, and then attacking the driver.

Elsewhere, Cyberleek has also published supposed screenshots of the in-game map, though art has appears too simple to be how it will actually look in the game. Below one image is a message from Cyberleek, which claims that the leaks are motivated by Rockstar's decision not to release a physical version of GTA 6. The image also includes links to various websites where it asks for money, though I wouldn't rush to visit them.

I'm shocked. This is a never-before-seen take on the GTA formula. The paradigm is not only shifted, it's downright nudged.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 8 hours ago

If this was a real leak it would include missions or story points. Not just stuff we all already know about.

[–] Cypher45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Wow that will actually change things forever, well done leaker! You have opened Rockstar and Take Two's eyes!

They will change their ways for good and get better, hell, they will even find redemption by giving a pay out to those consumers that they previously impacted!

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Nice, this is really great to hear! I needed a little good news today!

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Dear

Thank you for your continued support . We value you and are committed to giving the experience you expect.

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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

Damn, a personalized letter and everything! This company really respects its customers!

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 21 points 23 hours ago
[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

No! He should've demanded if there were gonna be strip clubs and alligator wrestling