Zelnick explains why GTA VI still gets a marketing campaign
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick told GamesBeat Insider today that awareness and enthusiasm are two different things, which is why Grand Theft Auto VI is still being marketed heavily.
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Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick told GamesBeat Insider today that awareness and enthusiasm are two different things, which is why Grand Theft Auto VI is still being marketed heavily.
Former Rockstar employee Dayne Oram kept giving evidence in Glasgow on Monday. Rockstar's barrister focused on Discord posts about unannounced GTA VI features and two copied HR emails.
The final hearing over Rockstar's dismissal of 31 UK staff begins at Glasgow Employment Tribunal on September 10 and runs to October 16. The IWGB alleges union blacklisting; Rockstar says the firings were for leaking confidential information.
Take-Two filed a narrower, sealed DMCA subpoena request against Discord on August 28 in its search for the GTA VI leakers. PC Gamer reports that Judge Andrew L. Carter has granted it.
Cyberleek posted 4 minutes 38 seconds of Lucia's GTA VI prologue, the biggest story spoiler so far, just hours after Rockstar called the leaks heartbreaking. A crypto coin is involved, of course.
Rockstar Games has issued an official statement on last week's GTA VI gameplay leaks: heartbreaking for the team, but tomorrow's Netflix reveal and the November 19 release stay put.
The final seconds of 2K's NBA 2K27 Season 1 trailer show a Rockstar Games arcade cabinet and "Season 3" in GTA VI lettering. Neither company has said what the crossover will include.
A judge approved Take-Two's request for data on Discord users tied to the GTA VI leaks, but Discord says the subpoena hasn't reached it. When it does, the company will check its validity and scope first.
Cyberleek's new GTA VI clip comes with a paid crypto poll on a Lucia prologue and a request for fans dressed as leeks outside Take-Two. Nothing official confirms it, and Rockstar still says nothing.
Obbe Vermeij, who worked on every GTA from GTA 3 to The Ballad of Gay Tony, says the CyberLeek clips are a tiny blip and nowhere near as bad as Hot Coffee.
Cyberleek's seventh clip carries on from the hypercar footage, then ends at a strip club in Port Gellhorn. Take-Two has sent subpoenas to Microsoft and Discord and still hasn't stopped it.
Take-Two filed a DMCA subpoena request to find out who is behind the CyberLeek name. Microsoft and Discord have until September 4 to hand over records, and meanwhile a sixth leaked video has appeared.
