A major GTA 6 leak spread across social media on August 18. It showed near-final gameplay footage from Rockstar Games‘ upcoming title, along with an image of the complete map of the fictional state of Leonida. Rockstar has already begun sending DMCA takedown notices to accounts sharing the clips, though the material spread widely enough that the requests may not stop it now.
The footage first appeared in posts on Reddit’s GamingLeaksAndRumors community. Rockstar still plans to show the game on its own terms this month, when an extended look at GTA 6 airs on Netflix. Until then, the leaked clips are the clearest public look yet at how the game plays.
What the GTA 6 leak shows
One clip follows protagonist Jason at a rundown waterfront property. He picks up a basketball and sinks shots in an impromptu minigame. Made baskets fill a meter labeled “focus,” though the footage never reveals what the meter does once it fills up.
A second clip shows Jason driving a beat-up car near an interstate. He crashes into a delivery truck, and its driver gets out to start a fight. After a brief melee exchange, Jason knocks the driver unconscious and keeps hitting him with a wrench. A small devil icon appears on screen during the beating, suggesting Rockstar has built some form of morality or karma system into the game.
Leonida’s full map leaks alongside the footage
A separate image circulating with the gameplay clips shows the complete road network of Leonida, GTA 6’s setting. The map is light on labeled detail, but it includes numerous unidentified points of interest scattered across the state. It gives players their first full look at the game’s geography ahead of release.
Rockstar sends DMCA takedowns as leak source seeks funding
The footage and map images carry a watermark for a website calling itself “Cyberleek.” Nobody has confirmed who runs the site, and this article does not link to it directly, for security reasons. Whoever is behind the leak claims to oppose the games industry’s monetization practices. They have asked for cryptocurrency donations to fund further leaks, warning that if they “can reach Rockstar, no one is safe.”
The speed of Rockstar’s legal response has done more to confirm the footage than deny it. One account that reposted the clips, calhampton_, said on social media that it had been locked after receiving what they called “a very important and serious email” from Rockstar’s legal team.
Rockstar has dealt with major leaks before. In September 2022, a hacker linked to the Lapsus$ group posted more than 90 clips of early GTA 6 development footage. The incident led to an arrest and a lengthy internal security review at the studio. This week’s leak is smaller in scope, but it lands days before Rockstar gets to tell the story its own way on Netflix.