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A TikTok account posted two videos claiming to show a “first look” at GTA 6.Rockstar Games recently announced the first trailer for the highly anticipated title.GTABase reports that the leak may have come from a Rockstar employee’s child.
Purported leaks of Grand Theft Auto 6 footage on TikTok may have come from the child of a Rockstar Games employee, according to reports.
UK-based game news site Eurogamer first reported that a TikTok account called @i_see_in_4k uploaded two short videos claiming to be a “first look at GTA 6” on Saturday. The videos show short clips of what appears to be the game’s map.
Rockstar Games announced Friday that the first trailer for the highly anticipated game will be released on December 5.
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Shortly after the footage was posted to TikTok, GTABase, a games news site that IGN calls “one of the more trusted accounts covering Rockstar games” reported that “it appears the ‘leaked’ footage has come from the son of a Rockstar Games employee.”
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In a totally unexpected turn of events, it appears the โleakedโ footage has come from the son of a Rockstar Games employee. pic.twitter.com/T8oyT42hSE
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Rockstar has not verified the authenticity of the leaked footage, nor has it confirmed that any employee’s relatives were involved in its release.
“The evidence to suggest the video has come from someone related to the employee in question is fairly convincing,” GTABase said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Again, if this is true it’s extremely disappointing that this has occurred so close to the official reveal.”
In August, a UK court ruled that Arion Kurtaj was responsible for hacking Rockstar Games, leading to the “significant” leak of footage for GTA 6, IGN reported. Another unnamed 17-year-old also pleaded guilty to two charges related to the hack, according to the report.
Police were holding Kurtaj in a Travelodge under pretrial conditions for a previous hack of two telecom firms. During his time in the hotel, Kurtaj used an Amazon Fire stick to access the internet and help with the hack on Rockstar Games, police said according to BBC.
Rockstar did not immediately return Business Insider’s request for comment.