What makes this moment especially surprising is that it’s happening with perhaps the most anticipated video game of all time. Seeing a game like GTA6 in such an early state is like seeing Bigfoot stroll into a CVS. Major developers tend to keep games of this scale locked up behind closed doors, only showing off carefully prepared trailers and gameplay late in a game’s development cycle. While game companies are no strangers to hacks ( just look at CD Projekt Red), it’s highly unusual for actual development footage of a game to come out early. If players seem shocked by this weekend’s Grand Theft Auto 6 leak, that’s because it’s genuinely shocking. In the confusing aftermath of the unprecedented leak, there’s a question that’s lingered in my mind for the past 24 hours: What does anyone actually gain from seeing early footage of Grand Theft Auto 6? The mother of all leaks That’s sparked calls for the usually secretive video game industry to offer more transparency to help players better understand how much work goes into making a game. On top of all that, there are a lot of genuinely curious onlookers who are excited to see how the sausage is made. Developers are lamenting for their peers whose work in progress is now being dissected by fans who might not really understand what they’re looking at. Others have used it as another way to dunk on the recently released Saints Row, joking that the rough GTA footage already looks better than a fully finished game. Some have complained about how the unfinished build looks, well, unfinished. While perhaps not much may change for Grand Theft Auto 6’s development cycle, the leak has already spurred some heated reactions and debates.
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