It also came with added benefits, namely a push for better work-life balance in an industry notorious for crunch culture. But WFH has become a more viable option for some game developers. Working on a big-budget video game isn’t all that easy to do from home, for technical and security reasons. How the leak affects workplace culture - The last two years created a lot of problems that game development had to find solutions for. Leaks have the potential to change remote work policies at major studios. But it may be unrealistic given the extent of the leak and the general consensus on how this will affect production. This is what anxious gamers want to hear right now. Rockstar released a statement assuring fans that they, “do not anticipate any disruption to our live game services nor any long-term effect on the development of our ongoing projects.” As a Ubisoft developer speculates, the need to rework so much from the ground up could push the release closer to the end of the decade, with this leak accounting for nearly two years' worth of work in itself. What does this mean for Grand Theft Auto 6? There’s a good chance it could mean a significant delay. If you can see every line of code, every API and Database queries, how the code interacts line by line, how the CHEAT ENGINE detects people attempting to exploit, you know exactly how to get around it.” Peeling back the layers to see how games and software works from that entry point is relatively difficult to do,” explains a game developer who goes by the handle GrunkleGrok on Twitter. “When code goes live, there's usually substantial obfuscation and encryption around the actual code that runs the software. That could present a major security risk for players - and it isn’t an easy fix. Why a delay is likely - The GTA 6 leaker claims to have gained access to the source code of the current build of the long-awaited sequel. We’ll update this post with more if and when they respond.The last Grand Theft Auto came out in 2013. We’ve reached out to Rockstar owner Take-Two Interactive but did not hear back immediately. The game has been reportedly in development since 2014 (GTA 5 originally launched in 2013) so it would be reasonable to expect development snapshots to be from various builds over the years.Įarlier this month, Rockstar rolled the credits from GTA 5 and GTA 5 Online on its website, titling the page “Thank You,” which many took as a sign that it was winding down active development on the long-running and much-expanded fifth instalment in the series to focus more directly on the forthcoming sequel. It’s worth noting that these videos likely show an older build, which some indication they could be from around 2017. They also show gameplay taking place in a Miami-analog fictional city, again matching early reports about what GTA 6 will bring to the franchise. Various clips (many are being removed due to copyright claims as of Monday) from the leak depict both male and female protagonist characters, which does fit with other reports about what to expect in the forthcoming game. The leaks themselves appear either legitimate, or fakes created with such a high degree of attention to detail and authenticity that they have won over what was initially a very skeptical GTAForums member audience. Interestingly, the hacker (who goes by “teapotuberhacker” on the GTAForums) also claims to be the person responsible for the recent Uber hack, and says that they got the video by gaining access to a Rockstar employee’s Slack account - which is the same MO for Uber’s massive breach. The trove of data, which PCGamer discovered via a GTAForums post by the alleged hacker themselves, contains some 90 videos of clips from the game, with debug code and interfaces running and helping back up the veracity of the claims. Rockstar’s next installment in its Grand Theft Auto series could be one of the most anticipated video games in existence, and a new purported leak could offer us our best look yet at GTA 6.
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