Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay footage and a full map appear to have leaked online, days before Rockstar Games was expected to share a new extended look at the title. The clips surfaced on August 18 from an account calling itself Cyberleek, according to Kotaku and GameSpot.
The footage runs about two minutes across two clips. Both center on Jason Duval, one of the game’s two playable leads, who is shown at home, walking through a neighborhood and playing basketball, based on reporting from Dexerto and PC Gamer.
Alongside the gameplay, the leaker posted what they say is the complete in-game map of Leonida, Rockstar’s fictional take on Florida. It shows a dense central city modeled on Miami, plus smaller areas including Dalton Island, Tequesta Retreat, Gloriana Key, Catalan Key and Catalan Bay, per Engadget’s review of the images.
Rockstar has not confirmed the material is genuine. But the studio has started filing takedown notices against copies of the leaked clips, a step outlets including Kotaku and GameSpot say points to authenticity even without an official statement.
The leaker has framed the release as a protest. Cyberleek says the posts are a response to Rockstar’s decision to sell GTA 6 as a digital-only title with no physical disc option at launch, and has indicated more material could follow.
The timing stings for Rockstar. The company had been building toward a promotional push tied to a Netflix extended look at the game, and the leak now competes for attention with whatever official footage the studio planned to release on its own terms.
This is not GTA 6’s first brush with a major leak. A 2022 breach put dozens of early development clips online months before Rockstar’s first official trailer, forcing the studio to respond outside its planned marketing calendar. Whether this latest leak proves as consequential will depend on how much further material Cyberleek chooses to release, and how quickly Rockstar can get ahead of it with its own reveal.
