Rockstar Games, after enduring a leaker’s relentless onslaught for about a week, has finally managed to take their official channels down. This includes the leaker’s Telegram channel as well as their website, which, as of this article, remains offline.
This was first spotted by Polygon, which writes that the leaker’s site went down today, Aug. 22. The site, which we won’t provide here, currently returns a “blocked ID” message, saying it was blocked on request.
“Requested content blocked by this node’s content policy,” the note on the site reads.
Furthermore, it seems the Telegram channel used by the leaker is also down, with that service provider citing copyright infringement as the reason for the takedown.
It is currently unknown if the leaker has any alternate modes of communication, though today a clip emerged on an X account claiming to be them, with a recording of GTA 6‘s loading screen and the leaker’s PC, supposed to serve as proof that they do, indeed, have a full build of the game.
The account that first posted that seems to have been removed from X, though reuploads exist. Dozens of accounts carrying the same moniker as the leaker have appeared in the last week or so, so it’s hard to assume what’s real and what isn’t in a sea of fakers and copycats.
Nevertheless, the leaks have caused tremendous damage to Rockstar and Take-Two Interactive. The latter, which owns Rockstar Games, lost nearly $3 billion in valuation as the leaks started dropping. The company has since issued subpoena requests for Microsoft and Discord, which should help it find the culprit.
