Rockstar takes drastic action to avoid GTA 6 leaks as development hits final stages

Rockstar Games is taking drastic measures to make sure there are no more GTA 6 leaks as the title enters its final stages of development.

GTA 6 is finally set to arrive in 2025 and Rockstar Games wants to make sure everything goes off without an issue, but it may not sit well with all employees.

There have only been a handful of GTA 6 leaks over the years, but they’ve been massive ones. In 2022, multiple videos of early development footage appeared online revealing a return to Vice City, a female protagonist, gameplay features and more. The hacker who released the footage, a British teen, was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order.

Then, last year, just before Rockstar could unveil the game’s first trailer, the son of an employee’s friend shared new images of the map on TikTok. Now, Rockstar Games is battening down the hatches to prevent any further mishaps.

Rockstar Games orders GTA 6 devs to return to office

According to a new report from Bloomberg, Rockstar is asking employees to come back to the office five days a week at the beginning of April.

Rockstar Head of Publishing Jenn Kolbe reportedly told staff that the reason was for productivity and security reasons, along with some “tangible benefits” of working in-person.

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“Making these changes now puts us in the best position to deliver the next Grand Theft Auto at the level of quality and polish we know it requires, along with a publishing roadmap that matches the scale and ambition of the game,” she said.

With GTA 6 set to arrive in 2025, it’s clear that Rockstar wants to avoid any setbacks or shenanigans as they gear up for what could be the biggest release in entertainment history.

Earlier this month, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick shared an update on the release plans for GTA VI, claiming that there was no set timeline and the company wants nothing short of “perfection.”