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Dozens of authentic, pre-release videos from GTA VI - of
robberies, gunplay and open-world driving - were posted on an
online message board over the weekend, media reports said.
The hacker also posted a message seeking to "negotiate a deal"
and asked Rockstar Games or parent company Take-Two to contact
them, according to the Bloomberg report.
Rockstar Games, a video game studio owned by Take-Two, is the
developer of Grand Theft Auto, one of the best-selling videogame
franchises of all time.
Take-Two Interactive did not respond to a Reuters request for
comment outside regular business hours.
The hotly anticipated GTA VI is estimated to generate $3.5
billion of bookings at launch and an average of $2 billion
annually thereafter, according to Bank of America.
The release could offer a much-needed boost to the U.S. gaming
company, which forecast weak annual sales in August in a sign
that a thin slate of major releases and easing COVID-19 curbs
have reined in the industry's pandemic-era boom.
The gaming industry, considered by some analysts as "recession
proof", has started to see some weakness as inflation-hit
consumers rein in spending on entertainment.
(Reporting by Abinaya Vijayaraghavan in Bengaluru; Editing by
Devika Syamnath)
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