Over the weekend, a now-deleted TikTok user leaked what appeared to be an off-cam clip of the upcoming GTA 6 trailer. The leak appeared to be legit in that the imagery matched what we’ve seen in prior leaks, but a bizarre twist came when it was widely claimed that the leak originated from a senior Rockstar Games‘ employee’s son.
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The leaked clip — which we won’t share here for obvious reasons — has since been scrubbed but copies are circulating on social media. GTABase, which is considered to be a trusted source of Rockstar Games info, has since claimed to have seen “fairly convincing” evidence that the leak came from the son of a studio employee.
As GTABase made a vague reference to the “evidence,” Reddit folks circulated screenshots of messages and uploads by the TikTok user in question, one of which was purportedly a photo of them with their “dad,” who happens to be Rockstar North co-studio head Aaron Garbut. There are also conflicting reports of the TikTok user claiming to be a “friend” of Garbut’s son.
The evidence to suggest the video has come from someone related to the employee in question is fairly convincing.Again, if this is true it’s extremely disappointing that this has occurred so close to the official reveal.— GTABase.com (@GTABase) December 2, 2023
Whatever the case, it’s quite possible that someone was simply posing as Garbut’s son or their friend to throw people off, especially considering the last time someone leaked GTA 6 material, they ended up in jail.