{"id":185966,"date":"2023-01-13T22:53:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T22:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gta-6s-massive-leak-makes-it-hard-to-play-gta-online-in-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-01-13T22:53:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T22:53:58","slug":"gta-6s-massive-leak-makes-it-hard-to-play-gta-online-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gta-6s-massive-leak-makes-it-hard-to-play-gta-online-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"GTA 6’s Massive Leak Makes It Hard To Play GTA Online In 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City <\/em>– 2002 <\/figcaption>
screenshot: Rockstar Games<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/figure>\n

Last year, footage of the next Grand Theft Auto<\/em>\u2014assumed to be GTA 6\u2014<\/em>leaked online. While Rockstar quickly tried to erase the videos from the internet and plug the holes in the ship, it was impossible to completely contain such a massive, unprecedented leak<\/span>. So fans around the world got a very good look at the future of Grand Theft Auto<\/em>. And now myself and others find it hard to go back to the aging GTA Online. <\/em><\/p>\n

Late on September 19, 2022, 90 short videos of early gameplay of what would later be confirmed by Rockstar as the next GTA <\/em>entry leaked online via a hacker. The footage revealed a lot about the next game<\/span> in the massively popular open-world franchise, including that the series would be returning to Vice City, Florida, a fan-favorite location last seen in GTA: Vice City Stories<\/em>the prequel to the beloved PS2 classic, GTA: Vice City.<\/em> It also gave us a good look at the new protagonists of this next criminal adventure and some of the missions we might experience when GTA 6<\/em> is eventually released. Fans even began mapping out the game’s virtual world<\/span> using the leaks.<\/p>\n

Rockstar undoubtedly hates the leak<\/span> and likely wishes it could rewind time and prevent it from ever happening at all, but it did end up revitalizing the playerbase. For the first time in a long time, there was excitement and energy in the GTA<\/em> community, which after years of GTA Online<\/em><\/span> updates and poorly received remasters<\/span> was in a pretty bad place prior to the leak. Even an early, unfinished or unpolished leak of GTA 6<\/em><\/span> was better than radio silence and glitchy remasters. People were pumped and hyped about the future of Grand Theft Auto<\/em> in a way I hadn’t seen in years.<\/p>\n

But then, once the leaks were scrubbed from the web and it became clear Rockstar wasn’t going to release any official teaser or trailer to capitalize on the moment, all I and other GTA <\/em>fans could do was go back to GTA Online.<\/em> And that’s harder to do now that I’ve seen the future.<\/p>\n