GTA6 Leaks ‘Downgrade’ Accusations Were Overblown, And There’s A Reason Why

Kotaku | 28.08.2026 19:30
There’s a lot of conversation online about the merits and drawbacks of video game leaks. On one hand, it can give potential players an unfiltered look at a game that goes outside the bounds of company-approved messaging. On the other, depending on just how old the build we see is, we might get a skewed sense of what the game is actually like. Unauthorized footage of a pre-release build of Grand Theft Auto 6 has been leaking for over a week now, and that was just long enough for there to be accusations that the game had been “downgraded” from what people saw in the earliest trailers.