GTA 6 Leak Tracker — What’s Circulating, What’s Confirmed

Desk stamp: 13 September 2026. DualSense Limited Edition Black and White pre-orders have been live since 10 September 2026, 10:00 a.m. ET on PlayStation Direct (Black is Direct-exclusive in the US; White is also at retailers). See DualSense.

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Claim	Verdict	Last update	Source	Desk
Launch: 19 November 2026, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X\|S	Official	27 Aug 2026	Newswire, 6 Nov 2025	Desk · What’s confirmed
No PC date	Official	19 Aug 2026	Official - not announced. No PC date, price, or store page.	Pre-order guide
Leads: Lucia Caminos and Jason Duval	Official	27 Aug 2026	VI site	Desk · Who’s named
Setting: Leonida, a modern Vice City	Official	4 Dec 2023	Trailer 1 Newswire	Leonida map
Two trailers: December 2023 and May 2025	Official	6 May 2025	Trailer 1 · Trailer 2	Trailers
Extended Look: 27 August 2026. Netflix six-hour exclusive from 3:00 p.m. ET; official YouTube full file went up at 9:05 p.m. ET (id tJbzMqJGH4k). Same cut.	Official	27 Aug 2026	Newswire · tJbzMqJGH4k	Live watch · /201 · Desk
Pre-orders opened 25 June 2026. US$79.99 / US$99.99. Vintage Vice City Pack. Digital pre-load 12 November. Physical box is a download code.	Official	29 Aug 2026	Newswire, 25 June · Take-Two PR	Pre-order guide · /243
Limited DualSense Wireless Controllers - Grand Theft Auto VI Black and White. US$84.99 each. Launch with the game on 19 November 2026. US pre-orders live since 10 September 2026, 10:00 a.m. ET on PlayStation Direct (Black Direct-exclusive in the US; White also at retailers).	Official	13 Sep 2026	PlayStation Blog, 3 Sep 2026	DualSense · US stores
Rockstar X letter on the leak wave (including Lucia story cutscenes): heartbreaking, nearly there, Extended Look still 27 Aug, launch still 19 Nov. Image-only post; not on Newswire.	Official	27 Aug 2026	@RockstarGames, 26 Aug 2026	Desk · earlier
Rockstar employment tribunal filings (Glasgow, opened around 10 September 2026) cite Discord Room C talk of an online 32-player format treated as confidential. Not a Newswire Online card. Launch SKU is still single-player per Take-Two June pre-order line.	Reported	11 Sep 2026	Tribunal filings via Rock Paper Shotgun · GameRant. Not Rockstar Online marketing.	/636 · /624 · /620
Oversized Collector Edition box photos claimed from Unique Services packaging plant in Mexico. Contents kits (keyring / stickers / cap / tee) circulating on X. May be a press kit or fake. Rockstar has not announced a Collector SKU; physical Standard remains code-in-box with no disc.	Unverified	13 Sep 2026	X packaging claim via IBTimes UK 11 Sep · autoevolution 13 Sep. Not a Rockstar product card.	/614 · Boxed copy
Early Xbox Store language tags list 13 supported languages with no Arabic UI/subtitles; #ArabicForGTA6 petition follows. Storefront tags are often provisional - not Rockstar confirmation.	Unverified	29 Aug 2026	Early Xbox Store listing language tags; community petition. Not an official Rockstar language roster.	Arabic store tags
Take-Two asked the Southern District of New York for DMCA subpoenas to Microsoft, Discord, X, and Google/YouTube. Named handles. Clerk has not issued. No public ID.	Reported	24 Aug 2026	Kotaku · TorrentFreak	Microsoft / Discord · X / YouTube · Discord not served
X “investigator” OSINT dossier pointing at Rockstar / Take-Two is not a catch. No arrest. No official confirm.	Unverified	22 Aug 2026	X OSINT dossier. No arrest / no official confirm.	Not a catch
X insider menu for the 27 Aug Extended Look: 30-minute gameplay tape, a trip to Europe, a cast reveal, 80 new mechanics, 300+ activities. Rockstar printed none of it. BBC briefly said 30-minute special, then dropped the number.	Unverified	25 Aug 2026	Recap attributed to remiremus_, 20 Aug. Primary tweet not recovered.	Thursday menu
NBA 2K27 Season 1 trailer teases a GTA 6 Season. 2K newsroom write-up does not name Rockstar or GTA.	Unverified	26 Aug 2026	NBA 2K27 Season 1 trailer	Desk
CyberLeek leak wave tied to a crypto / memecoin pitch; operators reported to have cashed out ~US$270,000 in liquidity fees around the Extended Look window (earlier count cited ~US$241,000) (game-preservation framing disavowed by Stop Killing Games).	Unverified	28 Aug 2026	Desk synthesis · community forensics	/227 · /173 · /165 · /163 · Desk · earlier
CyberLeek ~4m38s Lucia prison / correctional prologue. Fan backlash over story spoilers and unfinished-shader “downgrade” panic. Circulating; desk does not host.	Unverified	28 Aug 2026	Circulating file - documented in press recaps. Desk does not host.	/194
Physical trunk inventory slots and unscripted roadside NPC fights after crashes. IGN Rockstar HQ visit: working trunks store clothes and weapons; roadside NPC-fight clips remain circulating-file recaps.	Reported	29 Aug 2026	IGN Rockstar HQ visit · circulating-file recaps	/259 trunks · Road rage / trunks · Gunplay / arsenals
Daytime plane over Vice City (~2 min). Ends with Jason shooting the letters LEEK into a wall. Community ID of the rifle as a grey Ruger PC Carbine - unofficial, not a Rockstar label. r/GTA6 reads it as someone playing a build, not only dumping old files.	Unverified	20 Aug 2026	Circulating file - desk does not host	Plane / LEEK clip note · Weapons · Radio
“Junkies” cut - press flagged a separate circulating cut in the 19 Aug wave, apart from the taser / Cal boat clip	Unverified	19 Aug 2026	Circulating file - desk does not host	-
Seventh circulating clip after the storefront went dark: gas station / pump UI / strip-club watermark. Desk does not host.	Unverified	23 Aug 2026	Circulating file - desk does not host	Seventh clip
Jason basketball minigame at a Keys stilt house	Unverified	18 Aug 2026	Circulating file - desk does not host	Basketball clip note · Safehouse
Six-star wanted + Criminal Profile: cops learn clothes, face, and car; icons under the stars. Leak recaps also flag heavier carjacking.	Reported	28 Aug 2026	IGN · Eurogamer from Rockstar North press. Not a Newswire star bible.	/131 · /153 · /186 · Wanted · /229
Highway crash, wrench takedown, six-star wanted level, honor/devil icon	Unverified	25 Aug 2026	Circulating file - desk does not host	Wanted · Road rage
Full Leonida map dump. Recaps read ~ten regional hubs and connected waterways. Not an official map.	Unverified	29 Aug 2026	Circulating file - desk does not host	/265 map scale · Ten regional hubs
Nighttime taser, Allied Crystal, Ambrosia, Cal Hampton on a boat	Unverified	19 Aug 2026	Circulating file - desk does not host	Taser / Cal clip note · Weapons · Wanted
Footage age: 2023 build versus post-January 2025 (Tate McRae “Sports Car” on the radio)	Unverified	19 Aug 2026	Conflicting reads of circulating audio - press and community	Conflicting. Not a spec sheet. Radio
“Bonnie and Clyde” as Rockstar’s own line for Lucia and Jason	Debunked	19 Aug 2026	Fan nickname. Rockstar’s language is a stacked deck / a failed score.	Not official wording.
Extended Look is three Netflix episodes (~23 / 24 / 18 min)	Debunked	19 Aug 2026	r/GTA6 screenshot, later removed; press called it a bug.	Three-episode screenshot · Extended Look
Unofficial Hypercar tape / community Truffade Thrax on Rockstar's GTA 6 locker	Unverified	28 Aug 2026	Community ID of unofficial footage. Recaps used the Online name. Not a locker line.	Desk
Hypercar clip proves a 144-minute in-game day	Debunked	23 Aug 2026	Circulating file. Clock math does not hold.	144-minute day
Bystander livestream NPCs	Unverified	17 Aug 2026	Rumor - flagged in our Extended Look piece	Extended Look
Open-world dual-character switching (Jason / Lucia), with story-beat locks - including mid-drive swaps in press coverage	Reported	28 Aug 2026	IGN Rockstar North visit - Rob Nelson session. Not a Newswire control sheet.	/131 · /192 · Switch
San Andreas-style weight / food / gym / multi-day benders: Jason and Lucia’s bodies and faces change. Sleep debt and long chases show.	Reported	27 Aug 2026	Kotaku · Eurogamer from Dazed / Rockstar. Not a Newswire body bible.	/133 · /188
Optional Jason / Lucia romance: downtime together warms the bond, ignored texts cool it. Survival partnership still holds if they stay cold.	Reported	29 Aug 2026	Eurogamer from Dazed / Rockstar. VI site is the stacked-deck story, not a dating spec.	/133 · /215 · /237
Open-carry heat: pedestrians react to a long gun in public and call emergency services before a round is fired.	Reported	27 Aug 2026	Dazed / Dexerto from Rockstar press. Not a Newswire witness card.	/133 · Wanted
No police radar blips on the minimap - pursuits are line-of-sight, not flashing cones	Reported	28 Aug 2026	Desk read of the Extended Look. Not a Newswire HUD card.	/145 · Wanted
Factory vehicle telematics on modern cars - cops can keep a stolen ride on the grid; dump and swap	Reported	28 Aug 2026	Community / desk Extended Look read (VTS beat). Not a Newswire telematics card.	/145 · /147 · Wanted
~80-hour chaptered campaign - multi-part story gates territory, not a day-one open sandbox	Reported	29 Aug 2026	Vice preview reporting. Not a Rockstar hour card.	/151 · /217 · /245
Real-time contextual dialogue prompts + eavesdropping into emergent scores (no radial wheel)	Reported	28 Aug 2026	Polygon · IGN · Eurogamer preview language. Not a Newswire dialogue bible.	/141 · /155 · /161 · /177
Console development builds run at 30 FPS; VGC and Eurogamer say no 60 FPS performance toggle is locked for launch (Rob Nelson to press). Trade talk of a later toggle stays unverified. Not a Newswire frame-rate card.	Reported	28 Aug 2026	VGC · Eurogamer from Rob Nelson press. Not a Newswire frame-rate card.	/249
No full first-person / cockpit camera at launch. Over-the-shoulder only. Vice reporting. Not a Newswire camera card.	Reported	28 Aug 2026	Vice. Not a Newswire camera card.	/249
Diegetic HUD: contextual object prompts, in-world smartphone inspection, minimap recedes during cinematic shots. IGN from Rockstar North press. Not a Newswire UI card.	Reported	29 Aug 2026	IGN. Not a Newswire UI card.	/247
Dead Eye-style focus meter and slow-motion kill cams. IGN / Dexerto as a Red Dead carryover. Not a Newswire combat card.	Reported	29 Aug 2026	IGN · Dexerto. Not a Newswire combat card.	/247
600,000+ handcrafted character animations - more than double RDR2’s 300,000. Nelson told press GTA 6 uses no generative AI. Not a Newswire animation card.	Reported	29 Aug 2026	Rob Nelson via IGN · GamingBolt · Kinda Funny Gamescast. Not a Newswire animation card.	/277 · /311
Leonida streets are narrower and denser than Los Santos; driving needs more skill. Rob Nelson also cited pro-driver consultation and Rideout Customs chassis / interior / off-road kits. Not a Newswire handling card.	Reported	30 Aug 2026	Rob Nelson via Eurogamer · IGN. Not a Newswire handling card.	/293
Former-dev estimate that GTA 6 is ~80–90% complete / content-locked, polish replacing new systems. Rockstar’s own line is “nearly there.” Not a percent card.	Unverified	28 Aug 2026	Former Rockstar staff estimate via desk recap. Not a Newswire completion card.	/211
Parked-car theft overhaul: no universal one-button hotwire. Tiered security, handheld WAINK scanner recon, electronic key cloners for high-end cars, speed-sensitive GPS trackers. Occupied traffic jack stays instant. Not a Newswire theft card.	Reported	30 Aug 2026	Rob Nelson via IGN · Vice. Not a Newswire theft card.	/285 · /229 · Wanted
Launch single-player has zero cash microtransactions - no battle-pass / cash-shop spend on the story campaign. Rob Nelson (Kinda Funny Gamescast after Edinburgh). Not a Newswire monetization card.	Reported	31 Aug 2026	Rob Nelson via Kinda Funny Gamescast. Not a Newswire monetization card.	/311
US$1–2 billion budget	Unverified	19 Aug 2026	Press estimate - no Rockstar figure	-
Default sprint is L3 hold on DualSense / Xbox sticks (not the classic tap face-button). Preview reporting says a settings toggle can restore tap-to-sprint. Not a Newswire controls card.	Reported	6 Sep 2026	Eurogamer previews · desk write-ups. Not Rockstar controls documentation.	/518 · /501 · /465
French retailer listing put GTA 6 on Switch 2 ahead of any Nintendo Direct. No Nintendo or Rockstar confirmation. Treat as a listing error until an official platform card appears.	Unverified	5 Sep 2026	French retail listing via desk. Not a Nintendo / Rockstar platform card.	/471

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