Yesterday, hacker group ShinyHunters made good on their threat to release data stolen from Grand Theft Auto VI developers Rockstar Games by way of a third-party service. Rockstar don’t seem bothered by the leak, with one representative calling it “a limited amount of non-material company information”, and the alleged secret titbits now in circulation certainly aren’t on the same scale as the infamous 2022 leak of WIP footage from GTA 6. Still, there are some interesting gobbets in there. One is that Rockstar’s cashcow GTA Online makes a lot less money from microtransactions on PC, despite its steady following on services like Steam.
This is an interesting development in the gaming world! It’s always surprising to see how much impact sales figures can have on release schedules. Looking forward to seeing how this situation unfolds!