Twelve videos deep, and the leaks have somehow become both messier and more bizarre.
The newest clip is nightclub gameplay. Frankly, it’s forgettable material — footage that would hardly draw a second look if it hadn’t been stolen. The reason it matters is the watermark plastered over it: yet another promo for the ‘CyberLeek’ token, the cryptocurrency scheme most observers believe is the real motor driving this entire operation.
This round, though, the leaker answered back.
The message in the watermark
“Stop the hate,” the message reads. “Channel that energy into protests. Not at those actually fighting for you. CL is taking huge risks in this battle. Leeks are free and donations cover operational costs. Using crypto is the only way. CL can’t win alone. Today is the day to show support and protest.”
In other words, it’s a justification for a token that real money is going into. CyberLeek has been operating paid polls in which users decide the next gameplay video by sending tokens. Some voters have burned through hundreds of dollars’ worth of those tokens to cast a ballot.
The supposed cause? A protest against an all-digital future and Rockstar’s choice to skip a disc release for GTA 6. One person took the message literally enough to travel to Rockstar North in Scotland and record themselves eating a leek outside the building.
Then came the 13th video
Hot on the heels of the nightclub clip, CyberLeek dropped another: Jason riding a bicycle along a beach packed with NPCs. Identical watermarked memecoin ad, identical crypto statement.
Things are accelerating, and the calendar tells its own story. Netflix’s official GTA 6 reveal lands in two days — the first look at gameplay presented on Rockstar’s own terms.
The bigger worry for anyone hoping to go in unspoiled is what comes after. Concern is mounting that CyberLeek may begin dumping story spoilers. A prologue featuring Lucia sits among the poll options. So far, every leaked clip has featured only Jason, one half of the dual-protagonist pairing.
Eight straight days, and Rockstar still doesn’t know how
The clips have arrived daily for eight days now, even after Take-Two subpoenaed Microsoft, Discord and X / Twitter in search of identifying information.
So far, nothing has stuck. Bloomberg reports that Rockstar remains in the dark about how the leaks occurred or who is responsible. This week’s Netflix reveal isn’t being moved, though Bloomberg described internal frustration and anger, with management circulating morale-boosting emails to employees.
Not everyone views it as a disaster. Obbe Vermeij, a former Rockstar Games technical director who spent 1995 to 2009 at Rockstar North, took to social media to play down the fallout. In Vermeij’s assessment, the Hot Coffee scandal did far more harm than the current leaks.
He’d know. He was there for it.
Neither Take-Two nor Rockstar has commented publicly on any of it. We’ve reached out to both.