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Even Microsoft Now Appears To Be Getting Involved In The GTA 6 Leaks
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TDGN Brief
GameSpot broke this story yesterday, and 31 more newsrooms have run it since — 32 in all, spread over 24.8 hours.
The fastest follow came from DualShockers, 3 minutes behind the first report. The median outlet followed 22.3 hours after the break. Coverage is still building — 17 outlets joined in the last three hours.
Early movers: GameSpot, DualShockers, GameSpot — with 29 more following. Polygon was the latest arrival, 24.8 hours behind the break.
TDGN's index has been following this beat: Grand Theft Auto VI (216 stories tracked) across recent coverage — this story is currently the biggest of them.
- First report: GameSpot, yesterday
- 32 outlets over 24.8 hours · median lag 22.3 hours
- 17 outlets joined in the last 3 hours
- Beat: Grand Theft Auto VI (216 stories tracked)
This briefing is compiled automatically by TDGN’s newsroom systems from 32 outlets’ reports and TDGN’s own coverage tracking — no generative AI — and it updates as coverage develops. The outlets’ original reporting is linked below.
Who reported it, and when
- first GameSpot Take-Two Loses Billions In Market Value Since GTA 6 Leaks Began
- +3m DualShockers GTA 6 Leaker Is Making Millions on a Memecoin, and Even 'Stop Killing Games' Is Stepping In
- +19m GameSpot GTA 6 Leaker Might Have Playable Build Of The Game
- +36m GameRant GTA 6's Map Leak Just Put Rockstar in an Impossible Position
- +1h DualShockers GTA 6 Leaks Send Take Two Stock Tumbling Down
- +2h Destructoid Rockstar owner Take-Two Interactive suffers massive financial blow amid GTA 6 leak fiasco
- +2h GameSpot Step Aside, GTA 6 Leaks, We Have To Talk About Zork
- +2h TheGamer GTA 6 Leaks Are Hurting Take-Two In The Stock Market
- +4h GameRant Take-Two Stock Takes Big Hit After GTA 6 Leaks
- +15h TheGamer GTA 6 Leaker Has 390k Of Their Own Crypto In A Wallet
- +18h TheGamer GTA 6 Hacker Hasn't Shared Leaks In More Than 24 Hours
- +19h Polygon GTA 6 Leaks Could Be Part of a Big Crypto Scheme
- +19h Kotaku Real GTA 6 Leaks Are Hard To Spot In 2026 Due To All The AI Fakes
- +21h TheGamer GTA 6 Leaker Returns Amid Claims Of Being Caught
- +22h Kotaku Take-Two Subpoenas Microsoft And Discord Records Related To Spread Of GTA 6 Leaks
- +22h TheGamer GTA 6 Models, Map Data, And More Have Reportedly Leaked
- +22h VGC Take-Two files subpoenas to Microsoft and Discord in hunt for GTA 6 leaker
- +22h Destructoid GTA 6 publisher Take-Two officially headed to court to try and track down latest leaker
- +23h GameRant Take-Two Finally Gives New Official Statement on Recent GTA 6 Leaks
- +23h TheGamer GTA 6 Hacker Is Officially Being Hunted By Take-Two
- +23h GamesRadar+ To "obtain the identity" of GTA 6 leaker, Rockstar parent Take-Two subpoenas Microsoft and Discord as yet more gameplay footage is posted
- +23h GameSpot Microsoft And Discord Subpoenaed In GTA 6 Leak Case
- +23h Dexerto – Games Take-Two subpeonas Microsoft and Discord in hunt for GTA 6 leaker
- +23h VGC Podcast: GTA 6 leaks are everywhere. What will Rockstar do next?
- +24h Push Square Take-Two Aims to Bring the Hammer Down on GTA 6 Leaker, Requests Help from Microsoft, Discord
- +24h Polygon GTA 6 Leaks: Take-Two Goes After Microsoft, Discord in New Legal Action
- +24h Pure Xbox Even Microsoft Now Appears To Be Getting Involved In The GTA 6 Leaks
- +24h Rock Paper Shotgun GTA 6 leaker hunt is on, as Rockstar owners Take-Two file subpoenas asking Microsoft and Discord for records
- +24h GamesRadar+ Frustrated with GTA 6 leaks, Rockstar fans dig up Gabe Newell's "I play games to have fun" rant – and miss the most important part
- +24h Eurogamer Take-Two's legal action to find GTA 6 leaker begins, as it subpoenas Microsoft and Discord for any data "sufficient to identify the users person"
- +24h DualShockers GTA 6 Leaks Put Discord and Microsoft Under Federal Subpoena
- +25h Polygon 'GTA 6' Leaks Lead Desperate Fans To Get Trolled in the Most Ridiculous Way Possible
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