Microsoft and Discord subpoenaed over GTA VI gameplay leaks
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Take-Two Interactive has formally subpoenaed Microsoft and Discord following unauthorized releases of Grand Theft Auto VI gameplay material. The legal action seeks information to identify those responsible for distributing copyrighted content, including game footage, artwork, and dialogue. The companies have until early September to provide requested records and user details.
The leaked footage, attributed to a person or group known as 'CyberLeek,' depicts various gameplay sequences including driving, flying, and combat scenarios featuring the game's protagonist. This enforcement action occurs roughly a week before Rockstar's scheduled extended preview on Netflix and approximately three months before the game's official November release.
- Take-Two Interactive subpoenaed Microsoft and Discord to identify users distributing unauthorized GTA VI gameplay footage, citing copyright infringement of audiovisual content and creative assets.
- Leaked clips attributed to 'CyberLeek' show protagonist Jason Duval performing various in-game activities; companies must comply by September 4th.
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Take-Two Interactive, the publisher behind the Grand Theft Auto series, has issued legal demands to Microsoft and Discord after unreleased gameplay footage from the upcoming Grand Theft Auto VI leaked online. A subpoena is a legal order compelling a company to hand over records, in this case details that could help identify whoever shared the material. Microsoft owns the Xbox platform and Discord is a widely used chat and community app, and both are thought to hold information about the accounts involved.
The leaked clips, linked to someone or a group using the name "CyberLeek," reportedly show scenes of driving, flying and combat from the game. Grand Theft Auto VI is one of the most anticipated video game releases in years, so unauthorised previews of it attract significant public and industry attention, and Take-Two has a strong commercial interest in controlling how and when such material is shown.
The dispute is playing out shortly before two official events: an extended preview of the game due to air on Netflix, and the game's scheduled November launch. This timing means the leak, and the response to it, is unfolding at a particularly sensitive moment for the game's rollout.
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