A 192 GB Rockstar leak just dropped—and most of it isn't GTA VI
A 192 GB archive of internal Rockstar Games files appeared online on September 18, two months before GTA VI's scheduled November 19 console launch. The cache is far larger than the roughly 4 GB that leaked in 2023, and it contains source code, map assets, vehicle models, and details on multiple cancelled projects. Most of what's inside relates to GTA V's past, not GTA VI's future.
What's actually in the archive
The bulk of the leaked files cover GTA V development history. Highlights confirmed by GamesRadar+ include a cancelled Liberty City expansion for GTA V — a single-player DLC set in a reimagined version of GTA IV's New York-inspired map, scrapped so Rockstar could focus resources on GTA Online. A second cancelled DLC, dubbed "Agent Trevor," would have sent the character on a James Bond-style mission across a space shuttle, an Arabian mansion, and a vast underground complex. Also present: early GTA VI map assets and vehicle models, described by analysts as low-detail "LOD" builds rather than finished content, plus one fully recorded early GTA V dialogue track and the police car from GTA V's very first trailer.
As Notebookcheck notes, the archive looks more like a deep-storage snapshot of Rockstar's internal servers than a targeted GTA VI sabotage. The cancelled DLCs were already an open secret in the community, and the GTA VI assets are incomplete enough that they reveal little about the finished game.
The legal chase
Take-Two isn't treating this lightly. The company filed two DMCA subpoenas in the Southern District of New York on August 20, targeting Microsoft, Discord, and X. According to Tom's Hardware, Take-Two demanded Windows device IDs (MachineGuid), Microsoft Account identifiers, phone numbers, IP address history, and linked Xbox and OneDrive account data for everyone in three specific Discord servers connected to the alleged leaker, known only as CyberLeek.
CyberLeek has framed the leaks as a consumer-rights protest — demanding no digital-only preorders, no paywalled base-game content, and guaranteed permanent single-player access — rather than straightforward extortion. That framing has attracted some sympathy among players frustrated by the live-service model that led Rockstar to shelve single-player DLC after 2020 in favour of GTA Online revenue.
Liberty City, revisited?
The most speculative thread coming out of the leak is whether the cancelled Liberty City expansion could be repurposed as GTA VI story DLC. Dexerto reports the leaked layout shows a map larger than GTA IV's original version, with detailed shoreline audio zones indicating significant development investment before cancellation. Rockstar has not commented, and nothing in the files confirms a GTA VI revival. For now it remains an intriguing possibility rather than a confirmed plan.
GTA VI is still on track for November 19 on consoles. A PC date has not been announced.
