The group behind the Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6) leaks hit back at Rockstar Games within hours on Wednesday. It repeated its demand for physical discs and accused the studio of playing the victim.
CyberLeek, the account driving the leak campaign, posted its answer on X. The reply reignited a dispute that has run since June.
Rockstar Writes to Fans, But Skips the GTA 6 Physical Discs Question
Rockstar broke a week of silence on Wednesday with an open letter to its community. The studio called the leaks heartbreaking for its team. It apologized to fans for the long wait.
“It would be an understatement to say that having videos of Grand Theft Auto VI gameplay leak this way has been heartbreaking for our team, and this is obviously not how we intended for you to see the game after all this time.”
Rockstar Games, statement
The full Rockstar statement thanks supporters, confirms the Nov. 19 launch, and warns that spoilers may hurt the intended experience.
However, it never mentions discs and never names CyberLeek. That silence triggered the reply, which cast the studio as the aggressor rather than the injured party.
The group has released footage in daily batches since Aug. 18. Its demands include pressed discs for pre-orders and an offline fallback for single-player content.
It also wants an end to what it calls fake single-player expansions. That means content already sitting in the game files, locked until players pay again. CyberLeek says it will not stop until publishers apologize and commit to change.
Why the Ownership Fight Keeps Growing
Rockstar confirmed in June that boxed copies will hold a download code instead of a disc. Buyers therefore get a license, not a physical product. Take-Two chief executive Strauss Zelnick told analysts on Aug. 7 that discs no longer make sense for consumers.
Meanwhile, the wider industry is moving the same way. Sony will stop pressing game discs in January 2028. A PlayStation disc backlash petition has since gathered hundreds of thousands of signatures.
Still, the preservation movement itself has pushed back. Stop Killing Games, a campaign for continued access to purchased titles, rejected the leak tactics outright.
“Using illegal means to make a point is unacceptable to us and does nothing to protect our right to keep using what we paid for.”
Stop Killing Games, statement
Money clouds the protest further. CyberLeek also sells ad space inside its leak videos. Brands must send 400 Monero (XMR), worth roughly $172,000, just to open the conversation.
That fee buys no placement, only a reply. The privacy coin is trading near $431. A separate CyberLeek meme coin rally added 1,400% last week.
Take-Two has shed market value since the leak campaign started.
Netflix airs an extended GTA 6 look on Thursday, and Rockstar hopes official footage retakes the story. Whether that works or simply gives leakers a bigger audience becomes clear within days.