Rockstar Employees Devastated by GTA 6 Leak; Gamers Much Less So

Other developers and industry journalists acknowledge the nightmare that Rockstar is experiencing in the wake of the hacker attack and the massive leak of GTA 6 materials. However, gamers are not so kind to the developers - they ironize and make memes about them.

Hubert Sledziewski

September 19, 2022 13:45

Rockstar Employees Devastated by GTA 6 Leak; Gamers Much Less So.

Source: Screen Rant.

Hacker attack suffered by we wrote yesterday - is a thorn in the company's side. At least that's what is suggested a youtuber who runs the popular channel LegacyKillaHD, allegedly after speaking with several of the corporation's "devastated" employees. Jason Schreier from Bloomberg backed up his words, assuring, that for Rockstar this must be a real nightmare - and for several reasons.

Rockstar Employees Devastated by GTA 6 Leak; Gamers Much Less So - picture #1

Source: Twitter / Michael.

Rockstar Employees Devastated by GTA 6 Leak; Gamers Much Less So - picture #2

Source: Twitter / Jason Schreier.

First of all, because in such situations work on the game is always disrupted. This was the case, for example, with the came to a standstill for two weeks. Another consequence could be significant restrictions on the flexibility of working from home in the near future. In addition, the journalist sees the possibility of a number of less obvious repercussions that Rockstar may have to deal with for an extended period of time.

Other developers understand

for the company's employees has been expressed by other game developers, including Pawel Sasko from CD Projekt Red, and Neil Druckmann from Naughty Dog:

Rockstar Employees Devastated by GTA 6 Leak; Gamers Much Less So - picture #3

Source: Twitter / Pawel Sasko.

Rockstar Employees Devastated by GTA 6 Leak; Gamers Much Less So - picture #4

Source: Twitter / Neil Druckmann.

Player reactions

A large portion of gamers are indeed not very merciful to the developers of GTA 6. Many ironically suggest - on the GTA Online. Others are ready to the devs with their savings from this network game.

Many more or less malicious memes have also appeared. I've included a few examples below (yes, the last one is also a meme - lest anyone think this was an official announcement from Rockstar).