Kaser Focus: Who stole Grand Theft Auto VI?

Another bizarre week of 2022 is in the bag. I’m not saying this has been a bad year, but oof, it’s been the most. What happened this week? Goodness gracious. A hacker got ahold of footage of Rockstar’s in-development game and published it online. Logitech is making a Steam Deck competitor. And apparently it’s time to revisit Cyberpunk 2077? Like I said, bizarre week.

The GTA VI leak was a doozy by itself, but I was a bit disheartened to see how critical everyone was of it. In case you needed to hear it from me: Most likely, nothing is wrong with Grand Theft Auto VI, based on the footage. Games don’t look like games until pretty much release time. That’s why game publishers pay third-party filmmakers to make cinematic trailers for games in development. I’d be a hypocrite if I dissed pre-launch speculative criticism, but I don’t want anyone to write GTA VI off because they saw a version of it they were never intended to see.