The most important gaming event of this week is undoubtedly the announcement of a new game in the Grand Theft Auto series. Just a few hours before the official announcement, Jason Schreier, one of the most famous journalists in the industry, announced the developers’ plans. However, according to the latest data, Rockstar studio was dissatisfied with this turn of events, and the announcement itself was supposed to take place later.
According to the founder of the French portal Rockstar Mag, the announcement of Grand Theft Auto 6 on Wednesday was an unplanned response to the appearance of sensational material published by Bloomberg. According to Chris Klippel, Rockstar initially intended to make this secret public in the second half of this week, but plans were changed to counteract the rumors.
In addition, Sam Houser (co-founder of Rockstar Games) and Strauss Zelnick (president of Take-Two) intend to launch an internal investigation in order to reveal the identity of the informant. They took this opportunity to remind all employees that disclosing confidential information would entail serious legal consequences.
Jason Schreier himself reacted to the French journalist’s recording. The journalist stated that the text he published did not in any way affect the work of the Rockstar studio and that the form of the announcement itself remained unchanged.
As evidence, he cited an excerpt from the financial report, which states that the authors welcomed the announcement of Grand Theft Auto 6. As Schreier notes, the interview with investors about the financial results was conducted just a few hours after the official announcement of GTA 6, so the summary should have been prepared much earlier.
