Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier was criticized for leaking the announcement of Grand Theft Auto VI, which took place on November 8th. Let us remind you that an insider, citing anonymous sources, revealed plans Rockstar Games on the same day, a few hours before the official news was published on social networks.
One of the first to make his claim to Schreyer expressed French blogger Chris Klippel. He stated that the official announcement of GTA 6 was supposed to take place only at the end of the week, but due to Schreier’s material it had to be released ahead of time.
In addition, according to Klippel, Rockstar co-founder Sam Houser and head Take-Two They were furious at what happened and launched an internal investigation to find the journalist’s informants. Added to this was general disappointment with the fact that “the announcement of the most anticipated game in history was spoiled by such a leak.”
Schreier, in turn, accused Klippel of spreading false information and statedthat Rockstar itself planned the announcement of the new GTA on November 8th – the day Take-Two reported on its finances. It’s worth noting that Klippel has already deleted his original post.
Senior Community Manager 343 Industries John Junicek also criticized Schreier’s actions. calling insiders not to spoil the surprise and let “cool moments happen naturally.” With him agreed many players and industry representatives, while some users, on the contrary, supported leaks and leaks.
Let us remind you that the first trailer for the new Grand Theft Auto will be shown in early December. The official announcement became the most popular gaming tweet in the history of the social network X/Twitter – now in fasting already more than 1.5 million “likes” and 169 million views.
