On Friday, the publisher of ‘GTA VI’, Take-Two, secured authorization from the American authorities to compel Microsoft and Discord to hand over data that could help identify the origins of leaks that have been revealing elements of the year’s most anticipated video game since Tuesday.
Two federal judges in New York granted the requests filed the day before by the American publisher, according to court documents released.
To obtain these injunctions, Take-Two had to assert before the court that the videos circulated online reproduce elements protected by the copyrights it owns. An acknowledgment the company had not publicly made before.
The leaks are claimed under the pseudonym ‘Cyberleek’. The person or persons behind this account say they want to denounce certain business practices in the video game industry.
Rockstar Games, the studio behind ‘GTA VI’ and a subsidiary of Take-Two, is notably criticized for the higher price of a version offering extra content and for choosing a digital-only release, with no disc.
Neither Rockstar Games nor Take-Two has publicly commented on the leaks so far. They nevertheless continued on Friday with the release of a new clip showing a character stealing a sports car.
