Former Rockstar dev says the GTA 6 leaks are a 'nothing burger': 'There won't be much damage'

Rockstar is currently enduring one of its most embarrassing PR episodes in recent memory: With just days remaining before its Netflix-exclusive Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay reveal, the developer is on the hunt for the cryptopeddler whose 11 leaks of illicit GTA 6 footage over six days seem to imply ongoing access to a playable game build.

While Rockstar and its parent company Take-Two are almost certainly at DEFCON 1 over the historic shitshow, former Rockstar developer Obbe Vermeij says the GTA 6 leaks will ultimately prove to be, well, kind of whatever.

"Calm down everybody," Vermeij said in a post on X over the weekend. "The leaks are a nothing burger."

According to Vermeij, who spent nearly 14 years at Rockstar North as a technical director on every GTA r...