GTA 6 leaker seemingly confirms reports game could 'produce real millionaires'

Rockstar Games just can't seem to catch a break when it comes to the next Grand Theft Auto, but then again, when you try to create the biggest video game of all time, you've got to expect all eyes will be on you.

With players champing at the bit to see what's changed in Vice City, the 13-year wait between GTA V and GTA 6 has made them more ravenous than a paddling pool full of piranhas. Hackers and leakers have made the most of the situation, with some popular X accounts completely dedicated to GTA 6 leaks and rumors.

As the gaming world braces for GTA 6's November 19 release, we were promised an exclusive collab with Netflix to (hopefully) give us a first look at gameplay on August 27.

Some of you couldn't wait that long, with hacker group CyberLeek sharing two apparent gameplay videos, the massive GTA 6 map, and promising to keep the leaks coming.

While we've warned why you shouldn't share leaks yourselves, that hasn't stopped casual players and superfans alike from sitting on the edge of their seats for the next leak.

GTA 6 leaks tease real-world currency exchange

One leak could back up another from a while back, claiming that the next game will contain some sort of in-game currency or exchange that can be traded for real-world money.

Posting on Discord, the CyberLeek account simply wrote: "There is a currency in GTA 6 that can be traded to real life money (like Robux). More details soon."

There's not much to go off here, but remember part of what's helped GTA V make over $10 billion in revenue over the past 13 years is that we've been spending real money on Shark Cards.

Games have been doing this for ages, with Fortnite boasting V-Bucks for you to buy skins, and Roblox having the aforementioned Robux to customize your character and buy special powers.

We previously reported on how GTA 6 could supposedly create real-life millionaires with the ability to make money from user-generated content via an in-game marketplace.

CyberLeek seems to be leaning more into the idea of GTA 6 having its own in-game cryptocurrency that can be cashed out in our everyday lives.

It's true that Blizzard Entertainment tried this with Diablo III‘s Real-Money Auction House (RMAH), but when it was widely recognized as harmful to core gameplay, it was shut down in 2014.

When you're looking to top GTA V as the most profitable entertainment product of all, resurrecting something similar to the RMAH for GTA 6 is definitely an interesting prospect, but don't assume you can get rich quick while playing the next automotive adventure.

Don't believe everything you read online

It's been noted that CyberLeek is using its soaring notoriety to promote itself, with the group aggressively marketing its own cryptocurrency and meme coin off the back of the leaks.

Notably, CyberLeek has stated that the crypto it's pushing is to fund a 'secret project', which we assume is its promise to target other publishers who don't adhere to its manifesto.

This has already drawn the attention of the Stop Killing Games movement, which is currently taking on Rockstar over its lack of a physical disc for GTA 6. Even though Rockstar and Take-Two aren't exactly in SKG's good books, director general Moritz Katzner took to the organization's subreddit and wrote: "Do not send these people your money, no matter how much sympathy you may feel for their actions."

Reiterating that's what's going on is illegal, Metzer added: "Using illegal means to make a point is unacceptable to us and does nothing to protect our right to keep using what we paid for. No matter how strongly you disagree with the decisions of upper management at these companies, there are still thousands of developers who worked hard on this project, and they’re the ones being hit the hardest."

Even if GTA 6 was going to include an in-game economy that can be transferred to the real world, they're prone to massive inflation and botnets flooding servers to grind cash and crash a currency's value. More than this, letting gamers withdraw real fiat currency requires developers and publishers to adhere to strict international banking laws, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations, and issue tax forms to players. To be honest, it would all be a bit of a headache.