They are not.
Company is spinning narrative to gain sympathy points. Considering how underhanded and straight up evil the publisher is (eg. pushing gambling to minors), I’d absolutely not rule out that this is gonzo PR trying to establish traction for the new release. In fact controlled leaks did already happen for this publisher.
Currently half of reddit is talking about GTA6, even my wife asked me if I’ve heard about this leak.
This is all you need to know. It’s a free publicity for the game.
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