Fresh Grand Theft Auto 6 and has a leak of Rockstar Games GTA fans excited, but unfortunately, it smells like fake. However, this did not stop him from making the rounds inside the Big Theft Auto community and built it by many as a real leak. As for the leak itself, it comes the way of a music producer and Twitter user named Chiko Kan, who recently shared an email quoted from Richard Barnes, Head of International Communications at Rockstar Games .
In the email, Barnes invites Kan to work with Rockstar Games to help curate music for the “upcoming projects in 2021,” one of which will be “HUGE.” The accused email does not reveal much other importance and does not mention any IP, but the prevailing view is that the “HUGE” project reference GTA 6.
Below, you can check out the email for yourself:
There was a lot of ups and downs in 2020 but we kept eroding and we are now heading for a strong 2021
I just want to thank everyone who helped and supported me throughout this year❤️ pic.twitter.com/uLl0SHEu8U
– Chiko Kan (@CKanzz) 31 December 2020
If this leak is legit, he recommends either GTA 6 it will be published this year or even released this year, although we know it is impossible at this stage for various reasons. Again, this could be for something related GTA Online or something completely new, but the safe bet is that HUGE is a reference GTA 6.
That said, this seems misleading. For one, the color of the text between the second and third paragraphs is not even the same color. That’s a pretty big red flag, but it’s not the only red flag. The other red flag is the fact that Barnes left Rockstar Games in 2019. None of these red flags alone 100 percent and completely eliminate the leak, but together they get as close to taking off as definitively as you can get.
If the email is real and relatively new, Kan may not have gone through an NDA process yet, which is why he was able to share it on Twitter. However, it can’t be new because Barnes hasn’t been to the Rockstar Games since 2019.
There are a lot of holes in this leak, but that didn’t stop him from making the rounds. At the time of release, Kan has not responded to criticism of the leak and Rockstar Games has not commented on the situation in any capacity. As a result, GTA fans are left with nothing but profiteering and seemingly suspicious email.