Following last weekend’s massive GTA 6 leak, shares in Rockstar Games’ parent company Take-Two Interactive tumbled when the market opened today. Take-Two’s share price is down more than 6% in premarket trading today, Sept. 19, according to Reuters.
The share price has recovered slightly since the market opened at 9:30 am ET, but Take-Two’s overall share price has been trending downward throughout the year, dropping more than 31% year-to-date.
In a statement following the GTA 6 leaks, Rockstar Games said it does not anticipate any disruption to its ongoing live service operations or future projects such as GTA 6. The company said it “suffered a network breach” that led to someone “illegally”. accessing and downloading confidential information, including what Rockstar said were “early development footage” of GTA 6.
After the leak, developers across the gaming industry supported the developers at Rockstar Games. Research firm Jefferies said in a statement that the GTA 6 leak is a “public relations disaster” that could delay GTA 6 and negatively affect Rockstar Games’ morale. Whether or not GTA 6 will be delayed, however, is unknown. Rockstar said in a statement that there shouldn’t be any “long-term effects” on its ongoing projects, including GTA 6.
In a document to the US government, Take-Two said: “Rockstar Games’ current services are not affected. We have already taken steps to isolate and contain this incident. Work on the game will continue as planned. At this time, Rockstar Games does not anticipate any disruption to its current services nor any long-term effects to its development schedules as a result of this incident.”
The person who claimed responsibility for the GTA 6 hack also claimed responsibility for the recent cyber attack against Uber. The person said he is looking to “negotiate a deal” with Take-Two.
This article is a translation of the writing by Eddie Makuch to the website GameSpot.
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