‘GTA 6’ Developer Rockstar Games Subpoenas Microsoft, Discord Amid Leaks

Rockstar Games parent company Take-Two Interactive filed requests with a federal court for subpoenas seeking information from Microsoft and Discord regarding gameplay leaks for its eagerly anticipated “Grand Theft Auto 6” — coming more than three months ahead of the game’s release.

Per the documents, filed with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday, the “copyrighted material includes but is not limited to audiovisual content, artwork, images, dialogue, or other creative elements.” Take-Two is seeking data from both Microsoft and Discord under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to “identify alleged infringers at issue.”

Multiple alleged “GTA 6” gameplay videos have been released this week by a hacker group calling itself CyberLeek, which claims to have obtained a playable build of the game. The videos have been posted across multiple websites and subsequently removed and continued to appear in new…