Alleged GTA 6 Gameplay Leak Shows Basketball, Six-Star Wanted Level and Leonida Map

Apparent GTA 6 gameplay hit the internet on August 18, 2026, and Rockstar still hasn’t said a word about it.

Update, November 5, 2026: In a statement on X on August 26, Rockstar said having GTA VI gameplay videos “leak in this way has been heartbreaking for our team,” but it did not comment on individual clips. Write-ups of its official Extended Look from August 27, including Sole Retriever\’s and Shacknews\’, describe Jason shooting baskets, a wanted meter with six stars and police-recognition icons, and icons marking good and bad behavior. The Focus stat, the fuel gauges and the leaked Leonida map remain unconfirmed.

The footage, posted by a group calling itself CyberLeek, appears to show protagonist Jason Duval doing everything from shooting hoops to swinging a wrench in a fistfight. The clips also appear to show a six-star wanted level, plus a pile of smaller systems fans have spent years guessing at. CyberLeek also dumped what it claims is the map of Leonida, the game’s setting. Whether any of it is genuine, neither Rockstar Games nor Take-Two Interactive will say.

Kotaku broke the story, and its write-up leans almost entirely on Jason. Lucia Caminos, the game’s other lead, barely shows up. PC Gamer then sat with the video and catalogued a long list of mechanics, while flagging that a lot of what people are “seeing” is guesswork, not fact.

Basketball, and a Focus stat

Here’s the strange one. Jason appears to play basketball in one clip, and every made shot seems to bump a “Focus” meter up by 2%, as PC Gamer spotted. Nobody knows what Focus actually does, and the clip alone does not show whether downtime activities will affect Jason’s stats in the finished game.

The six-star wanted level is back

The police stuff is the part everyone’s talking about. Six stars appear to be back, and the HUD suggests cops now clock you by your clothes, your face and your car rather than just knowing where you are. Rockstar later showed the six-star wanted level in its official GTA 6 Extended Look. If that holds up, shaking heat becomes less about outrunning police and more about not looking like the guy they’re after.

The clips appear to show plenty else. Stamina seems to drain when Jason sprints, cars appear to have fuel gauges and engine wear, and trunks seem to hold gear. That fuel gauge kicked off its own argument about whether GTA cars will finally need refuelling, though a meter on a screen settles nothing about the finished game.

About that “morality system”

At one point a small devil icon pops up mid-fight, and the internet did what the internet does. Cue theories that GTA 6 tracks morality or reputation somehow. PC Gamer floated it as a possible morality system and left it there. At the time, there was no confirmed karma mechanic, only an icon.

The Leonida map

The gameplay didn’t come alone. GamesRadar reported a leaked Leonida map alongside it, thick with roads, islands and landmarks stretching across the region and Vice City. Call it what it is: an alleged leak, not the finished map.

Rockstar isn’t talking

A few of the videos have already been pulled over copyright claims, per The Verge, though a takedown is not the same as Rockstar confirming what the clips show. CyberLeek has warned that the GTA 6 build could leak if Take-Two tries to track the group down. Rockstar and Take-Two, meanwhile, have said nothing.

CyberLeek claims it’s doing all this to protest things like digital pre-orders. It’s also quietly pushing a cryptocurrency, which is exactly why game-preservation advocates and a few outlets aren’t buying the noble-cause framing.

And the caveat that matters most: this appears to be a development build. Anything on screen can change before launch, and leaked clips are a poor way to judge how the finished game looks or runs.

The reason any of it lands now is timing. Rockstar’s official showcase, GTA 6: An Extended Look, is due August 27, 2026, with the game itself arriving November 19 on PS5, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.

Featured image: Official Grand Theft Auto VI artwork. Image: Rockstar Games