Take-Two loses $2.8B in market value after GTA 6 gameplay footage leaks

Take-Two Interactive saw roughly $2.83 billion evaporate from its market capitalization in just two days after a hacker group leaked gameplay footage from Grand Theft Auto VI. The stock slid from around $248.13 to as low as $231.60, a gut punch for a company whose entire near-term thesis revolves around one game. What happened On August 18, 2026, a group calling itself Cyberleek began posting gameplay videos from GTA 6. By August 20, four separate clips had surfaced online. Cyberleek attached a list of demands: end digital pre-orders, don’t lock day-one DLC behind paywalls, and include an offline mode. Rockstar’s response was conspicuously narrow. The studio fired off DMCA takedown notices to platforms hosting the footage but offered no public comment about the breach itself. Filing copyright claims on the videos essentially confirmed the footage was real, even without Rockstar saying so explicitly. Take-Two’s stock absorbed the impact almost immediately. Shares that had been trading near $248.13 before the leaks cratered to a range of $231.60 to $232.84 within 48 hours. For a company with a market cap north of $43 billion, that translated to a loss of approximately $2.83 billion i...