GTA 6 Fake Leaks: AI Videos, DMCAs and a Viral Misquote

Take-Two has spent the past week issuing DMCA takedowns against AI-generated Grand Theft Auto 6 videos, a misquote of a well-known reporter has been circulating as though it were a development update, and a third trailer that Rockstar has never confirmed exists was widely expected to arrive on July 23. The GTA 6 fake leaks currently in circulation share one trait: none of them came from Rockstar. What follows separates the documented from the guesswork. The takedown wave Notebookcheck's Adam Corsetti reported on July 25, 2026 that Take-Two had issued multiple DMCA takedowns during the week against AI-generated GTA 6 videos. The primary target was a YouTube channel called "Vice Nation", which had posted AI footage showing Lucia and Jason "engaged in various activities like shopping or riding scooters". Removed videos carried the standard notice that they were "disabled in response to a report by the copyright owner". Notebookcheck also observed that similar content on the same channel remained live, so enforcement has been inconsistent rather than comprehensive. Two caveats belong with that. Take-Two has made no public statement about the takedowns, so attribution rests entirely on YouTube's copyright-owner notice. The exact number of removed videos is not documented anywhere. A clearer precedent from April Earlier in 2026 the legal pressure was easier to trace. GTA BOOM's Ray Ampoloquio reported on April 25, 2026 that the fan account GTASixJoker had issued a public apology on X the previous day, following a Take-Two cease and desist over AI images. The stated concern was that the images risked confusing fans with real leaks. That case involved a named account, a named legal instrument and an apology on the record, which makes it the firmer of the two data points by a distance. The Schreier misquote The most widely shared GTA 6 claim of the past week is a misreading. Jason Schreier did not say GTA 6 is 90% complete. According to GTA BOOM's correction piece of July 24, 2026, what he actually said was that he is "roughly 90 percent certain the game will make its November 19 release date without another delay". Certainty about a date turned into completion of a game somewhere in the retelling. The same thing happened earlier this year in the opposite direction. GTA BOOM notes that in January 2026 Schreier said the game was "not yet content complete", which spread as evidence of a coming delay. His actual position was that he "would not be surprised if the game does come out on schedule". He corrected that misreading publicly too, and pointed out that people could have simply asked him directly. Why these spread GTA BOOM's explanation generalises well beyond this one case. A specific number attached to a credible name sounds like insider knowledge. It fits neatly into a headline. It hands people a figure to argue about. And the information drought from Rockstar creates demand for anything that feels like a concrete update, which is why misreadings travel fastest during the longest silences. Telling real material from fake The practical test is provenance. Rockstar publishes through the Rockstar Newswire and its own official channels, so a clip with no trail back to one of those has no standing regardless of how convincing it looks. Generative video is now good enough that judging by eye fails reliably. Two recent false positives show how thin the reasoning behind these episodes can be. On July 23, 2026, GamingBible's Kate Harrold reported that fans had concluded a third trailer was imminent because Rockstar had not posted to Bilibili, China's largest video platform. The theory originated with Reddit user Rsodyyy in r/GTA6unmoderated, whose stated reasoning was: "No post on bilibili, five weeks since the cover reveal, and four weeks to the day of pre-orders opening." Nothing was announced. GamingBible itself flagged the theory as speculative when it published. Earlier in the month, per NoobFeed, Rockstar retweeted a CircoLoco Records post carrying an eyes emoji and the date "Friday, July 10" on July 6, 2026. Fans read it as a GTA 6 tease. It was unrelated. Rockstar's own screenshots remain the only verified source of GTA 6 imagery. Anything circulating as gameplay footage right now did not come from Rockstar. Confirmed versus not Confirmed: GTA 6 releases November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Pre-orders opened June 25, 2026 at $79.99 Standard and $99.99 Ultimate. As of July 25, 2026, Rockstar has not announced a third trailer. Reported (Notebookcheck, July 25, 2026): Multiple DMCA takedowns against AI-generated GTA 6 videos during the week of roughly July 20 to 25, primarily targeting the "Vice Nation" YouTube channel, with similar content on the same channel left untouched. Reported (GTA BOOM, April 25 and July 24, 2026): The GTASixJoker apology following a Take-Two cease and desist, and the correction of the "90 percent" misquote. Reported (GamingBible, July 23, 2026, and NoobFeed): The Bilibili trailer theory and the CircoLoco retweet false alarm, neither of which produced an announcement. Not confirmed: Take-Two has issued no public statement about the takedown wave. The number of removed videos is undocumented. No evidence links the DMCA activity to any trailer timing, and that connection is fan speculation. Rockstar has never confirmed a third trailer exists. Folk knowledge, not verified: The idea that Bilibili reliably receives Rockstar posts before X is a community observation that no outlet has audited. The same goes for the rule that Rockstar announces on Tuesdays and Thursdays. What the next four months look like The gap between now and November 19 will not narrow much, and the volume of fabricated material will keep rising to fill it. Checking the source before sharing is the only defence that scales, and the check is quick: a name, a date, a link to something official. Everything on our news hub carries its sourcing in the copy, so you can see what a claim rests on. When you would rather talk about the game than argue about a screenshot, our servers list is waiting.