News | Take-Two in the process of removing leaked GTA 6 footage
Take-Two Interactive started removing the leaked footage of a pre-alpha version of Grand Theft Auto 6 last night.
Several images have already been taken offline, with it being reported that this happened “due to a copyright strike by Take-Two”. This seems as good as confirmed that the images indeed come from an early version of GTA 6. The forum topic on the GTAForums has also been removed. Journalist Jason Schreier says that he has heard from sources that the images are real.
Yesterday, a forum user named teapotuberhacker posted online nearly a hundred videos of an early version of Grand Theft Auto 6 that he allegedly obtained through a hack. He also claimed to have the source code of the game in the works. As proof, he shared part of the code.
Rockstar has not yet officially commented on the situation at the time of writing, but is expected to do so today. The hacker in question indicates that he wants to sell the source code of Grand Theft Auto 5, which he also owns, for an amount of at least five digits. He wouldn’t sell the source code of GTA 6 “at the moment”, but he does want to contact Take-Two and Rockstar to make a deal.
News | Weta Workshop and Take-Two team up on Middle-earth game
Weta Workshop and Take-Two Interactive are developing a game based on J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth Universe.
The companies announced this via a press release and social media. The game is being developed by Weta Workshop, the New Zealand company behind the special effects in The Lord of the Ring films and series and The Hobbit films. The company founded its own game studio in 2014.
Private Division, a Take-Two publishing label, is releasing the game. Previously, games such as The Outer Worlds and OlliOlli World were released through the label. Details about the Middle-earth game itself are not yet available. It is clear that the development is still at an early stage and that the game should be released sometime in fiscal year 2024. The companies have announced this via a press release and social media. The game is being developed by Weta Workshop, the New Zealand company behind the special effects in The Lord of the Ring films and series and The Hobbit films. The company founded its own game studio in 2014.
Private Division, a Take-Two publishing label, is releasing the game. Previously, games such as The Outer Worlds and OlliOlli World were released through the label. Details about the Middle-earth game itself are not yet available. It is clear that development is still in an early stage and that the game should be released sometime in fiscal year 2024.
We’re thrilled to announce that we have partnered with @WetaWorkshop to publish a new game set in the literary Middle-earth universe of J.R.R. Tolkien. We look forward to sharing more about the project in the future! pic.twitter.com/z9HxvXe7Da
— Private Division (@PrivateDivision) August 15, 2022
It’s not the only game based on Tolkien’s stories in development. Daedalic Entertainment has been working on The Lord of the Rings: Gollum for quite some time now. That game was originally supposed to be released on September 1, but has since been delayed by “a few months”, although a new release date has not been announced.
News | Next The Outer Worlds-dlc will be released before this April
The second expansion of The Outer Worlds has yet to be released before April.
This is evident from Take-Two’s financial reports. The expansion has yet to be released before the end of this fiscal year, which means that players can get started with the additional content before April.
The expansion is called Murder on Eridanos and is the second DLC since the launch of The Outer World in 2019. Little is known about the content. Apart from describing Halycon Helen’s latest adventure, we don’t really know anything yet.
The previous expansion, Peril on Gorgon, increased the maximum player level to 33 and added a number of new perks, armor sets and weapons to the game.
News | More clues hint to a new BioShock sequel
More evidence has surfaced that hint to a new BioShock game. Secret 2K studio in Novato is working on it.
The rumor that a secret studio of 2K Games is working on a new BioShock part has been going around for some time. Take-Two reported a while ago during a financial presentation that 2K Games is working on a ‘long-awaited’ new game. The new BioShock is code-named ‘Parkside’.
A similar statement was made last week by Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two, during a presentation of the quarterly figures. According to the CEO, the publisher currently has “the strongest development pipeline in history” and that fans can “continue to expect the biggest franchises.”
In the same week as this statement, a vacancy appeared on the 2K website. The studio is looking for an End Game developer who can start immediately in Novato, California. This is the same studio that is reportedly working on the next BioShock part, as can be read above.
An End Game developer deals with content that can be played after a game has finished. So if it is indeed about BioShock, then chances are that the game is already well underway.
A fanatical Redittor has set up a page listing a list of respected developers currently working in Novato. Many of these developers have worked on BioShock games earlier in their career.
There are a lot of clues that hint at a new BioShock, but as yet nothing is officially known. Nevertheless, it looks bright for BioShock fans.