GTA 6 Bombshell: Fans Won’t Like This One Bit

Grand Theft Auto 6 just had its biggest month yet, and not all of it was good news. Rockstar’s long-awaited gameplay reveal aired on Netflix in late August. It was so popular that it crashed the streaming service within minutes. At the same time, a mysterious leaker known as Cyberleek kept posting new clips. Each one cast more doubt on the November launch date. Add in a price hike and a missing disc, and you get a month that tested even the most loyal fans. Here is what actually happened, and what is mostly noise.

The Netflix Special That Broke the Internet

Rockstar dropped its GTA 6 Extended Look on Netflix on August 27, 2026. The footage ran 26 minutes, longer than any earlier reveal. Every clip was captured on a PlayStation 5, according to Kotaku. The special showed both playable leads, Jason and Lucia. They run a jewelry store heist, dodge police, and skydive over Vice City. So many people tried to watch at once that Netflix buckled. Outage reports sat at just 35 complaints 30 minutes before the 3 p.m. premiere. Minutes after it started, that number passed 3000, based on ComicBook‘s report. The service came back online a few minutes later.