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Kotaku

Kotaku is a video game news and culture website covering the gaming industry, including reporting, reviews, and investigative journalism.

Current stories

productConfirmed3 publishers

GTA 6 footage keeps leaking six weeks before launch despite Take-Two's subpoenas

GTA 6 leaker Cyberleek is credited with about 25 minutes of gameplay footage released despite Take-Two's subpoenas, six weeks before the November 19 launch. For launch teams, it shows subpoenas can chase a leaker's name while unannounced features still reach players first.

Publishers:dexerto.comgizmodo.comtheverge.com

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers

Builder: Builder 32%
Operator: Operator 45%
Investor: Investor 23%

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+25
Incentives60
Confidence58

productOne report1 publisher

Build a Rocket Boy's staff are announcing the studio's end before the company does

Kotaku's sources say the MindsEye developer is closing permanently, and the most detailed public account so far comes from a talent acquisition partner writing that he will see the company through to the very end.

Publishers:dexerto.com

Reality

Evidence36
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+12
Incentives58
Confidence44

productOne report1 publisher

Take-Two's outsourced takedown blitz struck a journalist for posting public court orders

Stephen Totilo lost his X account over screenshots of public court orders, on a notice that argued trademark law using a copyright form; GameStop got struck for running the screenshot Rockstar hands to the press.

Publishers:techdirt.com

Reality

Evidence54
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+22
Incentives62
Confidence61

productOne report1 publisher

No disc, no buy: Sony's 2028 disc cutoff is being argued in its own livestream chats

The 15 percent disc figure that makes the decision look obvious is a US number. In Germany it is 58 percent, and a global hardware spec gives those buyers nowhere to go.

Publishers:techdirt.com

Reality

Evidence28
Adoption44
Hype gap+22
Incentives66
Confidence33

productOne report1 publisher

GTA VI's $79.99, disc-free preorder sets the ceiling everyone else prices against

Preorders opened at $79.99 standard and $99.99 Ultimate, digital code only, for a November 19th, 2026 launch. Take-Two keeps the whole price. The union-busting accusations over 30-plus firings stand.

Publishers:theverge.com

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption34
Hype gap+28
Incentives74
Confidence55