More GTA 6 leaks reveal new details: Cloning keys, combat changes, random bird deaths

Two legit-looking Grand Theft Auto 6 video clips were posted online yesterday by a person or group going by “Cyberleek,” and now the same leaker has posted another two clips and the DMCA takedown notices are flying once again.

The first of the new clips shows a player stealing a cop’s motorcycle, driving it into a river, and then casually murdering the inhabitants of an encampment under a freeway. The other clip shows a nighttime raid on an “Allied Crystal” refinery in which the player uses a taser to take out site security before jacking a truck. Like in the other clips, the player is controlling GTA 6’s male lead, Jason.

Yesterday, we catalogued 15 interesting details from the first two clips, including a fuel meter and a possible morality system. These new clips have given us more to chew on, and we’ve collected more notable details from them below.

The leaker responsible for sharing these videos has promised to continue posting clips, so we may well be back with more new details tomorrow. Stay vigilant, though: Alongside these legit-looking (but unconfirmed) leaks, there are also what appear to be AI-generated fakes out there, a problem which will probably only worsen until Rockstar finally hits us with the official reveal, which is scheduled for next Thursday, August 27. The studio has not commented on the source or legitimacy of the leaked videos.

Cloning car keys

When Jason gets close to a car that’s not his, there’s an option to “Smash Window” (the traditional GTA car-stealing move) or to “Clone Key,” which is new. That’d allow players to more quietly steal cars, though it’s not shown in the leaked video how it works.

Aim changes

In the clip taken during nighttime, we see Jason steal and use a taser gun. This is our first look at what might be a big change to GTA’s combat—the aiming reticle stays on screen at all times while Jason has the gun equipped, ready to fire seemingly without aiming first. Does this mean you can hipfire? Maybe Rockstar wants this GTA to feel genuinely snappy as a cover shooter. If that’s the case, maybe sprinting won’t require mashing a button anymore.

Greet or taunt?

GTA 5 let you tap a button to make a comment to strangers, but you never really knew what sort of greeting it would be. Something pleasant? Something rude? Probably something rude. The leaked video shows Jason approaching some NPCs under a bridge, and the player can choose to “greet” them or “taunt” them, more in line with the system from RDR2 or Bully. (In the leaked video, the player chooses to stab them to death.)

Looting

Jason loots some bodies during his senseless rampage. You do have to take a moment to reach down toward the body, but it’s a much faster animation than in RDR2, where Arthur Morgan would take his sweet time lifting the body and rummaging through pockets. There also appears to be a dedicated item wheel separate from the weapon selection wheel, which would be another RDR2 carryover.

What’s up with the dead birds?

Sometimes people wonder, “If cities are full of pigeons, how come we don’t see more dead pigeons lying around?” One answer, I’ve been told, is that the bodies just decompose quite quickly. The other answer is that if you live in an urban area, you do see dead pigeons lying around. I do, at least.

What I have yet to see, however, is a bird drop out of the sky and plop onto the ground in front of me, and then a second bird do the same thing moments later, which happens to Jason as he walks under a freeway in one of the clips. What is going on with the birds?

Zombix

The player uses what appears to be a healing item called “Zombix” and is warned that “repeated use of Zombix will temporarily have a weaker effect on your health.”