Fake GTA 6 Leak Creator Reveals How They Made Easily Debunked Forgery

Remember the fake GTA 6 bridge leak? The person who made it has emerged.

Elefelelen posted on the GTA6unmoderated subreddit:

…First of all, sorry for the chaos! My main goal was to see if I could actually create a believable-looking scene from GTA 6 by recreating everything from the ground up. Honestly, the response was way bigger than I ever anticipated.

This wasn’t just a simple edit. I spent months rebuilding a specific fragment of Miami, recreating the UI and spending way too many hours on the post-processing to make it look authentic. I even scrapped my first few versions because they just didn’t feel right.

They also made a video explaining how they made it, but for their trouble they got a scolding from GameRoll instead.

As GameRoll pointed out at the start of this month, even news outlets like Kotaku and Insider Gaming jumped on the leak even when some fans were quick to debunk it.

And that’s because fake leaks can hurt the marketing plans, and ultimately the sales performance, of video games that are still in development. In any case, we know the real thing is inevitable now.