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Stop Killing Games Separates Its Offline-Play Push From the GTA 6 Leak

The group said the footage appeared genuine but condemned the use of illegal methods to promote a memecoin and request payment for more clips.

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Brian Heder stands over a map in Grand Theft Auto VI promotional artwork. — Image credit: Rockstar Games

Stop Killing Games has separated itself from a manifesto linked to the people behind the recent Grand Theft Auto VI footage leaks. A person or group using the alias CYBERLEEK has claimed responsibility for several videos and presented its actions as a fight for players’ rights. In an August 19 statement posted on Reddit, Stop Killing Games told followers not to support the leak or participate in similar actions.

The manifesto echoed one of Stop Killing Games’ central demands: games with single-player content should have an offline fallback state after external server support ends. Cyberleek also criticized digital pre-orders, what it called “fake” DLC, the decline of single-player content, and games becoming unusable when online servers shut down. Those shared concerns do not mean Stop Killing Games supports the methods used to obtain or distribute the GTA 6 material.

The group objects to the leak’s crypto angle

Stop Killing Games said the leaked footage appeared genuine, pointing to the speed at which Take-Two Interactive issued copyright strikes against it. The group also said the people sharing the clips attached crypto links and QR codes, while asking viewers to pay for additional material and using the footage to promote a memecoin.

A Dexerto post cited roughly $11.8 million in trading volume for the associated token during a single 24-hour period. That figure describes trading activity, not confirmed income received by the people behind the leak, but it fueled accusations that the breach was being used to promote a pump-and-dump scheme.

“Do not send these people your money, no matter how much sympathy you may feel for their actions,” the statement said. It also argued that the leak’s methods do nothing to protect players’ rights, writing, “Using illegal means to make a point is unacceptable to us and does nothing to protect our right to keep using what we paid for.”

Stop Killing Games expressed sympathy for Rockstar Games employees working on Grand Theft Auto VI. “No matter how strongly you disagree with the decisions of upper management at these companies, there are still thousands of developers who worked hard on this project — and they’re the ones being hit the hardest,” the group said.

Beyond the immediate harm to Rockstar, Stop Killing Games warned that actions like this could damage the reputation of communities advocating for long-term access to games. It said the leak was already coming up negatively in discussions with lawmakers and urged followers to direct their frustration toward constructive action instead.

The GTA 6 presentation remains scheduled for August 27

Stop Killing Games referenced the 2022 Rockstar hack involving Arion Kurtaj, whose case ended with an indefinite hospital order. The group used that earlier incident as a warning about the consequences that can follow an unauthorized release of Rockstar material.

More purported GTA 6 videos surfaced on August 19, keeping the leak active less than two weeks before Rockstar’s official presentation. The August 27, 2026 Grand Theft Auto VI Extended Look is scheduled to premiere on Netflix at 3 p.m. ET before becoming available on the official Rockstar Games YouTube channel and the Grand Theft Auto VI website at 9 p.m. ET. No change to that schedule has been announced.

Stop Killing Games’ position is clear: support for offline access and game preservation does not extend to hacking, unauthorized leaks, or attempts to collect money from unreleased footage.

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