2 seemingly real GTA 6 clips—and maybe the full map—just leaked online

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Two seemingly genuine Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay clips are making the rounds online.

The first, a minute-long clip originally posted by a group or individual named "Cyberleek", is already being reposted in multiple places, but we first noticed it via gaming forum ResetEra. As of writing, the clip already has more than 100,000 views.

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Star Wars Actor Officially Breaks Silence on a Major Fandom Controversy

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Published Aug 18, 2026, 2:05 PM EDT

"That was weird and hard," the actor reflected in a recent interview

Obi-Wan Kenobi has a very zen response when it comes to Star Wars prequel haters

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New 'GTA 6' Gameplay Leak Surprises Fans Ahead of Netflix Official Reveal

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Published Aug 18, 2026, 1:45 PM EDT

New footage of Grand Theft Auto 6 shows some impressive details

GTA 6 gets another gameplay leak ahead of Netflix's official reveal

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The 3DMark Port Royal world record has been beaten, and all it took was a $5,000+ liquid nitrogen-cooled RTX 5090

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In news only nerds like me will care about (which is pretty much my raison d'être at this point), the world record for the highest 3DMark Port Royal score has been smashed. Shattered. Thrown into the mud. Soundly beaten.

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The Lantern of the Laughless Saint, a Morrowind-inspired RPG weirdfest out this week in early access, has immediately seduced me with dialogue camera hijinks

I want everything to do with this, madman

A close up of my character Bob in The Lantern of the Laughless Saint.
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I've woken up on a beach. I'm staring up into the nostrils of a bald man whose face looks to be made of wet clay. He's saying vaguely threatening things about a tower and my race and an island and the fact I'm far from home. The dialogue camera of The Lantern of the Laughless Saint clearly picks up on how unnerved this introduction to its adventure has made me.

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Amazon's Game of Thrones T-Shirt Sale Includes Some of the Best House of the Dragon Designs

The Game of Thrones franchise may have lost some steam with its controversial final season, but the spin-off shows have more than made up for that since. Season 3 of House of the Dragon especially brought the heat this year and delivered some excellent television for eight straight episodes.

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10 tips from a World of Warcraft art lead for getting started creating amazing houses in WoW

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The "Bionics Boutique" in a house designed by the author. (Image credit: Blizzard/Heather Newman)

Blizzard principal artist and lead designer Jay Huang used to make his living creating the "props" that make up World of Warcraft's living spaces. Now he designs the systems that allow players to do the same thing with WoW's new player housing feature.

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Beloved Fantasy Series ‘ACOTAR’ Books 6 and 7 Officially Revealed by Sarah J. Maas

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Published Aug 17, 2026, 6:49 PM EDT

After a five-year wait, fans are getting two new trips to Prythian just months apart

A Court of Thorn and Roses author reveals book 6 and 7 covers

The covers of Sarah J. Maas’ two new A Court of Thorns and Roses novels, A Court of Splintered Harmony and A Court of Forgotten Melody. Image: Bloomsbury Publishing

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The 12 Biggest Video Game Flops of All Time

No one sets out to build a flop. Game development costs too much to justify anything but a genuine effort, sometimes at the cost of creative freedom. Even the industry’s true auteurs must eventually answer for their bold decisions. With so many safeguards in place, most games will at least do reasonably well. And with ongoing developer attention, even an early misfire like Cyberpunk 2077 or No Man’s Sky can eventually find massive success.

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Marvel Studios Officially Sets Ryan Gosling’s Ghost Rider for 2028 Release

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Published Aug 17, 2026, 5:07 PM EDT

Now we just need to know which Ghost Rider he's playing

Ryan Gosling's MCU debut as Ghost Rider gets confirmed release date from Marvel

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