It's only been a few weeks since the massive GTA 6 leaks, and now a source confirms that some of the GTA 5 source code has been leaked online. What is the source code?

According to the Arageek platform, source code is a set of instructions that a programmer writes using computer programming languages. the work.

This means that GTA 5, as well as GTA Online, could become a new victim, with its development tools compromised. That's not all; developer notes and significant parts of the anti-cheat system will also be leaked. GTA Online will be overrun with cheaters and become an unsafe environment to play.

The new report, which was shared by author John Papadopoulos via GitHub, links this leak to the massive hack that exposed the GTA 6 game project, which is still in development, as dozens of videos were leaked and the hacker also managed to obtain the source code for GTA 5.

The source code is available for download via GitHub. This won't benefit many of us as gamers, and if we were to handle, use, or manipulate such code, it could expose us to many legal issues.

More about GTA 5

One of the possible reasons behind the game's sales decline. GTA 6 was announced earlier this year. A group of fans of the game prepare to take a break from roaming the city of Los Santos. This is to prepare themselves psychologically and mentally for a new adventure in Vice City, Miami.

This shouldn't discourage players, or those wanting to play for the first time. It's possible that the game's sales will improve due to the potentially long release time for GTA 6. And this despite the fact that this possibility is quite slim.

The recent GTA 6 leaks haven't shaken the publisher's confidence in moving forward with the game's development and not delaying it. Take-Two's CEO called the leaks "terribly disappointing." But he later confirmed that this won't affect the development process or the release date, which appears to already be set in stone.

Regardless, sales of the fifth installment in the series and GTA Online have reached nearly 175 million copies so far, as of the second quarter. The entire series, released across all devices, has already sold over 385 million copies.

Observing these astronomical numbers in this game reminds me of the well-known economics term “compound interest,” which is interest that is calculated cumulatively so that its value increases over the years.