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GTA VI Cyberleek update: Everything leaked Tuesday, this week

Mashable

Look Up Trending Now Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Say More Mashable Selects Mashable Voices Safety Net Creator Hub Versus Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List Switch Off In My Bag All Series'GTA VI' Cyberleek update: Everything leaked Tuesday, this week There are three whole new clips floating around out there. Alex Perry is a tech reporter at Mashable who primarily covers video games and consumer tech. Alex has spent most of the last decade reviewing games, smartphones, headphones, and laptops, and he doesn't plan on stopping anytime soon. He is also a Pisces, a cat lover, and a Kansas City sports fan. After a few clips came out over the weekend and into Monday, there are now a few more, courtesy of the now-notorious leaker known as Cyberleek .


GTA 6 makers subpoena X, Google in hunt for Cyberleek

Mashable

Trending Now Look Up Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Say More Mashable Selects Mashable Voices Safety Net Creator Hub Versus Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List Switch Off In My Bag All Series Take-Two Interactive has stepped up its efforts to unmask Cyberleek. Timothy Beck Werth is the Tech Editor at Mashable, where he leads coverage and assignments for the Tech and Shopping verticals. Tim has over 15 years of experience as a journalist and editor, and he has particular experience covering and testing consumer technology, smart home gadgets, and men's grooming and style products. Previously, he was the Managing Editor and then Site Director of SPY.com, a men's product review and lifestyle website. As a writer for GQ, he covered everything from bull-riding competitions to the best Legos for adults, and he's also contributed to publications such as The Daily Beast, Gear Patrol, and The Awl. Take-Two Interactive Software, the parent company of -maker Rockstar Games, is stepping up its efforts to unmask the anonymous leaker known as Cyberleek, who is still actively sharing leaks online .


Pushing Buttons: With creative developers shutting everywhere, the future of games looks bleaker and more boring

The Guardian

Last month the games company Take-Two Interactive announced it would reduce its global staff by 5%, laying off 580 people to reduce costs. It was one of many such announcements in 2024, but this case is especially egregious because Take-Two ownsRockstar Games, which publishes Grand Theft Auto, AKA the most successful game in the history of the world, and is definitely not short of profits. Last week, Bloomberg () reported on internal documentation showing the likely victims of these cuts: studios Intercept Games in Seattle and Roll7 in London are set to close. Both are part of Private Division, the giant publisher's indie game label. I spent some time with Intercept's Kerbal Space Program 2 last year, when they were gearing up to launch.


Take-Two is shutting down the studios behind Rollerdrome and Kerbal Space Program 2

Engadget

Mega-publisher Take-Two Interactive is shuttering Rollerdrome studio Roll7 and Kerbal Space Program 2 team Intercept Games, according to paperwork seen by Bloomberg. Roll7 is based in London, and was founded in 2008 by lifelong friends Tom Hegarty and Simon Bennett. Roll7 is the studio behind OlliOlli, OlliOlli World and Rollerdrome, all fantastic games with wheel-based mechanics. OlliOlli was a Vita hit in 2014 and World landed in early 2022 -- they're both great, and the latter in particular is a flow-state-inducing skateboarding platformer with an adorable art style. Rollerdrome was one of our favorite games of 2022; it's a luscious third-person rollerskating-and-gunplay game that looks like a slice of 1970s dystopian sci-fi. Roll7 has picked up multiple prestigious awards over the years, including recent wins at BAFTA and DICE.


Take-Two plans to lay off 5 percent of its employees by the end of 2024

Engadget

Take-Two Interactive plans to lay off 5 percent of its workforce, or about 600 employees, by the end of the year, as reported in an SEC filing Tuesday. The studio is also canceling several in-development projects. These moves are expected to cost 160 million to 200 million to implement, and should result in 165 million in annual savings for Take-Two. As the owner of Grand Theft Auto and the parent company of Rockstar Games, 2K, Private Division, Zynga and Gearbox, Take-Two is a juggernaut in the video game industry. It reported 5.3 billion in revenue in 2023, a nearly 2 billion increase over the previous year.


The Morning After: ChatGPT has an official iPhone app

Engadget

It's the first official smartphone app for the chatbot, joining a crowded field of third-party mobile AI software which also taps into the GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 APIs powering ChatGPT. It also allows switching between standard and GPT-4 language models for ChatGPT Plus subscribers, as well as conversation history (synced from your the desktop if you sign in with the same account) and the ability to export data and delete or rename conversations. It's only available in the US for now, but the company says it will expand to additional countries "in the coming weeks." At the same time, there are reports some tech companies are wary of staff using AI chatbots. In early April, The Economist Korea reported three Samsung employees shared confidential information with ChatGPT.)


Senior Software Engineer, Enterprise Data Science

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Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher, and marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers around the globe. For more than 25 years, our development teams have created some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful entertainment experiences, captivating, and engaging audiences around the world. We are incredibly proud of our ability to consistently deliver the highest-quality titles, as well as our colleagues who help to create our unique culture and work environment that is inclusive, diverse, and dynamic. While our offices are casual and inviting, we are deeply committed to our core tenets of creativity, innovation and efficiency, and individual and team development opportunities. Our industry and business are continually evolving and fast-paced, providing numerous opportunities to learn and hone your skills.


Data Engineer - AWS

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Take-Two develops, publishes and markets some of the world's biggest games. We publish products through our labels Rockstar Games, 2K, Ghost Story, PlayDots, Social Point as well as Private Division label and Nordeus. Our Rockstar label creates Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, two of the most critically acclaimed gaming franchises in history. Our 2K label creates games like NBA 2K, WWE 2K, Bioshock, Borderlands, Evolve, XCOM and the beloved Sid Meier's Civilization. Our Private Division label publishes Kerbal Space Program, Ancestors and The Outer Worlds.


Video gamers, here's what to expect from an all-digital E3. Find out when to watch, how to stream

USATODAY - Tech Top Stories

The virtual stage is set for this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, returning as an all-digital event, due to the pandemic, instead of the annual pilgrimage to L.A. to cram into the Los Angeles Convention Center. But the focus of the four-day celebration, taking place June 12-15, remains the same as the annual show that first debuted in 1995: to catch a glimpse at upcoming video games and new hardware, attend press conferences and panels, and perhaps spot celebrity appearances. "For more than two decades, E3 has been the premier event and showcase for the video game industry," says Stanley Pierre-Louis, President and CEO of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), a Washington, D.C.-based organization that serves as the voice and advocate for the video game industry. Yes, the internet fails:Outages like Fastly's will happen. Here's how to protect yourself "Even before the pandemic, we recognized the importance of reaching out to the digital audience, and so this new format creates exciting opportunities to bring fans, the media and industry together all under one tent" adds Pierre-Louis.


Video game pioneer Jerry Lawson remembered with USC endowment, supported by Take-Two

USATODAY - Tech Top Stories

An oft-forgotten pioneer in video game history, Jerry Lawson, the Black engineer who helped kickstart home game consoles, is being honored with an academic endowment. USC Games at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, announced Thursday it has established The Gerald A. Lawson Endowment Fund for Black and Indigenous Students, an initiative to increase minority representation in games and tech. Recipients will be known as Lawson Scholars. Take-Two Interactive Software, maker of games such as "Grand Theft Auto V" and "Red Dead Redemption," made what the company described as "a very significant endowment" to create the fund. Jim Huntley, a USC Interactive Media & Games' professor and head of marketing, said he got the idea for the endowment during the summer 2020 protests and the school's deans of cinematic arts and engineering approved.