GTA V fans got more than they bargained for if they were paying attention to the internet over the past few days. Â A glitch in the pre-loading system on the PlayStation Store gave people access to “certain GTA V assets”, ahead of the game’s mid-September release.
The digital files were released online, and did include some spoilers for the highly anticipated open-world title. Â Sony has since apologized for leak: Â “Regrettably, some people who downloaded the digital pre-order of Grand Theft Auto V through the PlayStation Store in Europe were able to access certain GTA V assets. Â These assets were posted online. Â We have since removed the digital pre-order file from the PlayStation Store in Europe. Â We sincerely apologize to Rockstar and GTA fans across the world who were exposed to the spoiler content.”
Did you miss the GTA V Spoliers? Â True blue fans did a lot of data mining of the pre-load content, and discovered the game’s full music playlist, some of the in-game TV advertisements, and a theme for the PlayStation XMB.
However, it doesn’t appear that hackers are actually able to get the game to run in full. Â The information that has been discovered has been from scooping bits and pieces from the pre-load files. If you want check out this spoilery GTA V content, you can check out the GTA V playlist here, the GTA V commercials here, and the theme right here.
Grand Theft Auto V is due to release on September 17th for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
