They delayed it because they were demoralized

The damage had already been done. At Valve no one knew what the code theft meant for a project that had been through its fair share of twists and turns. Would this unthinkable crime derail the game? Newell had no idea how to measure the impact of what had just happened. And worse, the team members--the people who had spent more than four years tirelessly working on the game--were absolutely crushed to see their unfinished work exposed to millions.

Newell also had to keep his team focused on the task at hand: finishing Half-Life 2, a game that was now costing Valve more than $1 million a month to develop. While there was no way the game could be finished in 2003, Newell wanted to make sure the project didn't lose momentum. "We lost a fair amount of time because of the theft," he says. But that lost time wasn't necessarily because the game had to be reprogrammed. It was more due to the team losing focus for a number of weeks. "It was sort of like running this race and you fall down," he says. "You eventually get back up and probably run just as fast as you did before. But for a while you are stunned and just staring around, wondering what just happened."

I’m taking the pedigree/prominence of the IP and how notoriously tight lipped Rockstar is into account lol

half life 2 story was crazy they offered the leaker a fake job interview to arrest him on us soil and when he didnt go they just raided his house and dragged him out of bed instead

Thank me yall I leaked this

F*** it now we are watching half life 2 beta leaks

jk plz dont sue me rockstar i got 6 kids

Wonder if Rockstar will put out a statement or if Schrider will by our God-Messenger once again.

I just hope they take the story more seriously like RDR2 and GTA IV

But some of the original writers are gone

could be fake still one of those clips look like los santos by the gas station and strip club

It's confirmed real and early footage from primarily 2017-2019(2021)

Yep, plus this looks horrible. I really hope it isn't real, can't believe Rockstar would put something this terrible on the market

They found the project americas title in the code so that leak from way back is legit

Some tweets Rockstar employees have liked in the last few hours

You’re spitting Danny!!

it's a very early build lol, the finished product won't look like this

This is like looking at test reels / storyboards of an animation movie and thinking it’s representive of the final project

crying

NSFW Reddit already created for the female protag

reddit.com/r/LuciaGTA6

that would make sense then thanks, alot of games that early will still use previous assets while they're trying out new mechanics/systems

Why are all the videos still online

They gave up already lmao

It’s a Sunday give them a break

You damn well know they have 100 meetings rn

The girl protagonist looks so cool. Voice actor sounds great and her outfits/hair look so varied

nah its all good this is very early build rockstart is alot of things but they dont play about visuals this just them testing out new s*** its gonna look rough/barebone