Update, June 4, 2026: Police Scotland said officers attended after a report of men filming outside Rockstar North on May 26, found no crime and gave advice. Its statement did not confirm a special police protection programme. Read the follow-up and the distinction between confirmed facts and wider claims.
In today's newest FAFO example, a German Grand Theft Auto YouTuber named ÜberGaming traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland, walked into the Rockstar North headquarters, filmed it, and then had police officers knocking on his hotel room door hours later.
ÜberGaming and his crew stayed in a hotel directly across from the Rockstar North building last month. They entered the studio's ground-floor reception area, filmed clips inside, and posted them to TikTok and YouTube with captions like "SIND WIR BEI ROCKSTAR NORTH!" (German for "We are at Rockstar North!"). They also wore custom merchandise advocating for Turkish language support in Grand Theft Auto 6, positioning themselves as a "mouthpiece" for the Turkish fan community.
To no one's surprise, it didn't take long for the authorities to get involved.
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According to ÜberGaming's account in a video uploaded around June 2, officers took identification details from everyone in the group and the police treated them as potential leak risks. However, no one got arrested as they didn't appear to have done anything illegal. The group entered publicly accessible areas of the building.
Still, the fact that the cops got involved reveals exactly how seriously Rockstar Games is treating physical security now that it's close to finishing the next GTA ahead of its November launch.
Extreme? For other studios, yes, but this is Rockstar we're talking about.
Rockstar North is the studio where GTA 6 is being completed. The game has a $3 billion budget and $8 billion in SEC-filed revenue guidance riding on it. In 2022, a teenage hacker breached Rockstar's internal systems and leaked source code and development footage. Since then, the studio has fired 34 employees for allegedly sharing confidential information. Rockstar reportedly will not send review codes to anyone, instead flying journalists to closed locations. A lead artist deactivated his X account after a single public comment.
The studio's stance against leaks is now at a level where unknown individuals entering the building and filming generates an immediate law enforcement response.
Rockstar North has become a building where unknown visitors trigger police, small workplace mishaps become international news, and where security treats a fan visit and a potential leak with the same initial response: identify everyone, document everything, and treat the situation as a threat until proven otherwise.
That is the studio that is finishing GTA 6. The marketing starts this summer, the pre-orders open soon, and the building where it is all happening is locked down tighter than some government facilities.
