After bizarre website names like "myboyhasacreepycorndog.com" were discovered linked to Take-Two, their DNS settings mysteriously vanished within hours - creating the exact Streisand effect they tried to avoid.
It looks like we can expect to see more of Rockstar Games' signature irreverent humor in Grand Theft Auto 6 based on a recent leak. Earlier today, Tez2 revealed a list of website names he uncovered that could potentially be linked to the upcoming sixthquel.
Among them are on-brand names, such as myboyhasacreepycorndog.com and hookers-galore.com, as well as what we can only presume is the "official" government website of Leonida in leonidagov.org. According to Tez2, Take-Two Interactive, Rockstar's parent company, registered these domain names on May 27 - incidentally just weeks after officially confirming the game's delay.
It doesn't take an expert to tell that these names are the exact kind of outrageous satire that Rockstar is known for. While there wasn't any official confirmation after the list of website names went viral, Tez2, in a follow-up to his initial report, revealed that the domains previously listed "are no longer tied to their name servers anymore." Surely that means everyone's going to forget about them, right...?
TLDR; An insider found a list of potential GTA 6 website names that link directly to Take-Two and Rockstar and now they're possibly trying to cover their tracks. Unfortunately, this has only fueled more speculation, creating what's called the Streisand effect - where attempts to hide information only draw more attention to it.
The speed of Take-Two's response is telling. Companies don't typically scramble to hide domain registrations unless there's something worth hiding. For a company that rarely acknowledges leaks or rumors, this immediate action speaks volumes about the legitimacy of these findings - especially since it is part of a pattern, similar to the effect of former employee's LinkedIn pages being rapidly edited after news of them writing about work experience on certain projects spreads.
With that said, this recent discovery gives us our first real glimpse into the kind of fictional world that Vice City is going to be like in GTA 6. The series has always been known for its sharp social commentary delivered through parody brands and fake websites. Previous games featured memorable spoofs like "Lifeinvader" for Facebook and "Bleeter" for Twitter.
These new domains suggest Rockstar isn't holding back with GTA 6's humor. If anything, names like "My Boy Has A Creepy Corn Dog" indicate they're pushing boundaries even further than before. It's exactly the kind of absurdist humor that has, more often than not, landed Grand Theft Auto in hot water, much to the delight of fans.
As development on GTA 6 continues behind closed in-office doors, discoveries like these offer rare windows into what's coming to current-generation consoles next year.
