GTA 5: Source Code Leak Reveals Even More Details; Game Set To Leave Microsoft Xbox Game Pass

For the third time, GTA 5 arrived on Game Pass and is now set to leave the service after just six months since its return. Ever since the GTA 5 source code leaks, information about the game has been circulating like wildfire on the internet, and it is now reported that GTA 5 was never in active development for Nintendo Switch.

Speaking of the source code leak, it’s also been reported that the source code was bought for just $2,000 by a group that made the source code public out of spite. Here are the latest updates on GTA 5. GTA 5 leaving Game Pass (again) Rockstar Games and Microsoft brought GTA 5 back on Game Pass in July 2023, and now it’s set to leave once again in January 2024.

GTA 5 has had similar brief stints on the subscription service before. When the game came to the platform for the first time in 2020, it stuck around only for six months before leaving in May. The game came back in April 2021, and left by August again (thanks, ). GTA V for Nintendo Switch was likely never in development Reddit user RafaelSwi posted in the that GTA 5 was most likely never in development for the Nintendo Switch, according to analysis of the leaked source code of the game.

Instead, it was being prepared for a launch on the NX console, which was Switch’s codename under development. Apparently, the development was being done out of hardware speculation, but when it was revealed that the NX (Switch) will use ARM architecture, Rockstar Games seemingly dropped the development of GTA 5 for Switch.

GTA V source code was sold for just $2,000 It has been revealed that the leaked GTA 5 source code was initially sold for just $2,000. The modding group that bought it wanted to resell it for a higher price point to gain some profit. However, after they failed to do so, one of the members of the group decided to leak the code.

Midnight Club 5 was cancelled by Rockstar Games, reveals leak Among various games cancelled by Rockstar Games, we know from the leaks that GTA Tokyo, the PlayStation exclusive game called Agent, Bully 2, and several single player DLCs for GTA 5 were among them. However, one user highlighted (via ) that the next Midnight Club, titled “MC5” was also scrapped by Rockstar Games somewhere down the line, and it also never saw the light of day..