Standards
Leonida Rundown covers GTA VI news. This page sets out how we do it.
Where our facts come from
We start with official sources: Rockstar Games' Newswire, its support pages and the official GTA VI site, Take-Two's filings and earnings releases, platform stores and rating boards. After those come established outlets that report the story themselves.
Every story lists its sources at the foot of the page, and every fact in it comes from one of them.
Fan sites, Reddit and social accounts often spot things first. A claim from them counts as fact only once an official source or a reputable outlet confirms it. Until then, if we run it, we say plainly that it isn't confirmed. When we use a community find, we credit the person or account by name or handle.
How we handle rumours
Leaks and rumours are part of the GTA VI story, so we cover them. Until Rockstar confirms something, it's speculation, and we write it that way:
- Wherever a story turns to unconfirmed claims, it says plainly, in its own words, that they aren't confirmed.
- We never state an unconfirmed claim as fact. The sentence says who's making it, with wording like "a leak claims" or "according to" the outlet.
- We name the outlet or account that reported it. If we can't say who's making the claim, we leave it out.
- We describe the claim in our own words.
When Rockstar confirms or rules out a rumour, we update the story and say so.
Confirmed facts work as before: they come from the sources above and are listed at the foot of the story.
Leaked material
We report what a leak claims. We don't publish the leak itself. That means no leaked footage, images, maps or files on our site or social accounts, no embeds, and no links straight to leaked material. If a claim only appears in a post that carries leaked material, we credit the account by name or handle and don't link to the post. The same goes for datamined game data and early copies of the game.
Leaked material is Take-Two's copyright. Our spoiler rules below still apply to anything a leak reveals.
Spoilers
Headlines, cover images and social posts carry no story spoilers. If a story needs to discuss the plot, it says so at the top, before any detail. When we quote reviews, we pick lines that give nothing away.
Images
We use two kinds of image:
- official stills from Rockstar's own sources, credited "Image: Rockstar Games";
- our own graphics and drawings, credited "Graphic: Leonida Rundown".
We don't use Rockstar's logos as our branding, and we don't re-upload Rockstar's trailers. If we ever use an AI-generated image, its credit reads "Illustration: generated", and it never imitates Rockstar's artwork or its characters.
How stories are made
Stories are drafted and edited with AI tools, and Officer Scarn reviews and approves each one before it's published. That includes this page.
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Leonida Rundown is unofficial. We're not affiliated with Rockstar Games or Take-Two.
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Corrections and updates
When we get something wrong, we fix it and add a dated correction note at the foot of the story that says what changed. We don't quietly change facts. Typo and spelling fixes don't get a note.
When a story moves on, we update it and show the date of the update.
Tell us about an error
Email hello@leonidarundown.com. Tell us which story and what's wrong, and send a source if you have one. We check every report against the source.