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GTA 5 Made Playable in Browser as AI-Generated Game Chaos Continues
Rockstar pulled the site after footage spread online, while reports said the browser version used leaked source code and may have been accessible through Archive.org.
- On Tuesday, October 6, 2026, a playable version of Grand Theft Auto appeared in web browsers before Rockstar promptly took the site offline with assistance from hosting service Cloudflare.
- Bethesda recently blocked an AI-generated Fallout project last week, part of a wider trend of popular AI-fueled game clones appearing online across web browsers.
- After removal, the site briefly displayed a message asking "Who wants the source code?" Edmonton-based developer Alex indicated the port used AI-built tools and relied on source code leaked in 2023.
- Interest in the franchise remains high with GTA6's release approaching, coinciding with the pending trial of UK-based hacker Anton Kurtaj, accused of breaching Rockstar security in September 2022.
- Critics argue these AI-built clones often lack creativity, merely replicating existing popular video games rather than presenting new ideas compared to original titles currently playable elsewhere.
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The project used the source code of the game filtered almost two years ago and would have resorted to artificial intelligence to adapt it to WebAssembly and make it work in Chrome
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Users play GTA 5 in Chrome browser, it goes viral and gets shut down
On 5 October, a video went viral on social media showing GTA 5 running locally inside Google Chrome at 60 FPS without a massive 100GB download. This was done by independent developers who used AI tools and previously leaked source code to compile the game engine into WebAssembly (WASM). This allowed them to load chunks […]
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