Early GTA VI Gameplay Footage, Journalists Spot Link Between Valve and the Kremlin — Top Stories for December 1

A brief roundup of the day’s key developments across the global entertainment industry.

• Gameplay footage from an early build of GTA VI leaked online — fans are dissecting Rockstar’s systems.
• It seems Nikita Buyanov is weighing the possibility of an easy mode for Escape from Tarkov.
• An insider claims Valve is porting Team Fortress 2 to the Source 2 engine.
• A teaser for Atomic Heart’s fourth DLC: Mundfish appears to be preparing for a final confrontation with HRAZ.
• Team Cherry expressed regret that Hollow Knight: Silksong’s launch has forced other indie studios to delay their releases.
• Ungrateful pirates? Empress, a prominent piracy figure, explained her departure, praised Denuvo, and urged people to buy games.
• The creator of Baldur’s Gate 3 was struck by an “army of immortal children” — Swen Vincke praised how a fan exploited the game’s mechanics.
• Steam’s most-wanted PC game for December 2025 has been named — many players are eagerly awaiting a musical adventure.
• Sony quietly revised the PlayStation 5’s cooling solution — engineering choices with a PS5 Pro vibe inspired a modder.
• Agent Gleb Nivelov. British journalists have reported a possible link between Valve and the Kremlin.

Source: iXBT.games