Goat Simulator 3 Announcement With Leaked GTAVI Footage Pulled

Goat Simulator 3 is full of all sorts of parodies both in and out of the game. Developer Coffee Stain North mocked 2014's Dead Island 2 trailer with their own first trailer. However, the studio went even further with its most recent ad by using leaked footage from Grand Theft Auto VI, which Take-Two Interactive did not appreciate.

As noted by Eurogamer, the ad begins innocuously with a character named Shaun talking about his expertise as a ragdoll. However, at the end of the clip, he mentions that one of his upcoming projects was leaked a while back, which is where the Grand Theft Auto VI footage plays. The short clip features the scene of Lucia, the assumed name of one of GTAVI's main characters, holding a fast food joint but with Shaun superimposed in the background.

Despite its brevity, Take-Two issued a copyright claim, which can be seen in the original tweet from the Goat Simulator account instead of the video. The studio even replied to its own tweet with the Simpsons meme where Ralph laughs and says he's in danger.

Take-Two has been vigilant with teardowns related to Grand Theft Auto VI. The company previously posted copyright strikes on YouTube and Twitter for those talking about the leaks. It even canceled the prototype videos of the series' first entry in August 2022 from one of the original developers, even though the videos in question were from the 1990s.