Pokémon developer Game Freak confirmed it suffered a breach when a trove of internal materials related to the franchise, from source codes to early and, in some cases, scrapped character designs, hit social media this weekend. in a Released on Thursday (translated from Japanese), the company said it discovered that its servers were hacked in August and that confidential employee information had been leaked. It did not address the Pokémon leaks, although most of this content appears to have been posted online after the statement was published.
Leaked documents and images flood and x after x.com/CentroLeaks/status/1845200311767503173″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:Centro Leaks;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “> He started getting rid of everything on Saturday afternoon. The “Teraleak” files, as some fans call them, supposedly include source codes from previous games like Pokémon Gold Heart and silver soul, codenames for Switch 2 and the upcoming Gen 10 Pokémon games – “Ounce” and “Gaia”, respectively – references to a game in development Pokémon MMO and internal design meeting discussions. There are also details about the unpublished alleged. detective pikachu sequel and other Pokémon movies planned, as well as a new anime series.
The scope of the leak is huge, exposing tons of beta character designs and concept art in addition to the source codes. Neither Nintendo nor The Pokemon Company have publicly acknowledged the leak yet. Engadget has reached out for comment. Game Freak said in its statement that it is strengthening its security and apologized to those affected by the breach, noting that an unauthorized third party accessed the personal information of more than 2,600 current and former workers.
