{"id":113772,"date":"2024-10-13T19:19:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T12:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113772"},"modified":"2024-10-13T19:19:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T12:19:47","slug":"pokemon-developer-game-freak-reels-from-unprecedented-gigaleak-of-significant-internal-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113772","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon developer Game Freak reels from unprecedented &#8220;gigaleak&#8221; of &#8220;significant internal data&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 11.44am UK:<\/strong> Game Freak has acknowledged it was hacked in August, in a Japanese-language statement posted to its website, dated 10th October.<\/p>\n<p>The company apologised that personal information about its employees was obtained via &#8220;unauthorised access&#8221; to its servers &#8220;by a third party&#8221; in August 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The personal information is said to include full names and contact information for over 2500 past and present employees, including contracters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"sourcepoint-manage-cookies optanon-show-settings\" onclick=\"'_sp_' in window &amp;&amp; window._sp_.gdpr.loadPrivacyManagerModal()\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Game Freak says it has since secured the server and is strengthening its security measures.<\/p>\n<p>Original story follows.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>ORIGINAL STORY 9.30am UK:<\/strong> Pok\u00e9mon developer Game Freak is reeling from an unprecedented &#8220;gigaleak&#8221; of &#8220;significant internal data&#8221; of Pok\u00e9mon info that reportedly includes source code for HeartGold\/SoulSilver and the codename for <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-switch-2-everything-we-know\">Switch 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon insiders like CentroLeaks say the data contains &#8220;multiple gigabytes of info&#8221; &#8211; enough that it should be termed a &#8220;teraleak&#8221;, with details of cancelled and unannounced games such as a &#8220;<a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/splatoon\">Splatoon<\/a>-like&#8221; battle-focused multiplayer developed in collaboration with ILCA, as well as a folder of assets entitled &#8220;mmo_test&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also thought that Game Freak is internally referring to Switch 2 with the codename &#8220;Ounce&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>When it costs \u00a3700, who exactly is the PS5 Pro for?<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qb7vhF2ELZg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CentroLeaks\/status\/1845404047353770048\">reports<\/a> of a &#8220;trilogy live-action movie series&#8221;. Whilst two are based upon <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/detective-pikachu\">Detective Pikachu<\/a>, one &#8211; called Game Boy &#8211; &#8220;aims to dig deep into the theme of Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s boundless potential, creating a story that highlights the importance of bonds, whether between friends or between Pok\u00e9mon themselves&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The complete plot to a Detective Pikachu sequel, The Great Detective Pikachu, is also included. It seems the movie was originally planned for release in 2024, but &#8220;it&#8217;s unclear if it was just delayed or cancelled&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>More astonishingly still, a document containing the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CentroLeaks\/status\/1845401726926344540\">alleged meeting notes<\/a> from when The Pok\u00e9mon Company &#8220;reflected on why Ash&#8217;s story in the anime needed to end&#8221; has also leaked.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed_wrapper\" data-domain=\"twitter.com\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">For all of those just tuning in, we&#8217;re currently covering the Game Freak Teraleak.<\/p>\n<p>Lots of source files and beta content for past Pok\u00e9mon games are currently leaking, along with a few details on upcoming projects.<\/p>\n<p>We expect more information to be uncovered in the coming hours\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KdoJ4G87Sb\">pic.twitter.com\/KdoJ4G87Sb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CentroLeaks\/status\/1845249709822312475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"sourcepoint-manage-cookies optanon-show-settings\" onclick=\"'_sp_' in window &amp;&amp; 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window._sp_.gdpr.loadPrivacyManagerModal()\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Lots of source files and beta content for past Pok\u00e9mon games are currently leaking, along with a few details on upcoming projects,&#8221; Centro Leaks said on X\/Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We expect more information to be uncovered in the coming hours and days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Whilst we&#8217;ll refrain from sharing the images here, you don&#8217;t have to go far to find compilations of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ydarrb\/status\/1845314359225991229\">&#8220;all the sprites together&#8221;<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CentroLeaks\/status\/1845396621644742760\">PSD files<\/a> from game logos, and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CentroLeaks\/status\/1845388294487449862\">&#8220;hundreds of concept arts and character sheets&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst there&#8217;s no way of concretely authenticating the enormous cache information that has been uncovered, the sheer number and amount of detail here reminds us of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/rockstar-acknowledges-gargantuan-grand-theft-auto-6-leak\">Rockstar&#8217;s GTA leak in 2022<\/a>, with little doubt what has appeared online is authentic.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"false\" data-hashid=\"\" data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n    function appendFacebookPixels() {\n      if (window.facebookPixelsDone) return;\n      !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n      {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n      n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n      if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n      n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n      t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('init', '560747571485047');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      window.facebookPixelsDone = true;\n      window.dispatchEvent(new Event('BrockmanFacebookPixelsEnabled'));\n    }\n    window.addEventListener('BrockmanTargetingCookiesAllowed', appendFacebookPixels);\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-developer-game-freak-reels-from-unprecedented-gigaleak-of-significant-internal-data\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE 11.44am UK: Game Freak has acknowledged it was hacked in August, in a Japanese-language statement posted to its website, dated 10th October. 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