There is not much that one can do to infuriate a game developer, but one thing that can put the whole studio on the edge is a leak of their upcoming video game. This is something that has been happening frequently in recent times, and Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs 3 was no different when it was time for the title’s official announcement.
It was merely a few days before the official announcement of the title when details about it were leaked on the internet, including how the player would be able to practically play as anyone you see in the game’s world. Being one of the featured mechanics in the game, it would have been infuriating for the developers to see it revealed early and by someone else rather than Ubisoft itself.
Clint Hocking Reveals How It Felt When Watch Dogs 3 Got Leaked
Clint Hocking has taken the lead in many successful video games such as Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell series, Far Cry 2, and Watch Dogs 3/Legion, which is his most recent work that came out in 2020. Talking about how it felt like witnessing the game getting leaked days before its announcement at 2019’s E3 event, the director revealed via a Ubisoft interview-
“I think it depends on the nature of the leak. In our case, it was shocking and frustrating, and we were angry about it. I don’t think it hurt us, and it may have possibly even helped us. People on Twitter were asking, “What does that mean, you can play as anyone?” I think it actually put a lot of people in the right mindset to be asking the questions about the game that we were then going to answer.”
Clint Hocking mentioned how, as expected of a developer, the leak made the team feel angry at first, but ultimately it was something that ended up promoting the game instead. The director unveiled how getting the details leaked helped put the anticipating fans in the right mindset with questions waiting to be answered when the official announcement of the game finally happens.
Leaks are one of the many challenges that come along the way when a studio is under development with a project. Information getting out before they are officially supposed to do so is also a big concern for games that are live-service, such as Fortnite, a video game by Epic Games that has been serving players since 2017 and has often been the target of such leaks ever since its inception.
Fortnite’s Roadmap For 2024 Gets Reportedly Leaked
It is now a common phenomenon to know what is going to happen in the coming days of Fortnite before it even gets teased, mostly due to active data miners who go through game files every single patch update to see if anything new has been added. However, while most of the time Fortnite leaks contain minor updates to cosmetics and lore-related stuff, this time around the whole roadmap for the year 2024 has been seemingly revealed on the internet for everyone to see.
Furthermore, what gives the leaked roadmap legitimacy is how the rumored Billie Eilish collaboration has been confirmed by Epic Games themselves, which is why players are now assuming that the other stated collaborations and planned seasons also stand true, and will be made a reality as time goes on.
Watch Dogs: Legion is available to purchase on Steam.
