Monday, 14 October 2024

Game News Round-Up

Daily curated games-industry news digest for 14 October 2024.

General4 stories

Game Freak acknowledges massive Pokémon data breach, as employee info appears online

  • Current, Former and Contract employees have been affected
  • A lot of information has been included in the gigaleak, including but not limited to:
  • Beta contents for old Pokémon games
  • Source files for certain older Pokémon games
  • Marketing materials, design documents and product specs
  • Plans for upcoming TV shows and movies
  • A weird story about a woman getting pregnant from a pokemon and the townspeople killing it [Editor's Note: I wished that one was a joke.]
  • Nintendo Switch 2's development code name ("Ounce")
  • Details of cancelled and unannounced games such as a "Splatoon-like" battle-focused multiplayer developed in collaboration with ILCA
  • Meetings notes, such as notes from the meeting where they decided why Ash's story needed to end in the anime
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Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered announced, launching in February

  • Developed and published by Aspyr, this new title will be released on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One / Series S/X, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store on Feb. 14, 2025.
  • "IV, V and VI" refers to Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (1999), Tomb Raider: Chronicles (2000), Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (2003)
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Business2 stories
Rumors1 story