Ubisoft "accidentally" leaks tons of assets
by Kevin Kelly 
{ Sep 21st 2006 at 2:55PM }
Over two gigs worth of screenshots, videos, and concept art was apparently accidentally posted by Ubisoft on their public ftp server. Whoops. While some of these games have already been announced, some haven't, although there aren't any real surprises here: Assassins Creed, Farcry 2, Farcry PSP, Farcry Wii, Lost, Naruto, Open Season, Prince of Persia, Rainbow Six: Vegas, Rocky PSP, Splinter Cell Double Agent, Splinter Cell Conviction, Surf's Up, Star Wars PSP, Shaun White, TMNT, and TMNT GBA. Ubisoft isn't too pleased about the leak either, stating,"The publication of this type of information can only be harmful to the game development process and we will take all steps necessary to prevent this from happening in the future."
While we can understand why Ubisoft wouldn't want employees or summer interns posting confidential information on the internet, how does it harm the game development process? We can understand if the raw code for Splinter Cell: Conviction got out, or if a disgruntled programmer posted a disk image of Far Cry 2, but screenshots and videos? And while TGS is unfolding?
Color us suspicious.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
rockintom99 @ Sep 21st 2006 3:03PM
Consider yourself colored!
...Wait, that didn't sound right...
newtypecj @ Sep 21st 2006 3:07PM
The posts lambasting the spelling mistakes on the leaked Assassin's Creed pause screen might demoralize the team so much that they can't continue. Perfectly reasonable assumption to make.
Lex @ Sep 21st 2006 3:11PM
It's dangerous because when info is leaked and fans start speculating expectations start to rise beyond what may actually be in the game. Causing a good game to fail for no good reason.
jeremybaldwin @ Sep 21st 2006 3:12PM
You can find some of the pictures here:
http://www.xomba.com/ubisoft_leaks_upcoming_game_screens_and_artwork
Ben @ Sep 21st 2006 3:13PM
"It's dangerous because when info is leaked and fans start speculating expectations start to rise beyond what may actually be in the game. Causing a good game to fail for no good reason."
Thus putting it in the bargin bin where people can actually aford it.
PacoDg @ Sep 21st 2006 3:19PM
Where is the torrent for this already?!
christopher7xii @ Sep 21st 2006 3:21PM
Star Wars PSP.... MMM!
ham hands @ Sep 21st 2006 3:27PM
This is damaging to Ubisoft because it reveals information that is typically leveraged by the publisher to obtain mag covers, exclusive article space online, and other promotion type press coverage. When a publisher reveals all the titles accidentally like this, they lose the opportunity to give a website or mag "the exclusive" scoop.
Matt @ Sep 21st 2006 3:32PM
What about guerilla undercover PR worksmanship?
pandafresh @ Sep 21st 2006 3:37PM
Far Cry on psp sounds good
mykie @ Sep 21st 2006 3:47PM
Gotta cut down on those Olestra potato chips, Ubisoft, you're leakin' yer shit.
Will @ Sep 21st 2006 3:57PM
I've heard this leaked... It's regarding Assassin's Creed and could be considered a spoiler so DONT READ if you aren't interested in hearing it:
Apparently it's not all in the past, but a futuristic type game where you controller the assassin through a computer form the future.
Rondo @ Sep 21st 2006 3:57PM
Torrent:
http://upload.ohshare.com/v/1349923/doc_ubisoft_1.rar.torrent.html
PacoDG @ Sep 21st 2006 4:19PM
Awesome, thanks Rondo, appreciated!
wolfchanger89 @ Sep 21st 2006 4:32PM
thanks rondo
James @ Sep 21st 2006 6:06PM
What's ubisoft's FTP site's url? Can anyone access it since it's "public"
Josh @ Sep 21st 2006 5:13PM
The Naruto concept art looks really really good...
Killer_Twinkie @ Sep 21st 2006 5:22PM
Is the tracker still active cuz it's not DL'ing for me.
jeremybaldwin @ Sep 21st 2006 5:24PM
I uploaded some more screens for everyone to take a look at.
http://www.xomba.com/more_leaked_ubisoft_screens
Don Jose @ Sep 22nd 2006 4:10AM
All I can say is that there's one game on that list that's a far cry away from warranting a sequel.
Nmaster @ Sep 21st 2006 7:03PM
Ubisoft slapped me with a copyright infringement for distributing the unwatermarked trailer to Heroes for Wii (was featured on Joystiq a while back). I understand it was an accident to release it, but seriously, do you think you can really contain that kind of thing once it hits the net? Is there any real fallout from getting free advertising? IMO, it's really stupid to try to contain a media leak on the 'net, you just can't do it. You just gotta play it off.
So, Ubisoft, if your reading this, TAKE A CHILL PILL! And unblock my Heroes trailer on YouTube too, that video was pretty popular...
GP @ Sep 21st 2006 6:18PM
I think here it is:
ftp://ftp.ubisoft.com
Mike @ Sep 21st 2006 7:25PM
Some of the stuff in there is amazing. The renders and models for far cry 2 are really cool, and the concept art for SC 5 is very impressive. I wish I could see more concept art for games, because this stuff is really cool.
Bill @ Sep 21st 2006 7:37PM
Is that real gameplay of Assasins creed?
Is there a place to get those AC screens bigger?
gok @ Sep 22nd 2006 1:13PM
I maden an wallpaper out of one of the assasins creed pics. Here it is in case someone wants to use it: http://koti.mbnet.fi/helppia/creed.jpg
Green glow is there because it hurts my eyes to watch icons on completely white screen :|