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.

Tags: AssassinsCreed, Far-Cry-2, FarCry2, Lost, Naruto, OpenSeason, Ubisoft

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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...