EndWar beta footage leaked

by Alexander Sliwinski on Jun 18th 2008 3:30PM

Update: Ubi lawyer-ninjas (totally different than ninja-lawyers) move quick. Video is down.

It's off some guy's television screen and the audio is horrible, but if you're itching to see what Tom Clancy's EndWar looks like, some naughty beta-tester uploaded a video of the game for all to see.

Now watch the video above and enjoy the fruits of somebody breaking their non-disclosure agreement (NDA). If the video suddenly disappears, the Ubi lawyer-ninjas probably got to it. Now we need to photoshop some lawyer-ninjas in case that actually happens. Watch ... while you still can.

[Via X3F]

Tags: beta, end-war, endwar, leak, PS3, ubisoft, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (47)

Watched. And, saved in case it needs to be reuploaded. It's fun to use the internet.

Looks like those lawyer-ninjas just got handed some MASSIVE DAMAGE.

Oh god, how did this get here? I am not good with computer.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=x3HGh18dqDk

Martez, your internets just hit over NINE THOUSAND!

If I were offering a Beta I would make sure that a very large portion of the screen would include a watermark of the individuals online ID.... Either that or some random sequence of numbers unique to each user that would look like random nothing to ID the person... not that I don't appreciate the leaks as a gamer but seriously they don't really think it through do they?

RTS's on consoles don't excite me.

Why?

This RTS is hardly traditional, it plays fantastic with console controls and the voice recognition is pretty amazing. EndWar seems pretty unique among the RTS genre.

Cant say much being under NDA(CURSES!) and all... but i really like the game. Probably the best ive played on a console.

Agreed. Can't say much but I will be buying this game on day 1. The voice recognition alone is the best new control feature I've seen for a console since the Wii.

Watched. Pretty cool stuff. I am actually suprised about how much I enjoyed the footage. Good job mysterious beta tester. Lets hope Ubi doesn't find out and drop the hammer.

Yea, I really interested in finding out what happens to this guy legally.

Most that will happen is that he gets kicked out of the beta, I bet.

Metal Gear!

Is that David Hayter?

Phbt, the Beta isn't that secret. I got in, game's great, the voice controls are amazing.

Its not whether the beta is that secret that matters. You agree to not do stuff like this when you join a beta. Seems that the guy isn't that bright to openly and obviously break an agreement.

Bold =/= smart.

Oh snap, maybe I should shut my yap. I like playing EndWar!!!

wow, for a second there i thought joystiq would have more respect than this to post clearly labeled NDA breaking footage.

Guess not

hopefully this person gets in trouble, and ubisoft is already aware of the situation about multiple leaks on youtube.

Jon, please feel free to move on to whatever gaming news site meets your tough personal standards.

...and I guess you never saw OJ evading the cops, or basically any episode of COPS, because when someone else breaks a law we shouldn't watch.

meh.

I need to see some more footage to make up my mind. I do hope this turns out to be good though.

I'm in this beta test and I hope to god they track this guys IP via Youtube (yes they can do that, he's broken a contract) and get him removed from the beta (and possibly charged). Normally I'm all for this kind of leakage, but it's a spit in the face to all the people who were desperate to get in and didn't because of the limited nature of the entries to turn around and do this - not to mention breaking a legal contract with Ubisoft after them being nice enough to do a private beta outside of their internal test team.

And yes, your probably thinking "well he's letting people who didn't get in see it" - but the fact of the matter remains, someone better who actually wants to support and improve on the beta could have got in, instead of some guy who just wants to post videos of it on the internet.

Let's hope he gets what is coming to him. It's really not on.

How do you know he isn't contributing to the beta in other ways? I doubt he just got into the beta to post a video of it, I'm sure he's giving them feedback and whatnot.

He wouldn't be charged with anything. He would be breaking an agreement, which is civil, not criminal. Either way, if they argued that sales were damaged because people got the wrong impression of the game quality from this leak, he could be in trouble.

[Poor Cockney]Lawks! All that after kind Master Ubisoft let 'im do some free work. It's an insult I tell you, Master Ubisoft is ever so kind, he also lets orphan kids work help him improve his salt mines all out of the kindness of his heart.[/Poor Cockney]

Do free work? People ask to be in the beta. What they are given is not the issue. For a contract you have to have "consideration" in exchange for your promise generally. Their consideration was the ability to play a game before the rest of us. The contract is thus valid, and broken by them not following its terms. So, whether you see at as free work for Ubi or not - they had a duty to stick to their promises.

I know. I was mocking the OP with the bowing and scraping people do when they're involved in a closed beta. Like they have to tip toe around and play nice because they've been let into some exclusive club, when the club is really just unpaid tester work.

Case in point:
"them being nice enough to do a private beta outside of their internal test team."

NATO_Duke... enough with the legal speak. I'm studying for the bar and you're ruining my study breaks with your talk of "consideration" and whatnot.

I'm also pretty sure there's a 0% chance they would actually go after this guy. What harm could this possibly cause? None. At all. Think about it. They just got a bunch of video game guys who are not the "general public" to watch a sketchy video of their upcoming game. If it sucks now, so what? They get most of their $ from people who couldn't care less about game blogs, and we'll be checking the latest posts (and gamerankings) to make sure it's good before we buy it. But if they can reel us in NOW by using these "viral" methods, then they get us too. Damn them!

Yeah, ok Robert, sorry to ruin the study break. Anyway, whether they choose to go after people is a different issue than if they could. The recording industry sues grandma's for letting their gk's download music on their internet connection. So please don't think that because the guy isn't rich, per assumtion, that he would be free from an attack.

BTW: Bar was no fun. GL & keep the nose down on the grindstone. The day after, life feels totally new.

I still just can't get excited for this after the "Frag Dolls" were in that video.

@CTC

Totally agree with you. I was excited about the game until I saw the Frag Dolls vid. Now I'm in "meh" territory.

What?? The Frag Dolls rock!

/sarcasmoff

I didn't see any Frag Dolls. Are you talking about a different video?

Yes, it was a different video, but the memories still remain.

Gone already it seems.

Yep video just went down I suppose.

So....where are those lawyer-ninjas? I need something to entertain me Alex!

Oh, it's gone. If I had been more interested maybe I would have looked quicker. Oh well.

I have the beta! I no need to watch! muahahaha!

I seen someone streaming it live as he played on Justin.tv the other day.

Just sayin...

lawyer-ninjas ftw! I must study how they can move so quick and stealthy...

They better take that footage down. Once the average consumer finds out that a Tom Clancy game is a RTS game and not a shooter of some sorts they will run for the hills.

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