NDA broken! Endwar beta video leaked online [update 2]

your right xbox360fanboy didn't break the NDA they broke something more which is the integrity they should have as journalists and NOT post the video that is a clear violation of a NDA covered subject even if it was sent in as a tip or not.

Good thing the video has been taken down and the user banned.

Information about certain products gets leaked all the time. Product specs get leaked weeks or months before it has gone public. Some dude steals something out of the warehouse and somehow the specs and pics get posted on some tech website...(ENGADGET or BOYGENIOUS REPORT) Now i am not saying this is right or wrong. Thats not the point.

The point is you come to this site and those others to hear NEW, or LATE BREAKING stories.. And thats what this is. i didnt see anyone complaining about those sonic images being leaked or all those blu-ray 360 drives stories One of them coudlve been true and then that means someone broke a contract agreement probably.. Someone somewhere breaks an agreement with a company.. Doesnt make it right but thats the world we live in today.

Now as a blogsite its Richards,Dustins and XAv (dont kno his name) job to report the news as long as it doesn't endanger the lives of a person.

So dont get your panties in a bunch people.

What's End War? :)

I want to admit to everyone that I leaked gameplay footage of Yaris before it was released. I accept responsibility for my actions. I assume the punishment is death... right? Nothing could be more serious or earth-shattering as this crime.

Its called INTEGRITY people. Too bad none of you, nor much of this world has any, so you're all just fine with this kinda stuff being posted.

Where can I get a ninja like that one?

That's ok, it's been reposted here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI

Don't see the big deal, beta isn't any good anyway. Game isn't any fun, certainly isn't my kind of RTS.

Maybe i just need more time with it though.

JW - "Precisely. Closed Betas in any form are pointless because you need a large amount of testers to really understand the impact that a large density of players will have on your system. There is a reason why Halo 3 Beta was pretty much open to everyone."

You've done nothing but proven your ignorance to the development process.

First off, the "Halo 3 Beta" was not a beta at all. It was a demo. A way for them to see if people would log 1,000 games before a month was over, and it was also just a test of popularity and servers. It had nothing to do with the end result. There were closed betas in Halo 3's dev. process that had way more of an effect of the product that shipped to retail.

Secondly, closed betas happen of every game whether you know this or not. Every game you've ever laid your hands on had a limited closed beta, and most of them turned out pretty great without having "a massive amount of testers". Again, COD4 and Halo 3's betas were moreso just demos to see how popular they'd be and if the servers would buckle with an influx of players.

Lastly, you keep parading this StartWar nonsense as if "it doesn't matter". It matters a great deal to a team and studio who are putting their time and effort into features that could be effortlessly ripped off by another RTS developer in a heartbeat. It takes hours upon hours of brainstorming and work to figure out how to implement some of these features correctly, but it only takes a fraction of that time to see it in action and rip it off. They're not afraid that their whole game is going to get ripped off, just key features that were previously unbeknownst to the media.

And to the rest of you defending this, not every beta has a leak. Most people actually follow the LAWS set down by an Non-Disclosure Agreement, a contract. It seems that most leaks come from beta test who are extremely public about it or let testers test from home. Just because you want to see it in action doesn't mean that someone should breach a contract to show you. Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4 didn't have NDA's with their PUBLIC beta tests. This is a Private test, which is why when you're playing it, it shows you at the "Xbox 360 Dashboard".

So I'll say it again...This is why we can't have nice things.

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Jesus fucking Christ people calm down.

I stopped reading the comments halfway through because of all the bickering.