It’s an unprecedented set of circumstances, really: an illegal data breach on sensitive Capcom material means that Resident Evil Village spoilers are becoming a reality for franchise fans. There were already leaks pertaining to the plot and ending of the game, and this week more footage was uploaded to YouTube showing an encounter with the series’ Alcina Dimitrescu. That’s the really tall lady, if you’re not yet familiar with her name.
While the publisher was swift to remove the clips, videos like this rarely remain buried for long. We’re not going to detail the content of the footage or link to any mirrors in this article, but we are going to warn you: there are some pretty major spoilers floating around right now, so we recommend exercising extreme caution when searching for information on the game or browsing YouTube. It sucks, but this is where we’re at.
So far, Capcom has refused to meet the demands of the ransomware attackers, which has resulted in the release of seriously sensitive information, like the publisher’s planned release schedule up to 2024 and much more. The company believes that almost 390,000 items of personal information may have been compromised, including names, birth dates, telephone numbers, and addresses. It’s bad, and obviously the authorities are now involved.
[source eurogamer.net]
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Good on them for not giving in to those dumb ransomware attacks
I feel for those Capcom employees, it's bad enough when years of work gets leaked but probably even more sensitive material might be out in the wild too.
Why do some people hate video games and having fun so much, they try to damage whole companies and the work of hundreds of dedicated people? Attack EA instead so you would upset fewer people.
@Rhaoulos What about the hundreds of normal people who work for EA? How about not attacking or hacking anyone?
I haven't played 7 yet and have avoided spoilers for that so I'd like to think I won't get caught out on this one. Need to have a Resident Evil binge this year and get up to date.
@Rhaoulos I don't agree mate. I know it's cool for a lot of people to hate EA for their business practices but their developers make plenty of good games.
Spoiler alert:
Spoilers suck and ruin games. Sorry if I spoiled it for anyone.
@LiamCroft They would still keep their jobs. EA is a lot more robust than other studios. But sure, you could also wish for all illnesses to magically vanish and for world piece, but you know it's not going to happen and you'd sound like a beauty pageant winner. It doesn't mean I'm in favour of war or illnesses. Any blackhat hacker should be hanged by their sensitive parts.
@Rhaoulos Capcom employees aren't losing their jobs either? You do realise people's personal data has been stolen as a part of this hack, right? Their house addresses, phone number etc. This isn't some random leak like usual — you shouldn't be wishing this sort of hack on anyone.
@LiamCroft Please tell me where I wished that on anyone. You seem to be misunderstanding on purpose, so there is no reason for me to keep this conversation going. I'm surprised and disappointed to see an assistant editor acting like a troll on his own website.
@Rhaoulos "Attack EA instead so you would upset fewer people."
Most baffling comment of the day!
@LiamCroft keyword being "instead".
The best way to avoid spoilers is to not read or watch leak videos.
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