CD Projekt Red has been subject to a cyber attack and ransom demand

Re:CD Projekt Red has been subject to a cyber attack and ran... by mm983 on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @08:37AM (#26077260)

i'm really sorry for the devs. imaging spending a few years on developing an engine and game, just for all your competitors to get it for free

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Re:CD Projekt Red has been subject to a cyber attack and ran... by detaro on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @11:01AM (#26079023)

What would competitors do with it? Touching it is a massive legal risk, and most of the work in a game is in things they can't use.

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Re:CD Projekt Red has been subject to a cyber attack and ran... by Ekaros on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @03:42PM (#26082160)

I would say that engine code doesn't have too much value without expertise to go with it. It's massively complex system with many moving parts and clearly they are also struggling to get it to work. Now try to take game out of it and with same effort you might just write a new one... Without legal hassle or baggage of existing games.

For example some devs told that HL: Alyx has some hacks left-over from HL2... And I don't think CdProjekt is any better...

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