Re:Classified tank specs leaked on War Thunder game forums a...
by gambiting on Sunday October 10, 2021 @07:00PM
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Sure. I work in game dev, we work with highly NDAd stuff that a lot of people would love to know about(things like console devkits way before anything about the hardware is made public, or just details on unannounced games). The temptation to "be the hero" as you said is always there but it would literally cost you your job and most likely your entire career as I can't imagine you'd ever find employment after doing such a thing. It's really hard to resist when you read comments and someone says "oh I bet Sony would never do X in their next console" and you actually know the truth but can't say.
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Re:Classified tank specs leaked on War Thunder game forums a...
by devwastaken on Monday October 11, 2021 @01:40AM
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Rest assured, if it gets leaked the vocal internet gamers that spend more time on Twitter and reddit will rarely be happy, and instead will use the leak to make it look bad. It's too bad we live in the digital age where you can't just tell someone "sora is the next character in smash, nobody is going to believe you." And then walk away. Everything's recorded and saved somewhere.
Re:Classified tank specs leaked on War Thunder game forums a...
by vvanders on Sunday October 10, 2021 @07:26PM
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Yeah, I think in game dev there was also a culture of understanding that leaking that stuff just hurt whoever was working directly on it.
Back when I was in industry we all knew what everyone else was working on including big IPs and next gen console stuff. That might have also been a factor of how small and tight nit of an industry it was.