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Fortnite Season 3 Leak Adds Fuel To Underwater Theme Rumors

Over the past few weeks, a number of posts from prominent Fortnite leakers have suggested that the upcoming Chapter 2 Season 3 will have players dive underwater to battle it out. Now, the most compelling evidence yet has emerged, further suggesting what's to come following the upcoming Doomsday event. Get your swimsuit and flippers ready, because it looks like the game will be heading underwater--at least a little. A Twitter user recently noticed that the PlayStation Store had mistakenly changed Fortnite's icon on the storefront ahead of time, and it

Nintendo leak reveals Wii source code, N64 test ROMs, GameCube dev tech, & more

This leak could mean emulators are able to improve their tools, which would help the archiving old games. What appears to be a massive leak of information over a couple of weeks has shed a lot of light on Nintendo’s older consoles. The leak suggests information on the source code of consoles, several demos and debug builds of Pokémon games, as well as design documents. Earlier leaks were originally reported on by Michael Gwilliam of Dexerto with the latest leaks drawing reports from Kotaku’s Ethan Gach. The source of this

The Last of Us 2 has gone gold according to director

The Last of Us Part 2 director Neil Druckmann took to video to proudly announce that the game had just gone gold and is pretty much ready for its June 2020 launch. The Last of Us 2 has had a long, bumpy road through development, but launch day is at hand and more certain than ever. Director Neil Druckmann just released a video formally announcing that the game has gone gold, discs are being printed, digital versions uploaded, and it’s pretty much ready for its launch day. Naughty Dog launched

Hackers may be responsible for The Last of Us 2 leaks

New rumors going around allege that hackers may have discovered vulnerability in Naughty Dog servers from an older game to access and leak Last of Us 2. As players and developers alike deal with the recent leaks of The Last of Us Part 2, the question remains as to how such a major leak of such a high-profile game could have happened like this. Though Sony and Naughty Dog are apparently taking action on the matter, one new rumor going around is that hackers may have accessed the Naughty Dog

Shack Chat: How do you handle video game leaks?

It's that time again, time for the Shack Staff to all gather around and share our opinions on another topic. We know that you're dying to hear what we think, so let's dive right into this week's question without wasting any time. There's tons of games to enjoy right now and plenty of quarantine time to enjoy them in. We hope you're still staying home to protect yourself and others.  Question: How do you handle video game leaks? I don’t want to spoil it for other people - Asif Khan,

Last of Us 2 gameplay footage leakers identified by Sony, not part of Naughty Dog

Sony recently spoke to the Last of Us 2 gameplay footage leaks, claiming the leaker was identified, but not part of Sony Interactive or Naughty Dog's staff. The Last of Us 2 gameplay footage leaks were definitely an unfortunate moment for everyone involved in the game, and Sony isn’t taking it laying down. Apparently, the company launched an investigation and identified the source of the leak, but it allegedly wasn’t anyone on staff at Sony Interactive or Naughty Dog as recent rumors implied. Sony confirmed its identification of the Last

Overwatch League MVP Sinatraa reportedly retiring to play pro Valorant

Reigning Overwatch League MVP Jay 'Sinatraa' Won is sending shockwaves across esports, as he reportedly plans to retire from the league and shift to professional Valorant. There have been frequent comparisons between Valorant, Riot Games' new team-based shooter, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. After all, the two share some significant commonalities. There have also been a few comparisons between Valorant and Overwatch, Blizzard's team-based shooter, the latter of which has a massive esports league. And that esports league is about to lose its best player to Riot's new hotness, because it

Naughty Dog issues response to The Last of Us 2 gameplay footage leaks

Recently, Naughty Dog took to social media to speak to the leaks that dropped for The Last of Us Part 2. It’s never good for a studio or its workers when a leak drops. Many have spoking to the frustration, dread, and anxiousness of leak and datamine culture spoiling what had been planned for weeks, months, or even years. Such is the feeling coming out of Naughty Dog recently. The studio recently responded to recent Last of Us 2 gameplay footage leaks. Naughty Dog responded to The Last of Us

The Last of Us 2 & Ghost of Tsushima get Summer release dates

It would appear we can look forward to playing The Last of Us Part 2 and Ghost of Tsushima in June and July 2020, respectively. PlayStation has announced that two of its most anticipated exclusive titles, The Last of Us Part 2 and Ghost of Tsushima, have new confirmed release dates for this upcoming Summer. It looks like The Last of Us 2 will launch in June 2020 and Ghost of Tsushima will come with a slight delay in July 2020. PlayStation announced The Last of Us 2 and Ghost

Team Fortress 2 & CSGO source code leaks cause community scare, Valve responds

A recent source code leak for Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive had communities worried about remote code security, but Valve says not to worry. When a game has public and private servers, knowledge of certain code can lead to some worrying situations about security across server access. Such was the case when the Team Fortress and Counter-Strike communities discovered that source code for both games had been leaked online, and though several ends of the community were left worried and took precautions by shutting down servers, Valve has