They go after the one studio that seems to treat its customers as customers instead of whales or scum. This is why we cant have nice things.
Witcher dev CD Projekt Red says hackers stole game concepts and asked for ransom
CD Projekt Red, the Polish developer behind the critically acclaimed Witcher games, yesterday admitted that some of its internal files and concepts for upcoming title Cyberpunk 2077 have been snaffled by hackers and held for ransom. The dev downplayed concerns by telling gamers that the files involved are "old and largely …
COMMENTS
-
-
Monday 12th June 2017 14:04 GMT DropBear
...meanwhile game after game after game gets developed basically out in the open (usually following a crowd-funding campaign) from concept sketches all the way to playable alphas and betas and a string of "in-dev" (GOG) or "early access" (Steam) releases - some ending up more successful and famous than others, but apparently none of them experiencing any horrible consequences. Frankly, this whole "supa-sekrit high-pressure hype boiler" approach stinks.
-
Tuesday 13th June 2017 15:12 GMT Helldesk Dogsbody
TBH it's CD Projekt Red - they play their cards close to their chests and I've yet to be disappointed at launch by anything they've done so far. That's how they operate, they don't need 0 day patches and release completed games rather than "Early Access" versions.
Also as far as no horrible consequences are concerned I don't think that counts for many, plenty have been sued for so called open development as they failed to meet expectations of the finished product despite being "open". I'll take a known good but secretive studio over vast amounts of fluff on the web, art galore but no playable game (Star Citizen anyone? And yes, before anyone asks, I backed it purely for Squadron 42. Which I'm waiting for. Still.)
-