Late in the previous week, the developer Game Freak said that a recent security compromise had resulted in the theft of employee information.
This weekend, troves of internal documents connected to the Pokémon property, including source codes, early character drawings, and in some cases, rejected character designs, were shared on social media. Game Freak, the developer of Pokémon, has revealed that it has suffered a breach as a result of these items. The business said in a statement that was released on Thursday (translated from Japanese) that it had discovered that its servers had been hacked in August and that sensitive information pertaining to its employees had been exposed publicly. Despite the fact that the majority of this content appears to have been uploaded online after the statement was made public, it did not address the Pokémon leaks.
Due to the fact that Centro Leaks started releasing all of the information on Saturday afternoon, Reddit and X were inundated with leaked documents and photographs. The files that are being referred to as “Teraleak” by a number of fans are said to contain source codes for previous games such as Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, codenames for the Switch 2 and the upcoming Generation 10 Pokémon games, which are referred to as “Ounce” and “Gaia,” respectively, references to a Pokémon massively multiplayer online game that is currently under development, and internal discussions from design meetings. A new anime series, as well as information regarding the rumored sequel to Detective Pikachu that has not yet been released, as well as other planned Pokémon films, are also included.
In addition to the source codes, the leak brought to light a large number of beta character designs and concept art. The scope of the breach is exceptionally broad. There has been no official acknowledgement of the leak from either Nintendo or The Pokemon Company as of yet. We have attempted to get a comment from Engadget. There were approximately 2,600 current and former employees whose personal information was accessed by an unauthorized third party, according to a statement released by Game Freak. The company also expressed its regret to individuals who were harmed by the breach and stated that it is working to tighten its security.