Valve Tells Capcom It s Sorry For Leaking Street Fighter V Characters

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Valve Tells Capcom It s Sorry For Leaking Street Fighter V Characters

Valve apologizes to Capcom for their accidental leak of upcoming Street Fighter V characters originally slated to be revealed at EVO 2019. Via: geektyrant.com Apparently, keeping secrets in the video game industry is more difficult than most would imagine. This past week prematurely revealed the three upcoming character releases for : E. Honda, Poison, and Lucia. Their release was originally intended for Sunday, August 4, as a triumphant end to Evo 2019, where right now the best players in the world are competing in the most popular fighting games. Valve unintentionally published the reveal trailer on , which was quickly seen by users and spread through YouTube and Twitter. As a result, affirmed the leak as real, leaving the game’s producer Yoshinori Ono devastated at the news. THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY The leak must feel especially frustrating since the last character released into the game, Kage, was also leaked prior to his official reveal around eight months ago. Valve has since apologized for the slip, that: “It’s a regrettable and unintentional situation, and we have already implemented measures to prevent this error from happening again. We are fans of Street Fighter ourselves and we’re sorry for the error.” While the apology feels genuine, it is not the first time Valve has made such an error. Perhaps the most infamous leak put out by Valve occurred last year in a similar fashion. was accidentally on Steam a full week ahead of its formal reveal at E3. Steam has also previously leaked important data regarding the numbers of users and sales figures for some games on the platform. Via: Neogaf.com This past year at the 2019 , it seemed that leaks were happening far more often than normal as well; all of which goes to show how difficult it can be to keep such information secret when so many parties are involved. At the same time, not all leaks are accurate. Recently, when an order was placed on Amazon for the upcoming for the , buyers were told the product would ship on October 4. This was considered a leak until later on stated that the actual release date is October 31. Via: gamespot.com Currently Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition is available to play for free as part of the Evo 2019 weekend, so now is a great time to jump in if you have not already. For those looking to get in on the action, which is clearly still seeing updates and releases, it can be purchased for 60% off its regular price.