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Why don't you save some surprises.

With little time left in 2022, one of the most anticipated games for players is God of War: Ragnarok.

The more players look forward to it, the more excited some "Uncle Party" will become, and the leaks about the new "Twilight of the Gods" will begin to fly everywhere. Many players are beginning to complain that browsing the social media timeline is often caught off guard by news they have never seen before.

In fact, the exposure of the specific content of "God of War" has not stopped, as the release time approaches, the content leaked on the Internet is more and more detailed, of course, the most helpless is the developer Soni Santa Monica Studio. Since the release of the art concept map in September, producer Cory Barlog has expressed incomprehension and helplessness about the leak more than once.

The recent leakage of the content of "Twilight of the Gods" spans multiple platforms, and the types of leaks are "omni-directional" from play to plot. For this situation, publishers and developers have few good solutions. Barlog is also discouraged, sending a series of tweets, expressing confusion and disappointment at the current situation, repeatedly stressing that "this is not what all of us in Santa Monica want to see."

Barlog also suggested that some of the serious content leaks were related to some retailers selling game CDs in advance. But no matter who caused it, the bad result has been cast. Barlog can only remind players who follow him to "avoid spoilers" if they want the best gaming experience.

Santa Monica officials also issued a statement this weekend, offering basically the same opinion-they said it was necessary to prevent spoilers in order for players to have a good experience on their first visit. Officials say they have done everything they can to reduce and limit the spread of such unauthorized leaks on the Internet, but their capabilities are clearly limited. So Santa Monica can only say publicly, "We urge you to understand many fans who do not want to see the leaked content, and do not share and spread them."

At the same time, Santa Monica also proposed that fans block keywords and related topic tags on social media, fundamentally away from places where content may be disclosed. Like Barlog, that's all Santa Monica can do.

A work is leaked before it is released, which has been a common phenomenon in the game industry, and developers have been in a passive situation. Seventeen years ago, the game "half Life 2" was hacked and stolen, and Valve lost as much as $200 million. A few years ago, "Last Survivor 2," which also belonged to Sony's first-party game Ares, not only triggered a public opinion crisis because of early leaks of content, but also led to rumors that "internal leaks were because naughty dogs mistreated employees."

Recently, GTA6 has been exposed by hackers from game images to code, and it took only a short time to dispel what many players had expected of it for years, and the impact and even the loss may be incalculable-but the only way for developers to resist the whistleblower except legal means seems to be to appeal to netizens not to spread it.

This article is from the official account of Wechat: game Research Society (ID:yysaag), author: platinum Isia

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