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Massive 13TB Steam leak reveals unreleased Valve game builds · 2 sources tracked

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A massive 12-13TB data leak from Valve's legacy Steam infrastructure has been discovered, containing unreleased game builds and assets from 2003 to 2013. The leak, which appears to be an accidental exposure of an accessible endpoint rather than a malicious hack, includes early versions of popular titles such as Portal 2 and Left 4 Dead. Notably, the archive contains assets for the unreleased Half-Life 2: Episode Three, including a weapon model called "Weaponizer," and early development materials for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. AI

RANK_REASON Leak of historical game development assets, not a new product release or core research.

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Massive 13TB Steam leak reveals unreleased Valve game builds · 2 sources tracked

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COVERAGE [3]

  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Hassam Nasir ·

    Massive 12TB Steam leak reveals decades of unreleased games — archived files include unseen Half-Life 2: Episode 3 builds and assets

    Early builds of Valve games from 2003 to 2013 have been found in a 12TB archive pulled from the company's old servers. These pre-release versions act like time capsules, preserving the state of the game from before it underwent massive changes.

  2. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🎮 Colossal 13TB Steam Leak Reportedly Includes Beta Builds Of Portal 2, Left 4 Dead 2, And Much More The alleged Steam depot data reportedly spans from 2003 to

    🎮 Colossal 13TB Steam Leak Reportedly Includes Beta Builds Of Portal 2, Left 4 Dead 2, And Much More The alleged Steam depot data reportedly spans from 2003 to 2013, and contains pre-release builds of potentially thousands of first and third-party games 📰 Source: Kotaku 🔗 Link: h…

    LINKS kotaku.com/colossal-13tb-steam-leak-repor…
  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🎮 12TB Valve archive leak includes early Portal 2 builds and hints of Half-Life 2: Episode Three A leaked archive said to contain around 12TB of old Valve devel

    🎮 12TB Valve archive leak includes early Portal 2 builds and hints of Half-Life 2: Episode Three A leaked archive said to contain around 12TB of old Valve development files, dated between 2003 and 2013, has surfaced online, and fans are already combing through it for any trace of…

    LINKS eurogamer.net/valve-steam2-leak-12tb-port…

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