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A 12-terabyte archive of data from Valve's old Steam2 content servers, used between 2003 and 2013, has surfaced via BitTorrent in an incident dubbed the 'Teraleak.' The trove reportedly contains unreleased builds and prototypes from Valve and other developers, including early Portal 2 prototypes and a Sonic the Hedgehog 4 build, and appears to have been assembled from publicly accessible endpoints rather than a hack.
Several exhibitors at Gamescom in Cologne reported stolen equipment from booths in the show's business zone, including developer Ryan Laley's new Alienware laptop, two laptops from publisher iam8bit, and two laptops plus a Steam Deck from Tessera Studios. The thefts occurred despite the area being restricted to press and industry badge holders, with organizers claiming 24/7 security was in place.
A massive 12TB torrent dubbed the Steam 'teraleak' has surfaced online, containing thousands of game depots from Valve's old Steam2 content distribution system used between 2003 and 2013. The trove includes public release builds as well as previously unseen prototype, pre-release, and playtest versions of games from Valve and third-party publishers. Data miner Gabe Follower says the material was pulled from a publicly accessible API endpoint, suggesting the exposure originated from Valve's own systems rather than a hack.
An unidentified party leaked over 12TB of Valve's internal builds and unreleased assets, spanning games published on Steam between 2003 and 2013. The trove reportedly includes early versions of Portal 2, Left 4 Dead, CS:GO, and material tied to the canceled F-Stop project and the long-rumored Half-Life 2: Episode 3. Researchers say the data appears to have been exposed via a publicly accessible endpoint, which explains why nothing newer than 2013 has surfaced.
A massive 12-terabyte leak containing builds of nearly every game uploaded to Steam between 2003 and 2013 has surfaced online. Researchers combing through the trove have already found scrapped assets from the canceled Half-Life 2: Episode 3, cut Portal 2 material including alternate dialogue and intro sequences, and early builds of titles like Call of Duty, Resident Evil, Mirror's Edge, and Dragon Age: Origins.
Fatal Claw, developed by Ndev Games and published by Com2us Holdings, has exited early access with its 1.0 launch, casting players as a cat named Kisha who absorbs abilities from infected creatures in a technologically revived ancient kingdom. Separately, Sigil Games released Divinum, a pixel-art Metroidvania where players control warrior Fjør defending an island using a dual-weapon combat system with parrying, dodging and customizable rune-based skill builds.
XREAL's a01 smart glasses, released in May, act as an external display rather than a standalone computer, connecting via USB-C to devices like laptops or Steam Decks. Priced around $300, they use dual mini OLED panels delivering 1080p resolution and up to 1,600 nits of brightness, producing vivid images similar to a personal projector experience. The reviewer tested them for movie watching by pairing them with a laptop streaming the Criterion Channel.
A new open-source project called OpenTIE reimplements LucasArts' Star Wars: TIE Fighter so it runs natively on Windows, macOS and Linux. Rather than including game assets itself, it requires players to own the original 1995 Collector's CD-ROM or 1998 Windows release, and lets users mix elements from both, such as pairing 1998 flight visuals with the 1995 adaptive iMUSE soundtrack. A companion project, OpenXWA, similarly ports X-Wing Alliance.
Ubisoft apologized after shipping a digital release of Heroes of Might and Magic III and its expansions that contained no actual game data, just a 23.4-kilobyte file that produced an error on launch. The mistake sparked a wave of negative Steam reviews before Ubisoft issued a fix, which Engadget confirmed now runs properly.
A CNET writer found that an inexpensive attachable milk thermometer solved persistent problems with over- or under-steamed milk for latte art. By monitoring exact temperature instead of relying on touch, the writer could pull the steam wand at the right moment, producing consistently velvety milk rather than scalded or watery results.
Ubisoft launched the original 1999 Heroes of Might and Magic III on Steam this week, but buyers found the install contained only about 23KB of data, including a placeholder executable, instead of the roughly 1GB game. Players flooded the reviews with jokes about the error before Ubisoft fixed the listing and uploaded the correct files the next day.
Devolver Digital confirmed its mascot platformer, Volvy's Adventure: Reslimed, will launch on Steam November 19, the same release date as Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 6. Developed by Doinksoft, the game is a remaster of an unreleased action-platformer starring Devolver's mascot Volvy, who battles enemies, collects onions, and transforms into a muscular form called Swolvy to rescue kidnapped friends from warlocks. The game will cost $5, with a 25 percent launch discount.