Steam Just Suffered the Biggest Leak in Video Game History
The torrent includes beta builds for thousands of games, and researchers are cataloging the contents on GitHub, with Portal 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 confirmed.
- Thirteen terabytes of Steam depot data spanning 2003 to 2013 leaked online within the past 24 hours, exposing early beta builds for thousands of games including Portal and Left 4 Dead.
- Gabe Follower reported the data originated from a "publicly accessible endpoint" on Steam servers; the Steam2 depot files span the period before Valve switched to a new storage system in 2013.
- GitHub users are actively cataloging the massive leak, which includes beta builds for Dragon Age: Origins and Batman: Arkham Asylum, confirming the data appears genuine despite no official Valve response.
- Elan Ruskin, an ex-Valve developer who worked on Half-Life and Episode Two, addressed the "prerelease" builds, stating "every good idea we had went into the final thing we shipped."
- Community members warn further discoveries from the 12 TB data dump are expected over the next few days, while observers cautioned gamers to treat any purported Half-Life 3 "leaks" with skepticism.
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The biggest Steam leak so far went without hacks. About 12 TB old Steam files managed to get out of the Steam2 structure, including not only Valve's own games.
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A total of 12 TB of Steam data in the form of depots has been leaked, including the beta of Portal 2 and various other games. The scale of the leak has not yet been fully developed.
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.
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