Our eyes were all glued to the screen as Geoff Keighley pumped out announcements and teased a big surprise at Summer Game Fest. The end of the show unveiled a new trailer and release date for Elden Ring, which is all people can talk about on Twitter. Meanwhile, CD Projekt Red quietly posted an update about the severity of the hack from earlier this year, which looks to be more severe than previously thought.

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? CD PROJEKT RED (@CDPROJEKTRED) June 10, 2021

The update from CDPR reveals they’ve learned that information from the February security breach which stole the source code for Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3, among other things, is currently circulating on the internet, and once something’s circulating on the internet, it’s difficult, if not impossible, to put the genie back in the bottle. CD Projekt Red can’t yet verify the exact contents of the data being circulated, but they believe it contains “current/former employee and contractor details in addition to data related to our games.” They also say that they can’t confirm if the data has been tampered with since it was acquired illegally.
The company is taking the appropriate legal action, working with police, Interpol, and more to locate the perpetrators responsible. They’ve also committed to pursuing legal action against those who share the data in question, regardless of its veracity, i...