Leak of Internal Valve Data
A massive cache of internal Valve data from 2003 to 2013 has leaked online, including beta builds of classic games like Portal 2. Data miners are currently analyzing the 12 terabytes of information for historical gaming artifacts.
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The leak purportedly includes files that date between 2003 and 2013.
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(Image credit: Valve) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter A massive cache of internal builds from Valve has reportedly leaked online, including beta builds of several classic Valve titles and possible weapons from Half-Life 2 's cancelled third episode.
The leak, which began circulating on Saturday and comes from an unknown source, includes 12 terabytes of data currently being sifted through by data miners. The files are dated from a ten-year period between 2003 and 2013, and include builds and assets of many Valve projects across that timespan.
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