The games industry has had its fair share of cyberattacks in the past decade and one of the main targets for hackers has always been source code. This post will cover all the major leaks that we are aware of for companies related to the games industry. Specifically focussing on programming related source code rather than assets or design documents, but many contain both types of content.
This post covers leaks related to entire companies, if you are looking for leaks for a specific game then check out our page on retail source code leaks:
On March 1st 2022 the source code to Nvidia DLSS 2.2 was leaked online.
There have been so many leaks from Nintendo that we have our own dedicated page just for them here:
On 1st November 2020 CAPCOM was targeted by known hacker group RagnarLeaks and some source code and private data were leaked to the dark web.
We have a separate page covering the content of this leak:
Not covered in that post was source code related to an unreleased Resident Evil game which was not retro enough to be covered on this site.
Microsoft has been the target of multiple hacks over the years, from the theft of the original Xbox firmware source code to the more recent release of the Windows XP source code.
In September 2020 the source code for Microsoft’s Windows XP Operating System was leaked online. We will have a post covering this in the future.
Although it didn’t contain any programming files, the studio “accidentally” released a folder of internal development tools and game scripts in the retail release of GTA Trilogy for the Nintendo Switch.
The Switch version is the Holy Grail for people, who likes behind the scenes. They leaked almost everything for the original trilogy. It includes:
— Vadim M. (@NationalPepper) November 12, 2021
Script sources...
Text sources...
Internal tools...
Some other weird files... pic.twitter.com/FjvONzbeNh
Introduction In 2020 and 2021 numerous secret files have been leaked from Nintendo thanks to Zammis Clark. Included in these files were source code for a variety of Wii internal... ...
In early May 2020 a leak of Nintendo Source Code hit the popular image board 4chan. The material contained in this leak was obtained by a young hacker known as... ...
On 1st November 2020 CAPCOM was targeted by known hacker group RagnarLeaks and some source code and private data was leaked to the dark web. This post will only cover... ...
As part of the Platinum Leak on the 9th of September 2020 a ton of DsiWare titles were leaked, including debug versions of games like Legend of Zelda Four Swords... ...
The Emerald leak occurred on the 2nd of September 2020 and included about 700MB of content related to the Wii and gamecube. So this would not quite qualify as a... ...
As part of the July 2020 Giga leak, the source code for the Super Nintendo game F-Zero was leaked, this post covers all the files related to F-Zero with a... ...
On the 24th of July 2020, the mother-load (2GB) was uploaded to a thread on 4chan and was dubbed the Gigaleak. This is a continuation of the leaks that were... ...
On the 25th of July 2020, the day after the Gigaleak, its sequel Gigaleak 2 was uploaded to a thread on 4chan. This is a continuation of the leaks that... ...
Introduction In 2020 and 2021 numerous secret files have been leaked from Nintendo thanks to Zammis Clark. Included in these files were the Corporate Emails inbox of an employee called... ...
The Ninja leak occurred on the 22nd December 2020 and is named after the contents containing information that prove the long-standing Nintendo “Ninja” myth. Including stalking and intimidation of a... ...
Nintendo has has many data leaks in the past, but none as huge as the original Oman Archive of the late 90s or the Gigaleaks of 2020. This post is... ...
Since Nintendo controls manufacturing of all official games they have a process called Lot Check that ensures the games quality before manufacturing. Every game ever officially released for their platform... ...
The Oman Archive was a leak of Nintendo Technical documents from a source inside SGI in late 1999. It was uploaded to the internet under the name oman.rar but has... ...
On the 11th April 2020 the source code to the original generation of Pokemon games was released to 4chan as osrc.zip. This zip archive contained a password protected zip file... ...
The Paladin leak occurred on the 30th of September 2020 and included about 2.4GB of content related to the Nintendo IRIS and Pokemon spinoffs. This was the third Nintendo leak... ...
The Platinum leak occurred on the 9th of September 2020 and included gigabytes of content, hence why some call it GigaLeak 3. {% include link-to-other-post.html post=”/gigaleak” description=”For more information on... ...
Introduction On the 21st August 2021 the full source code to the classic GTA clone staring The Simpsons was released online. This included both the C++ source code plus the... ...
On the 20th July 2021 the Nintendo Leaks (aka Gigaleaks) continued after a long hiatus. One of the files uploaded by the leakers was datasheet.7z. The archive contains low level... ...
On the 20th July 2021 the Nintendo Leaks (aka Gigaleaks) continued after a long hiatus, the content was obtained by Zammis Clark and then leaked online by anonymous individuals. Files... ...
In the Nintendo leak on 20th July 2021 an archive called DIAG4RVL.7z was released to the internet, this archive contains a CVS repository containing 3 different software development kits for... ...
The Zelda Links Awakening source code was released in the original Gigaleak inside dmg.7z which was inside Other.7z. DMG - Contains the main Assembly source code その他 - Translates to... ...
Introduction In 2020 and 2021 numerous secret files have been leaked from Nintendo thanks to Zammis Clark. Included in these files were documentation and source code for an unreleased console... ...
