Bungie: Reach leak won't spoil game

By Tom Bramwell Published 26 August, 2010

Creative director cites replay value.

Bungie's Marcus Lehto has said that Halo: Reach will still be great fun for people despite the fact the game leaked earlier this week.

"It's unfortunate that that stuff gets out there, but even if they did see some of it, experiencing it first hand, playing the campaign all the way through is always tremendously satisfying," Lehto told G4.

"Even if you go back and play it again for a second or third time, there's always so much more that you experience that you didn't get on the first playthrough. It's always fun."

Earlier this week Reach, which isn't due out until 14th September, was leaked onto torrent sites and newsgroups.

Microsoft responded by saying that anyone playing "any unauthorised title" was likely to have their account and console banned from Xbox Live. "We have ways of knowing."

Check out our most recent Halo: Reach hands-on for a legitimate glimpse of the game, and look out for a review around the time of release.

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Comments (18) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • bad09 #1 2 years ago

    Why keep on about it advertising the fact it's out there to people?

    I can't help but wonder if the obsession with piracy this industry has actually encourages it, surely it's better to stop telling people that a free copy of an unreleased game is out there. Sure the pirates already know but telling everyone else constantly seems silly to me.

  • abot #2 2 years ago

    This incident reminds me of when the source code for Half Life 2 was leaked.


  • erp #3 2 years ago

    Have there been any "unofficial", unembargoed reviews of the game?

    PS. I think bad09 has quite a good point.

  • erp #4 2 years ago

    abot, I don't think this is anywhere near as serious. Valve were hacked in that case. Halo, I'm presuming, was just leaked by someone with slippy fingers - the same as what happens with a large percentage of all games. They're two quite different things.

  • mcmonkeyplc #5 2 years ago

    Keep it up EG, only another 19 more days to go. You can make 19 more stories easily. Just start interviewing us forum goers if you get desperate :)

  • SilverInfinity #6 2 years ago

    Someone has already leaked the ending onto to youtube :(

    I haven't watched it though ... don't want to spoil any part of the game!
    Edited by SilverInfinity at 26/08/10 @ 10:01

  • schnide #7 2 years ago

    That's a brilliant method of damage limitation he's got there..

    "Er, don't worry if playing it once spoils it - just play it again!"

  • CaptainQuint #8 2 years ago

    He's got a point though - I reckon I'll play through this about 900 times. Especially when one takes in the consideration the awesomeness that is Campaign Matchmaking.

  • SlackMaster #9 2 years ago

    This time around I have not really followed any of the coverage for Halo Reach... I'm hoping that if I don't follow the hype I won't be dissappointed this time. I'm sure it'll be a good game but hopefully it'll be great.

  • chrisjm #10 2 years ago

    well they cant play online, and thats the best bit :-)

  • lordofthedunce #11 2 years ago

    Knowing the game has been leaked changes nothing for me.

    I'll be enjoying this on release day with all the other (semi) normal people and taking part in something awesome.

  • sfp_noodle #12 2 years ago

    Try explaining that to the guys who saw act 4 of MGS4 before playing it! Didn't feel anywhere near as special

  • lordofthedunce #13 2 years ago

    Yeah, I mean I won't be going to find out what happens even though I know I could.

    I want the surprises first-hand, not watching a video on the web. I guess the anticipation is too much for some people.

  • coolbritannia #14 2 years ago

    Spoiler: they all die. None of noble team survived or they'd be in the books. Assuming they're not completely ignoring the books, obviously.

  • ISmoke #15 2 years ago

    CoolBrit, have you always been a cunt?

  • Bander #16 2 years ago

    Isn't it a bit like going up to someone who hasn't seen Star Wars Eps. III and saying "OMG, Anakin is Vader and almost all the Jedi got killed!"?

  • CatWeazle #17 2 years ago

    @Bander: Wow, makes me feel old to think that some people watched I,II & III before IV,V & VI!! :-)

  • coolbritannia #18 2 years ago

    Bander, ISmoke, if you didn't know Master Chief is the last Spartan (not counting Halseys lot trapped in a bubble somewhere) then you're not a true Halo fan. In which case, you don't really care and you just want to be a keyboard warrior and call me a cunt.