Medierne i spilbranchen bringer en gang imellem store nyheder baseret på lækkede informationer fra studier rundt omkring i verden, men konsekvenserne for at bringe disse historier sådan her kan være ganske alvorlige - dette har nyhedsorganisationen TrustedReviews nu mærket, efter de lækkede et dokument omkring Red Dead Redemption 2.
Hjemmesiden valgte nemlig at bringe en rapport tilbage i februar, der blandt andet fortalte om en potentiel battle royale-del i Red Dead Online. Angiveligvis har dette bragt siden i vanskeligheder, og nu er det blevet bestemt af Rockstar, at de skal donere over 10 millioner danske kroner til velgørenhed. TrustedReviews har skrevet følgende:
"On February 6, 2018, we published an article that was sourced from a confidential corporate document. We should have known this information was confidential and should not have published it. We unreservedly apologise to Take-Two Games and we have undertaken not to repeat such actions again. We have also agreed to donate over £1 million to charities chosen by Take-Two Games."
Ja, du læste rigtigt. Take-Two og Rockstar sagsøgte mediet kort efter lækagen, og har derefter fået siden til at donere penge til velgørenhed. Take-Two har udgivet en officiel meddelelse til Gamereactor, der lyder således:
"Take-Two takes security seriously and will take legal action against people or publications who leak confidential information.
Because this situation involved information about Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar Games has decided to directed the settlement funds to these three great charities: the American Indian College Fund, the American Prairie Reserve, and the First Nations Development Institute."