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This was one of the megatons, and it now has sound and half it's video put online. Heads are rolling. It was even rumored to be grand finale of the presentation. Oh well. There goes that.

What sound? If you mean that YouTube video, guy just added Demon's Souls music to it.

 

[EL CUCO]

LIST OF TOTES CONTROLLED LEAKS (which all coincidentally happened in the first half of 2014 only after a big leak):

-A person randomly leaks two years of Microsoft lineup and hardware info, including confidential details from third party publishers who would be angry if they knew it was deliberate, some of it turning out somewhat incorrect in the end but clearly things that a MS employee would know about or have seen, including things embarrassing or possibly damaging for the company like proving Phil Spencer lying about Black Tusk's new IP or a possible price dropped XBO model without a disk drive. A day later an outlet reports that Microsoft is seriously angry and will press charges if they find the leaker.

-Rough looking unfinished screens of Assassins' Creed 2K14 are leaked, as well as details about AC: Less Money Edition. Ubisoft officially announces it like a day later.

-Compressed screencaps of some kind of video stream showing Project Beast, and then later clips from that video are produced, 2 weeks before it would have been revealed as a big surprise at E3. Sony people are bummed.

-The trailer for COD2K14 leaks because Destructoid gets it early or something and then they post it.

-Everything about Battlefield 2K14 leaks because Battlelog is easy to mine and then a rough internal video of an alpha including untextured guns and project codenames is leaked. Visceral people are bummed.



All of these are controlled leaks because of reasons. I've probably even missed some.

I have an uncontrollable leak right now.

 

[makingmusic476]

It has sound?

Somebody uploaded the clips to YouTube with the song from the Demon's Souls first trailer + intro cinematic as background music. Some people have confused this with official music from the actual trailer.

 

[LowParry]

Man, you gotta admit if this is a Sony exclusive, they gotta be pissed off about this leak. Holy shit.

 

[Ishida]

Two mortal enemies... working together for a common goal?

Let it be so.

Can you imagine just how powerful we could become?

 

[KnightHart]

Nah, why would Sony be pissed? Look at all the attention it's generating, it's puts the spotlight on them and builds up the hype heading towards E3.

I think more to the point, this might be getting more hype and excitement then anything else from the past few weeks... Especially from Microsoft. E3 hasn't even started yet either!

 

[popyea]

Someone who is in the position to grab a copy of the trailer does not know the official title of the game? Why would they leak the trailer but not the official title? This seems to be past the point of pre-production.

If this was a website leak and they managed to get a file off a server, how would they know it is called "project beast"?

Because the trailer only has the title Project Beast. The Project Beast logo was there in the leaked screencaps. It's not like the real title is there but they don't want to reveal it. The devs probably haven't decided on a final title yet, or intend to reveal it later on. And the title of a game can change at any point before an official reveal, it's got nothing to do with development progress.

 

[EmptySpace]

 

[The Xtortionist]

Just let it loop and let the hype wash over you


It's the most wonderful time of the year.

Spoiler

I've never seen you post in a Souls thread before. Warms my heart

 

[Gorillaz]

1. Someone is getting fired

2. If this was their closer, they better find a way to rebound from this, the wind has just been taken out of their finale sail

 

[gcubed]

GAF, teach me how to watch WebM's on iOS. I don't want to get out of my bed.

go to www.google.com/play -> devices -> Nexus 5 -> purchase

problem solved

 

[xaosslug]

Sony must be pretty pissed off right now

from a conference 'surprise factor' perspective, sure. But from a runaway hype-train standpoint that's self-perpetuating... I don't think so? I mean from now until E3 all gaming media will be covering this, and that's Sony/PS4 having the spotlight to themselves for over a week... tbh, I wouldn't be surprised if this was a staged leak, because Sony knows TLG's re-reveal will overshadow anything/everything else just like before. LOL

 

[Admiral Woofington]

How long before this turns into port begging?

 

[darkvir]

HOLY FAK!

 

[Chakan]

OH MY GOD.

PS4 WINS E3.

 

[Samyy]

When the pics initially leaked a few weeks back, people officially knew of the game's existence, but only a few people (including a mod or two) knew about this game's back around late last year. It was on the leaker highway. There's other things, but I don't want to say anything inaccurate.

Anyway, I heard this was one of the megatons, and I know Shu himself is a huge fan of this franchise. Heads must be spinning if this got leaked. I imagine whoever did this has the rest of the trailer as well.

So it is a Sony co-developed game then?

 

[Sentenza]

And Sony owns the Demon's Souls IP.

That's irrelevant, considering there's no confirmation yet that this will be part of the same IP.

 

[alr1ght]

http://a.pomf.se/osxxth.webm

 

[Papercuts]

I wonder if the rest is gonna end up leaking since whoever is doing this obviously has the video if they're dripfeeding shots and now this.

 

[Kinsei]

Nah, why would Sony be pissed? Look at all the attention it's generating, it's puts the spotlight on them and builds up the hype heading towards E3.

Everyone was already hyped to see it. Honestly this leak lowered my hype for the E3 trailer.

 

[Swhalen]

... Mother of God.

 

[Booshka]

System Seller

Oh my god this looks so good.

Based Miyazaki

Praise the Umbasa.

 

[dmr87]

Slow-mo

 

[StoopKid]

 

[dancmc]

I'm the same way. I find it hard to dedicate significant amounts of time to a single game, but I always end up addicted to Souls games. DO IT.

I don't have a lot of excuses, I just wish that the PS4/Xbox1 were backwards compatible so I don't have to hook up old machines to give it a whirl. No PC

 

[nckillthegrimace]

This must have been the classic "One more thing before we go" announcement, so it'll be interesting to see if Sony owns the leak and moves it elsewhere in the presentation or just ignores what happened.

Also, Umbasa.

 

[hughesta]

oh my god my heart
oh my god my genitals

 

[DMeisterJ]

Cool.

I hope it's not frustratingly unfair like the Souls series.

 

[Dragonborn]

When the pics initially leaked a few weeks back, people officially knew of the game's existence, but only a few people (including a mod or two) knew about this game's back around late last year. It was on the leaker highway. There's other things, but I don't want to say anything inaccurate.

Anyway, I heard this was one of the megatons, and I know Shu himself is a huge fan of this franchise. Heads must be spinning if this got leaked. I imagine whoever did this has the rest of the trailer as well.

So it's possible the next step is leaking the full trailer, maybe sometime next week?

I honestly don't mind, whether it's announced now or at E3 doesn't deter me from getting hyped. It's not like it getting announced at E3 will somehow make it a better game, though I understand why some may be disappointed (especially people who place a lot of importance on E3).

 

[mollipen]

Remember people, the E3 judges weren't impressed, their own words.

I can assure you we didn't see this.

 

[MvmntInGrn]

Do we know how involved Sony Japan studio is with this? How involved were they with Demon's Souls?

I remember an interview with the Director (FromSoft) and Producer (Japan Studio) after Demon's Souls came out. Have to track that down; don't remember much from it.

 

[ponpo]

2. If this was their closer, they better find a way to rebound from this, the wind has just been taken out of their finale sail

I mean people won't be AS excited, but it's not like people will yawn or boo this when they see it live.

Slow-mo

The backstep is the only cool part of this footage and this screen tearing is ruining it. Boo boo.

 

[BlackJace]

Shottys on deck. Fuck yes

 

[BananasWithGuns]

I feel so out of the loop for not caring since I've played no souls game lol

Kinda the same feeling here.

I played and enjoyed Dark Souls, never played Demon's or Dark 2.

I mean, the game looks really good from the little bit that's leaked and I know GAF has a deep rooted love for the Souls series but it's almost like this is being crowned the game of forever and it confuses me very much lol. I just feel like I've missed something.

Regardless, it's nice to see people so excited. This really is the best time of the year.

 

[bigboss370]

best thing from E3 half-leaked before E3, goddamnit.

 

[Stillmatic]

Anyway, I heard this was one of the megatons, and I know Shu himself is a huge fan of this franchise. Heads must be spinning if this got leaked. I imagine whoever did this has the rest of the trailer as well.

Yeah they'd have to have the whole trailer, I'm glad they didn't post the whole thing. All I needed was a taste/confirmation. It seems like that was the leakers intention, let's hope they don't change their mind!

 

[gdt]

Sweet Jesus that looks good. And very Soulsy of course. That's 4 Souls games now .

 

[Funkyhamster]

The setting and vibe seem really awesome. I'm still trying to get into Demon's Souls, but I think I'm ready to jump on this hype train. Any chance it comes out close to Halloween?

 

[EmptySpace]

1. Someone is getting fired

2. If this was their closer, they better find a way to rebound from this, the wind has just been taken out of their finale sail

now people know why some are upset at the leak. needs a way to rebound? come on. we'll now.have people.going "oh i knew it was coming. meh conference no surprises."

 

[Kagari]

How long before this turns into port begging?

It won't.

 

[StuBurns]

I just find it hard to believe that they would release a trailer and announce the game presumably at E3 with just the project name. The other theory I read was along the lines of a controlled leak and that is why the leaker still refers to it under the project name.

I think that is my problem, presuming too much.

There's really no way Sony would have leaked this.

I'm sure they have big stuff at E3, and things that will be very well received, but for the kind of people who watch E3, an exclusive Souls game is about as big of a megaton as possible. This is literally the last thing Sony would possibly leak.

 

[Akahige]

Its happening!

 

[Hazaro]

BTW everything is true.

I wonder if the rest is gonna end up leaking since whoever is doing this obviously has the video if they're dripfeeding shots and now this.

Depends on hype levels. I don't think they want to now, but may go up a day before E3.

Spoiler

There's still the combat to show afterall

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

http://a.pomf.se/osxxth.webm

Goodnight!

 

[LuuKyK]

This was one of the megatons, and it now has sound and half it's video put online. Heads are rolling. It was even rumored to be grand finale of the presentation. Oh well. There goes that.

Welp. That sucks big time for Sony if that really was their biggest surprise. Certainly was something they were holding on to. :/

 

[Geek]

That fold out blade thing is amazing. Weapons that have dual functions sound real promising.

 

[Jigorath]

Sony has real PR winner with this one. Anytime negative news comes out, they can release a 5 second trailer and everyone's attention will be diverted. Very few franchises have this much rep in the hardcore gaming community.

 

[Jobbs]

the character designs and animations... if you saw my penis right now you would not laugh. finally, no one would laugh.

 

[botty]

It won't.

oop

 

[Souless Squirrel]

I just find it hard to believe that they would release a trailer and announce the game presumably at E3 with just the project name. The other theory I read was along the lines of a controlled leak and that is why the leaker still refers to it under the project name.

I think that is my problem, presuming too much.

First Dark souls trailer we saw was called project dark at the end and that was during TGS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8ih-9jjwLc