Bandai Namco’s reported ransomware assault allegedly finally ends up leaking titles for fiscal yr 2023, together with DLC for Elden Ring.
Bandai Namco Leisure has reportedly been hit with a ransomware assault by a gaggle referred to as ALPHV. This implies tons of necessary info may now be within the fingers of those hackers, however Bandai Namco has not confirmed nor denied these claims. It sounds very very like what occurred to Capcom a number of years in the past, which in video games like Dragon’s Dogma 2 leaking on-line method forward of the reveal. Amongst these leaks is appears the title for an upcoming Elden Ring DLC.
It needs to be famous that Capcom hack took a number of days for the data to look on-line, however now evidently Bandai Namco’s plans for Fiscal 12 months 2023 have been let unfastened early. Presumably there’s extra that may very well be leaked if Bandai doesn’t come to an settlement with ALPHV, or it is attainable that the next info is totally pretend, seizing the potential hack as an opportunity to leak some pretend video games, together with potential DLC for Elden Ring.
Whereas this needs to be taken with a grain of salt, a picture of Bandai Namco’s plans for FY2023 embrace the next
- Q1 FY2023
- Armored Core
- Dragon Ball The Breakers
- Q2 FY 2023
- Little Nightmares 3
- Dragon Ball FighterZ Tremendous
- Digimon Story Cybersleuth 2
- Q3 FY 2023
- Elden Ring: Barbarians of the Badlands
- Tales of Ascension
- Tekken 8
- This autumn FY2023
- Code Vein 2
- One Punch Man Fighters Affiliation
- Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3
It is exhausting to say for positive how a lot legitimacy this listing has, however it’ll maybe develop into extra clear within the coming days. Elden Ring DLC in Q3 FY2023 is on the longer finish of FromSoftware’s DLC strategy, however it could match given the dimensions of the brand new title. It might additionally appear tie to the Badlands that Godfrey and the Tarnished ventured to when exiled from the Lands Between, and it may discover his and Nepheli’s background, occasions occurring outdoors the Lands Between, and much more. Or maybe these barbarians come to the Lands Between following Godfrey’s defeat and search vengeance. There’s tons of potentialities, however solely time will inform.
Total, this listing is attention-grabbing, as nothing is inevitably unattainable, however some issues really feel unlikely. For instance, FromSoftware has a recreation within the last levels of growth, believed to be Armored Core, however a Q1 FY2023 launch would appear a bit early—not impossibly early however curiously early. A few of these video games are at present unannounced, like Tales of Ascension and Code Vein 2whereas a few of these have been reported in different rumors and leaks, like Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3.
Elden Ring is obtainable now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Collection X.
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