Discord seems to be housing many users who tend to access unreleased content illegally and leak them. Nintendo is urging the messaging app to reveal the identity of the person behind the leak of the art book.
Nintendo's Manhunt
The incident happened in February when a Discord user who goes by Julien#2743 leaked over 200 pages of the art book from the upcoming Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Nintendo is adamant about learning the identity of the user.
In fact, the video game company has already filed a DMCA subpoena with Discord to accomplish this. Prior to the subpoena, Nintendo filed a takedown request and the messaging app responded in just eight minutes, according to PCGamer.
Discord promised to take down the art book leak, which was followed by another request from Nintendo to take down a related channel called "Tears of the Kingdom Official Discord Server" due to it continuing to share the content of the art book.
Although the leak of the content has already been contained, Nintendo continued to learn the identity of the leaker. The subpoena demands the user's name, address, telephone number, and email address.
According to reports, this will be used for the purposes of protecting the rights granted to Nintendo of America under the Copyright Act. It was also said that Discord will likely comply with that as well, which means trouble for the user.
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Game-Related Leaks
Game leaks are not uncommon. Some are eager to get a peak at upcoming titles and some of the more tech-savvy gamers attempt to get their hands on unreleased content all the time. While some game companies are successful at keeping them under wraps, others aren't.
Nintendo's manhunt for the person behind the art book leak is just another example and a high-profile one since that the game company decided to make it a legal matter. Just this February, Assassin's Creed Mirage also suffered a leak.
The leak shows concept art for the game that follows Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Although it's not entirely a bad thing for Ubisoft, given that the leak had given Assassin's Creed fans something to look forward to.
Many of the players of the games through the years were glad that the game was going back to its previous style, which was more focused on stealth and action. As mentioned in GameRant, the last time Ubisoft released something like that was with Assassin's Creed Syndicate.
The leak was part of a book called "The Making of Assassin's Creed: 15th Anniversary Ultimate Edition" from Dark Horse Direct. The leak shows two assassins making their way through the streets of Baghdad, which bear similarities to the old games.
Unlike Nintendo, it's quite possible that this leak was intentional, which is meant to rile up the fans of the franchise and tease that Assassin's Creed is returning to its roots. Some have pointed out that they have strayed from the essence of the game with Odyssey and Valhalla.
