Far Cry 2, Splinter Cell 5 And More Ubisoft Assets Leaked

If you thought Ubi's recently announced Q4 2006 line-up was looking good, you ain't seen nothing yet! Though you probably will, considering how "leaks" always tend to spread all over the place. And not just any kind of leak, but a confidential 2 GB archive full of pictures and trailers from upcoming Ubisoft games - including unannounced titles!

Far Cry 2, Far Cry PSP, Far Cry Wii (freshly announced as Vengeance), Lost, Splinter Cell 5, Star Wars PSP, Assassin's Creed, the next Prince of Persia - all these games (and many others) were found depicted in a 2 GB archive, which was somehow misplaced on Ubisoft's public FTP for a short while. However not short enough, it seems, as some people managed to get it down and began sharing all those beauties: screenshots, artworks, and even tech demo videos for some of the games listed below - some of which have not been officially confirmed yet.

- Assassin's Creed

- Far Cry 2

- Far Cry PSP

- Far Cry Wii

- Lost

- Naruto

- Open Season

- Prince of Persia

- Rainbow Six: Vegas

- Rocky PSP

- Splinter Cell 4

- Splinter Cell 5

- Surf's Up

- Star Wars PSP

- Shaun White (snowboarding game)

- TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

- TMNT GBA

There's even a full listing of the archive's contents (just a file list, not the actual files) posted on the NeoGAF forums, which also includes a directory called "FCry2_psdShader_Demo_Movies"... I'd sure like to see those. Too bad there's no mention of Beyond Good & Evil 2, though.

With a bit of scooping around, you can still find some of the pictures and trailers from the pack. And I wouldn't be surprised if the pack itself would be flying all around the Internet this weekend. But for now, here's what Ubisoft has to say about their own mistake:

"We are clearly displeased that confidential information from Ubisoft has been distributed on the internet. The publication of this type of information can only be harmful to the game development process and we will take all steps necessary to prevent this from happening in the future. We are still investigating the events that lead to this information leak and at this time have no further comment."

Well we do have further comments. But the fact is it's getting really late around here and, anyway, I'm preeetty sure we'll be hearing more about this in days to come.

(N.B. Archive text, links removed)