Source code for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Team Fortress 2 has leaked, and fans of both video games worry about the capacity for unfaithful, malware, and other undesirable exploits.
Valve, the video games’ developer and publisher, verified in an email to WIRED on Wednesday that the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive leakage is legitimate and consists of code from a 2017 develop of the video game. WIRED has also found out that the Group Fortress 2 code is from a circa 2011 build and was included within the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive code. While a representative for Valve informed WIRED that they have actually not discovered “any reason for players to be alarmed or avoid the existing builds,” they are continuing to examine the situation. The company also posted a statement to its Twitter account.
Shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is among the most popular videogames around, with over 1 million people visiting every day to play, and it boasts an extremely popular esports scene. Shooter Team Fortress 2 has subsided in popularity considering that its commonly lauded 2007 release, but it still sees tens of thousands of players daily. Players fear that today’s leak might threaten the competitive environments of these video games; cheat-makers and malware designers depend on games’ source code to identify exploits and