Monday, May 16, 2011

New Phyrexia Leak (Follow-Up)

As reported three weeks ago ("Mishaps in Other Games", the so-called "godbook" (containing pictures for all cards) for next Magic: the Gathering expansion "New Phyrexia" was leaked before the actual release date on May 13th, 2011.

There are now two articles/posts out there dealing with this event and its consequences. One of the most important MtG websites, ChannelFireball, reported how the leak of the "godbook" came to happen ("Legacy Weapon – A Troubling Leakage") and Wizards of the Coast reported how the reaction and punishment for the perpetrators look like ("New Phyrexia Leaks").

Interesting reads both of them ..

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bah, they all should calm down. Jesus.

aaron_clark said...

I disagree - it was rightfully a big deal. If you produce intellectual property as a business, leaks like this have real financial consequences.

Should VTES playtesters have felt free to ignore their NDAs?

The link to the first article is broken, by the way.