Game Freak — the primary developer of the Pokémon games — suffered a massive data breach. Pokémon creator, Nintendo, confirmed this leak on Sunday, which involved not only a massive amount of personal information, but supposed unused concept art and lore stories involving the franchise.

Game Freak Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Satoshi Tajiri, hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) has discovered that the personal information of our employees and others was leaked in connection with unauthorized access to our server by a third party in August 2024.

The Pokémon developer has apologized for an employee data breach, but news reports indicate that IP on old and upcoming games has been stolen, too.

This weekend, reports of an alleged hack on Game Freak, the studio behind Pokémon, surfaced. Social media and various forums were flooded with leaked information about the past and future of the franchise.

Game Freak, the company that develops Pokémon games, has suffered a major leak. Private information on workers and projects went public.

A Nintendo Switch 2 console could have been, or could still be, planned to release later in 2024 according to a huge data hack that happened at Pokemon developer Game Freak.Details about the console,