Massive Valve leak reveals assets from Portal, Half-Life 2 and TF2
The leak of several Valve assets has apparently been holding them back since 2016.
Valve is a notorious secret company when it comes to projects both new and old. While it's not as prolific a developer as it has been in previous years, the company still has quite a few secrets up its sleeve when it comes to unreleased products. Now much of this information has been made public following a massive leak.
As we noticed thanks to PC Gamer, leaker LeakerWanderer recently leaked a lot of files related to a number of Valve games. This included Team Fortress 2, Portal и Half-Life 2. The files included unused character models, maps, and more. TF2 in particular had a staggering 61GB of secret files.
In particular, the files contain a female character dressed in witch clothes, as well as a nude spy model. There are also plenty of textures for weapons and items that have never seen the light of day.
What's really odd is that the leak claims to have been holding on to the files for several years. "I do not care. I also played with it for several years without uploading because I was threatened every time,” he said. “I have no legal connection to these files. No more,” he continued. The source goes on to add that he has had these files since 2016.
It's unclear if Valve ever planned to do anything with the content that was leaked for its games, and the company has yet to comment on the matter. The last game developed by Valve was Opening Desk Jobs, which was launched last year along with Steam deck. Prior to this, the studio returned to the Half-Life franchise with Half-Life: Alyx.