[0xThiebaut]

I must be missing something but I don’t see any mention that the Battlefield 2042 source code got leaked, nor in this article nor from any other credible sources. There is a difference between the game engine and the game itself.

[novium]

Yeah, the source for the BBC article (VICE[0]) also just mentions that it included the source for Frostbite, not the entire game.

Edit: [0] is also a much better source than BBC in this case.

[0] https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx5xpx/hackers-steal-data-el...

[slezyr]

The title is incorrect in many ways. The source code is stolen, not leaked. Source codes of Frostbite + FIFA were stoles, not other titles.

[bserge]

FIFA? That could be 10 year old source code, who can tell the difference?

[amarant]

You look for references to new players. Can't find any? It's an older FIFA then.

[Wowfunhappy]

Unless... wouldn't it be funny if new FIFA releases were auto-generated from a config file? The developer would only need to update the roster and provide paths to new art assets. Boom, new retail game.

It almost seems possible...

[nkozyra]

Would you expect those assets to be included in source code, though? Roosters are generally fully customizable and EA games vary little year to year, I wouldn't expect players to ever show up in source.

[fullstop]

> Roosters

I know that joking is not appreciated on HN, but the mental image here is absolutely fantastic. I'm giving my rooster a gigantic beak and three legs.

[rchaud]

Rooster Ultimate Team, or RUT.

An apt description of the franchise since FIFA 2013.

[gmueckl]

That depends on how data driven player appearance, animations and behaviors are. I would start with the AI code and see if there are any player specific exceptions (that is, hacks) in there to match a certain play style.