Historien her handler ikke så meget om, at et nyt spil blev afsløret, men at en fyr åbenbart gik direkte ind i Digital Extremes' studie, hvor han både spiste deres tilsyneladende lækre mad og hørte om et hidtil ukendt spil. 

Digital Extremes er kendt for spil som Epic og Extreme Pinball fra 90'erne, Unreal og Unreal Tournament-serien samt BioShock 1 og 2, og senest det gratis Warframe, der er et ret så underholdende bekendtskab. Men hvor de er enormt gode til at lege med spiludvikling, er de måske ikke så skarpe på deres security. Via en nu fjernet tråd på reddit (fanget af Kotaku), fortalte den nysgerrige sjæl, at han havde spenderet en hel dag hos udvikleren. Uden at nogen opdagede ham!


Free to play sci fi co-op shooter Warframe. Billede: Digital Extremes.

Han havde længe undret sig over, hvor udviklerstudiet rent faktisk befandt sig henne i hans by London (som i staten Ontario i Canada), og pludselig en dag, fandt han dem ved at genkende en statue, som man åbenbart kan se fra udviklerens vindue, når de sender deres udvikler-videoer ud til os alle via youtube. 

 A bit of a back-story: I have been following DE for years now, I knew they were in London, Ontario, Canada but I didnt know where. They have been hiding from us for years, no explanation to as where. I found them. On the corner of [REDACTED] is their office in [REDACTED]. How did I find it? Well if you go high enough there is a Tenno statue! You can clearly see it and where they used to do dev streams from the window.

Alle døre åbnes med fingeraftryks-scannere. Men han fulgte blot med en ansat ind, og der blev ikke stillet ét eneste spørgsmål. Derefter forsøgte han bare at blende ind resten af dagen.

The doors are all opened by fingerprints, pretty cool haha. But I just followed some tattooed dude into the door after he unlocked it. He didnt even ask me any questions. I had my Doctor Who shirt on and I tried my best to blend in.

Derefter gik han bare rundt på må og få, satte sig rundt omkring, og da det blev middagstid, tog han for sig i buffetten. Og det var også her, at han hørte om det hidtil uannoncerede spil.

No one asked me if I worked there, I just sat in the chairs and moved around every now and then. at 12:01pm the lunch lady says that food is ready over the overcom and I join up the line. Theres a bunch of plates stacked and then you just grab the food buffet style. I sat down and enjoyed my free lunch and started talking to some people. They told me they were working on a new game called Keystone. They said it was a FPS with cards (like magic the gathering style perhaps) but didnt explain that much about it. The QA room has funko figures and stuffed animals everywhere. There were also a lot of ps4 and xbox one sitting around unattended.

Der var ingen vagter og ingen spørgsmål om, hvem han var. Så måske er det sandt, at canadiere bare er flinke og måske lidt godtroende? Eller også tænker de slet ikke over, at folk kunne finde på at snige sig ind?

There were no security guards and no one asked me who I was. They just assumed I belonged there and told me about their secret game. at 6pm people started leaving so I just followed them out and the one guy said “See you tomorrow” so I agreed.

TL;DR: DE has shitty security and delicious food. Also Keystone.

Digital Extremes har bedt reddit om at fjerne tråden, selvom der ikke var meget indhold om deres spil. Navnet er Keystone og det er et FPS med kort. Mere kom der ikke frem. Og Digital Extremes community manager tog da også det hele med en forholdsvis afslappet i hendes udmelding:

A recent claim from a fan circulating the web alleges he or she spent the day with us incognito. Well, Canadians are known for being welcoming and polite!

We employ over two hundred passionate gamers committed to delivering kickass games like Warframe and Sword Coast Legends and while we’re flattered someone would want to spend the day with all of us, please respect our privacy and know that, like any business would, we completely discourage any and all unlawful attempts to enter our Relay.

We love our Tenno, but let’s be respectful and law-abiding. Trespassing is never OK.

- Digital Extremes community manager Rebecca Ford.