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.

Game Freak, the primary developer of Pokémon games, has suffered a serious data breach. Employees’ personal details have been published online, as well as a huge trove of documentation on Pokémon, including source code for complete builds of past games.

POKEMON developer Game Freak has confirmed it was hacked, resulting in the leaked details of 2500 employees. The breach, which occurred in August, has allegedly been linked to codenames for 10th