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Report - Gears of War 3 build stored on unsecured server

Reports suggest a preview build of Gears of War 3 may have been hosted on an unsecured server, possibly leading to its leak to torrent sites.

According to Kotaku, a Gears of War 3 build hosted by Codify was not password protected, and was accessible via search engine.

The unsecured file was noticed by a French developer, although it has since been removed.

It's not uncommon for external companies to host preview build files for media access, as with the similarly-leaked Deus Ex: Human Revolution build. Although the previews are only playable on debug consoles, they're usually better protected than Gears of War 3 was, apparently.

Microsoft is investigating the leak , which may be unrelated to this incident.

Gears of War 3 is due exclusively on Xbox 360 in September.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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