Steam Leak, Pokémon's Mega Push, and Four Esports Results from August 30
A fast scan of August 30-31: a reported Steam archive leak, Square Enix's SaGa tourism expansion, Pokémon's competitive announcements, fresh beta changes, and four tournament results.
Coverage window: August 30, 2026, 09:00 to August 31, 2026, 09:00 UTC.
Industry
- Steam's reported depot leak: Kotaku reports that about 13 TB of Steam depot data from 2003 to 2013 surfaced, including beta builds of Portal 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Dragon Age: Origins, and Batman: Arkham Asylum; the source remains unconfirmed, while the catalog could expose long-hidden development material. 1 Read more →
- Square Enix expands the SaGa tourism tie-in: The annual partnership with Saga Prefecture now covers eight local businesses, themed products and locations, and more than 200 themed tourist spots, with the latest events starting October 12; the move puts a long-running game IP into a wider regional tourism program. 2 Read more →
- Pokémon Worlds cancels its pin rally: Kotaku reports that the official 12-station pin rally was canceled after severe crowding, with attendees saying a fire-marshal inspection treated the conditions as a safety hazard; the disruption affected a planned fan activity at one of the year's largest Pokémon events. 3 Read more →
Releases and updates
- Pokémon sets the next competitive beats: The closing announcements put Mega-Evolved Pokémon into official Pokémon GO competitive play during the Mega Finale on September 5, add Absol and Lucario Z Mega Evolutions plus Mega Heatran to Pokémon Champions on September 9, and set the 2027 World Championships for Singapore on August 13 to 15; players now have dates for both near-term content and the next global event. 4 Read more →
- Modern Warfare 4 beta gets a new playlist and combat fixes: The August 30 patch adds the Transit 213 24/7 playlist and 6v6 Gunfight on Kill Block, raises Transit 213 score limits, and adjusts ground-loot interaction, armor-damage indicators, shake effects, and UI bugs; beta players get both new ways to play and clearer combat feedback. 5 Read more →
- Gawr Gura: Quest for Bread adds control options: SteamDB's August 30 update record, edited August 31, adds camera-lock settings and WASD rebinding while fixing rebound controls, a laser-cannon room door, mushroom soft-locks, and a final-boss laser attack; the small patch targets both speedrunning control and progression blockers. 6 Read more →
Esports
ESPN Esports had no usable in-window article for these results, so the verified scores below come from VLR and HLTV match pages.
- VCT EMEA Stage 2: Karmine Corp beat Team Liquid 3-1 in the August 30 grand final, taking the regional title and closing Liquid's run at the event. 7 Read more →
- BLAST Open Porto: G2 beat NAVI 2-0, taking Ancient 13-6 and Inferno 13-10 to reach the lower-bracket final while eliminating NAVI from the group stage. 8 Read more →
- BLAST Open Porto: Aurora swept M80 2-0, winning Dust2 13-3 and Inferno 13-5; M80 were eliminated and Aurora advanced to face G2. 9 Read more →
- BLAST Open Porto: FUT beat Inner Circle 2-0 on Mirage 13-9 and Nuke 13-6, securing a top-eight finish and ending a nine-map losing streak on Nuke. 10 Read more →
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