A new Epic Games store monitoring platform, EpicDB appears to have unwittingly leaked dozens of unannounced and unreleased titles on its website.
The third-party Epic Games database and price monitoring website launched on Monday, June 11, but today was noticed to be listing several unreleased titles, some still listed under code names, including Final Fantasy XVI’s PC port, a new Turok game, the FFIX Remake, and more.
First noticed by members of the resetera and Famiboards forums, users quickly mined through the files and details of the listed developers to discover several unannounced titles.
Did EpicDB just leak the Final Fantasy IX Remake? Credit: Square Enix
The two most eye-catching leaks appear to be the Final Fantasy XVI PC Port and Final Fantasy IX Remake. These were spotted under the project codenames “Skobeloff” and “Momo.” While these names may seem meaningless on first glance, searching through Skobeloff’s directory revealed files titled Final Fantasy XVI.
Similarly, the Momo project directory listed multiple items including a “Tetra Master Starter Pack” and pre-order bonus set “Thief’s Knives.” These are heavily suspected to be pre-order bonuses for the Final Fantasy IX Remake.
Square Enix titles listed on EpicDB. Credit: EpicDB
Another leak, listed under the developer Saber Interactive, was a Turok game. The dinosaur shoot-em-up series has been in limbo since its last release in 2008. This new title doesn’t appear to be linked to the Turok Trilogy Bundle from last year. Instead, it appears to be a new game in the franchise.
A new leaked Turok game? Credit: EpicDB
EpicDB appears to use a system similar to SteamDB that scrapes the Epic Games store for details, and compiles all the listings in a database. It’s unclear if EpicDB uses a publicly available Epic Games API for its DB. What is clear is that EpicDB is able to list private products, and those not shown on the public store page.
Games are listed via their owner or creator, and is how users were able to spot the unannounced titles from Square Enix, Sony, Bethesda, and more.
Fake listings have begun to appear on Epic Games store. Credit: EpicDB
However, anyone can make a listing on Epic Games, which has already given rise to imposters creating fake game listings. This includes product listings for Minecraft Legacy versions, Halo Infinite, GTA V and other titles.
Even so, we expect that Epic Games staff and the creators of EpicDB are going to wake up to some concerned emails about these apparent leaks.
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