One of the busiest video game summers ever is upon us, and the next one to launch isRedfall. Eager to prevent leaks from making it out into the world with only a few hours to go until launch,Bethesdais being extra vigilant, issuing takedown and copyright strikes wherever unapproved Redfall images and footage might pop up. Perhaps a little too vigilant actually, as the studio managed to copyright strike itself.Tears of the Kingdomhas proved that eventhe most water-tight of video game ships at Nintendo is prone to leaks, so it only makes sense that Bethesda is doing whatever possible to make sure nothing makes it out a little too early. While the copyright strike against itself appears to have been quickly reversed, a couple of Redfall followers noticed that the banner image of the game’s official Twitter account was briefly taken down.RELATED:Redfall Has All The Cards Stacked Against It Ahead Of LaunchBothGamePittandPMS Jordanshared screenshots of the evidence, which showed Redfall’s Twitter account with the banner image removed. Not just removed, which has been happening for no reason to a lot of people since Twitter started to crumble beneath our virtual feet, but replaced with a grey rectangle. On it, a message reads “The image has been removed in response to a report from the copyright holder”.
Bethesda likely hit up whoever was responsible, thanked them for their diligence, and then pointed out that any images used and posted by Redfall’s official Twitter account are fair game. An amusing hiccup, but honestly, an understandable one. Twitter is hardly an authority on who and what can or cannot be trusted anymore. Just last week, someone definitely not under the employ ofDisneymanaged to get a golden checkmark on their very fake Disney Junior account.
Launching a week afterJedi: Survivorand a week before Tears of the Kingdom, the last thing Redfall needs is someone leaking anything from the game that might result in someone planning to play skipping it to stick withStar Warsor save more time forZelda. Not only does it have a very small and crowded window in which to operate, but Redfall’s build-up to launch has also been plagued with backlash. Gamers have taken issue withits always-online requirement,the inclusion of Denuvo DRM, and anFPS cap on consoles.
