The Halo franchise development director has spoken out about leaks in the gaming industry, disputing claims that anything good comes of them.

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343 Industries' Frank O'Connor took to NeoGAF to suggest that leaks cause a wealth of problems for developers working hard on projects and more often than not lead to players being disillusioned rather than enlightened."Breaking embargos is not prophesy," he wrote. "Nor does it require any particular skill or insight. Ultimately he is taking or being given information and leaking it, illegally and often erroneously. And he isn't doing it for some noble or worthy reason. He's doing it for attention."People, including nice people with kids and families and stuff, work super hard on this stuff and wake up in the morning to find some of their effort blown up. It's not fun, and for what? So you can have a mildly interesting surprise 8 hours early and lacking context? Or get hyped or disappointed disproportionately? Or get someone fired or someone innocent yelled at?"Ok. But it isn't prophecy, nor ultimately even important. It's annoying."Though it was officially announced last week , and has since received concept art , mutterings about Halo 5 have been around far longer. Another NeoGAF post back in January suggested Halo 2 Anniversary would be coming later this year, with Halo 5 following next year, along with a wealth of other game and release date claims.Seeing as many of these now seem to be coming true, especially with the rumours about the Master Chief Collection , it's understandable that O'Connor feels frustrated. Information presented without the appropriate context can turn what should be an exciting reveal into a confusing one and, ultimately, that's of benefit to no one.

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