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\nYouTuber John Allen, who accidentally outed himself as being behind a video games industry “insider” Twitter account<\/a>, has issued an apology video in which he admits being motivated by “clout” and “the buzz”.\n<\/p>\n

\nAllen gained brief internet fame by leaking details of Ubisoft’s various Assassin’s Creed announcements – details which he had been given by Ubisoft itself to prepare content while under embargo.\n<\/p>\n

\nBut his identity as “TheRealInsider” was exposed over the weekend, when Allen replied to a tweet from a fan from his main account instead. Allen then swiftly deleted the tweet, the insider account, and subsequently issued a brief Twitter statement saying sorry.\n<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – eurogamer.net<\/p>\n

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