Allen recently gathered some online clout around the fact he had posted, under the alias The Real Insider, details of the various Assassin’s Creed games Ubisoft was set to announce during its event last week. How did Allen know these details? He had been pre-briefed by Ubisoft itself on the contents of its presentation under embargo - which he then promptly ignored and wrote anonymously about on the internet. That facade of anonymity slipped last night, however, when Allen appeared to respond to a follower from the wrong account - replying to a question sent to The Real Insider on Twitter using his personal handle instead. The tweet and The Real Insider account quickly disappeared, but not before some followers noticed. Allen subsequently published a statement to Twitter in apology, and said it would “never occur again”. “I’m sorry to everyone for my actions,” Allen wrote. “I’m ashamed and disappointed in myself. I’ll be taking some time to reflect on my poor decisions, which will never occur again. To everyone that has supported me over the years, I’m truely [sic] sorry I let you down.” Eurogamer has contacted Ubisoft for comment.
