Sheogorath on Nostr: I mean, before we decide whether client side validation is a problem here, we should ...

I mean, before we decide whether client side validation is a problem here, we should answer the question: "is an early release of the game files considered a security incident?"

One could argue, the synced release is mainly a marketing play, not so much a security features. Players will get these files anyway and there is no value in protecting them. (That might be done using DRM and other mechanisms.)

You could go further and argue that restricting the access imposes the bigger risk