How did Bethesda keep Fallout 4 development under wraps?

[AbbathTheGrim]

In a new interview with PCPowerPlay, Pete Hines was asked what measures did Bethesda take to prevent leaks and he said:

"Hope. There’s no special… you tell as few people as possible and you hope nobody says anything. There’s no magic formula to avoiding anything."

- On the recent gameplay footage leaked online he calls it a consequence of social media and the rise of video sharing platforms:

"Everybody wants to be, not everybody, they want to be PewDiePie 2. ‘I want to have tens of millions of followers on YouTube and make money doing it and be an internet celebrity,’ so they’re always looking to be the source and dig up information they can put out. It is what it is. At the end of the day, you have to hope that the people you’re working with value and respect the team that they’re working with and the thing they’re working on enough to keep their mouth shut and wait for us to talk about it and do it in the right way."

http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Simple-Way-Bethesda-Kept-Fallout-4-Secret-82237.html

Full interview:

http://www.pcpowerplay.com.au/feature/interview-pete-hines-on-fallout-4,408572/page0

So keep things tight and kneel down in prayer for no leaks.