Archive for tag: bugs

A trifecta of patches, here or on the way [update]

March 23, 2010 | by SPJglitches

The fine folks at Destructoid have written about three new patches for popular games that are either here already or coming very soon.
A patch for Heavy Rain is coming soon that will fix the freezing issues people were having, among other things. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Aliens Vs Predator will also [...]

Evil bugs have risen in Risen

March 3, 2010 | by SPJglitches

Yeah, that’s the best I could come up with. Brad Nicholson at Destructoid reports that a game-ending bug in the Xbox 360 port of Risen has reared its ugly head in the third chapter of the game. What’s even worse is that this bug had been reported back in 2009 when the game was out [...]

It p(l)ays to be slim

March 1, 2010 | by SPJglitches

What’s up with all these Sony bugs lately? First Dante’s Inferno, then Heavy Rain, and now the entire PlayStation 3.
Joystiq and just about everywhere else on the internet reported yesterday and today that non-slim PlayStation 3 consoles were no longer playing trophy-supported games or connecting to the PlayStation Network due to a 8001050F error code [...]

Bugs abound in freezing rain

February 26, 2010 | by SPJglitches

Mike Fahey at Kotaku reports that not all is well in the world of Heavy Rain. According to numerous accounts and discussion in Sony’s PlayStation forums, a bevy of insidious bugs plague the PlayStation 3 title, including “out-of-sync audio, full-on freezes, and unloadable auto-saves.” From the article:
Despite having to download a rather substantial patch on [...]

An infuriating inferno

February 25, 2010 | by SPJglitches

Over at Bitmob, writer Jay Henningsen warns of a nasty bug in Visceral Games’ Dante’s Inferno that will effectively end your game around a third of the way through. This apparently widespread bug involves a lever that no longer functions, preventing you from continuing on to another ledge.
If any of you are playing Dante’s Inferno [...]

Bugs need friends too

February 19, 2010 | by SPJglitches

I mentioned this a little while ago in the forums, but this is a nice article from Bitmob user Allistair Everett that discusses how unwanted bugs and glitches can actually be enjoyable. Here’s a snippet from the article:
Sometimes, when the character you’re talking to randomly spawns from the sky and [...]