Tag Archives: bugs

A relatively severe new glitch has popped up in Gears of War 3 that not only freezes the system, but also prevents players from entering any game mode thereafter. More »

Fallout: New Vegas may have enjoyed a solid critical reception (with the odd exception) but paying customers soon found plenty of things going awry once the game went on sale.

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Bethesda’s hoping to wash the bitter taste of bugs from gamer’s mouths, having rolled out the first of what is likely to be many fixes to the PC version of Fallout: New Vegas.

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Rotating heads, moonwalking dogs and phantom computers. You didn’t expect it to be glitch-free, did you?

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EU officials are proposing that games be brought in line with a European law that states people are entitled to refunds if products don’t work “with fair commercial conditions”.

Like, if it’s broken. As in, if it’s buggy.

Commissioners Viviane Reding and Meglena Kuneva want to expand the EU Sales and Guarantees Directive to cover games, meaning they’ll carry with them a two-year guarantee.

Games body TIGA thinks it’s a bad plan.

“They have to be careful not to stifle new ideas,” TIGA boss Richard Wilson told the BBC.

“Consumers need good quality products – that is only reasonable – but if the legislation is too heavy-handed it could make publishers and developers very cautious.”

More through there.

Gamers are claiming that Fallout 3 DLC the Pitt – released this morning – is suffering from some serious bugs.

“It’s completely broken,” said one, posted in this Nelson thread.

“Textures and graphics are glitchy and bugged. There are these box exclamation points all over The Pitt map. I think someone screwed up because it’s completely bugged out. It’s like not playable after the bridge because it freezes. If you manage to get past the bridge part you’re pretty much in glitch city. Good Luck.”

There are further reports on the official Bethesda forums of “giant floating exclamation points”. There’s an image here.

We’ve just put a call into Bethesda. Thanks, evilashchris.

According to this NeoGAF post – which refers to this Nintendo Japan note – Tecmo’s Fatal Frame IV has shipped with some serious bugs in Japan.

Collision detection problems, invisible objects and freezing are mentioned there. Awesome.