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A game-breaking bug affecting a limited number of Pokemon X & Y players has been acknowledged by Nintendo. According to a translation via Nintendolife some players found that saving their 3DS game in Lumiose City can cause irreversible corruption of save data” leaving users having to abandon their saves and …
Read More »Latest Grand Theft Auto Online patch pledges to fix disappearing characters
Rockstar reckons its latest Grand Theft Auto V patch will finally resolve the issue causing lost characters, items and progress in Grand Theft Auto Online. Available now on both Xbox 360 and PS3, the patch also addresses a host of other niggles with the Online game, although Rockstar says that …
Read More »Rockstar "working around the clock" to fix Grand Theft Auto Online
Grand Theft Auto Online doesn’t work very well, and Rockstar says it is doing all it can to fix it. We are continuing to look into these issues and are working around the clock on resolving them as quickly as possible,” a statement read. This includes close monitoring of our …
Read More »Patch problems preventing some from taking PES 2014 online
A technical problem is preventing many owners of PES 2014 from being able to play the online multiplayer. As reported yesterday, users are required to download a patch for the game before its multiplayer component is accessible. However, many are reporting not only prolonged download times for the datapack but …
Read More »AMD releases Crossfire-fixing 13.8 beta driver
Graphics card specialist AMD has finally released its long-awaited beta driver aimed at fixing the problems faced by multiple graphics cards users. Microstutter has been an ongoing issue for those who use two or more AMD graphics cards (a process known as Crossfire) in their PC. The issue effectively led …
Read More »Sony promises PS3 firmware 4.45 fix next week
A fix for the broken PS3 firmware released a few days ago will be released next week. A Sony spokesperson has told VideoGamer that it has "identified the issue". A further firmware release is now scheduled for Thursday June 27th. Sony also claims that the problems, which reportedly left some …
Read More »AMD promises Crossfire-fixing new drivers on July 31st
A long-awaited driver update that promises to fix one of the biggest issues dogging AMD graphics card will be released on July 31st. AMD confirmed as much on Twitter last night. The driver upgrade will apparently fix problems that were identified earlier this year with users running two AMD Radeon …
Read More »Bleszinski offers to help Capcom "fix" Resident Evil
Former Epic games designer and development star Cliff Bleszinski has expressed a desire to work on future Resident Evil titles. Hey, Capcom. Call me. We can fix Resident Evil. Together. :-),” he said on Twitter over the weekend. By fix”, of course, Cliffy B is referencing the lukewarm critical reception …
Read More »Apple offers iOS hack fix to devs
Developers are now able to update their apps to prevent users exploiting the iOS loophole that granted users free access to in-app-purchases. The Guardian reports that Apple has approached developers with news of the fix that has to be implemented via an app update. Furthermore, once updated an app will …
Read More »OPINION: When "big man little man" syndrome goes too far
We’re living in the new age of indie development. And at the same time we’re witnessing the weakening of the mega-publisher. But that doesn’t mean we should always side with the little man in the battle. As Polytron’s Phil Fish has just proved. The developer this morning issued a statement …
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