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Bandai Namco’s free-to-play Soulcalibur game has endured a disastrous start to life. CVG reports that an unspecified technical issue” has left Soulcalibur: Lost Swords virtually unplayable for a significant portion of players following its release on PSN in America this week. "There is currently a technical issue that has delayed …
Read More »Twitch Plays Pokemon causes system-wide chat problems
Streaming video service Twitch has said that the ongoing Twitch Plays Pokemon stream is causing chat problems across its entire service. Twitch Plays Pokemon has over the last few days seen thousands of players attempt to tackle Nintendo title Pokemon Red via controls input into the stream’s chat window. At …
Read More »Sony revises PS4 failure rate estimate to ‘less than 1%’
The number of launch PS4’s believed to have suffered technical failures is higher than initially estimated. Sony last week estimated that the number of affected systems represents less than 0.4 per cent of shipped units to date” which was at the time within [Sony’s] expectations for a new product introduction". …
Read More »Sony: Launch PS4s have 0.4% fail rate, within expectations
As few as 0.4 per cent of launch PS4 consoles are experiencing technical problems, Sony has stated. It was revealed yesterday that a handful of consumers – as well as websites IGN and Kotaku – had experienced technical problems with their launch PS4s. Sony, however, has claimed that failure rates …
Read More »The PS4 is here! And PSN is struggling to cope
The next-gen is finally upon us following the North American launch of the PS4 last night. And almost predictably, as a result Sony’s PlayStation network is struggling to cope. Users have been reporting connection problems across the region, with attempts to get online being greeted with a warning message stating …
Read More »Sony ‘investigating’ PS4 hardware problem reports
Reports of PS4s with faulty HDMI output ports are isolated incidents”, Sony has claimed. IGN reports that a handful of early PS4 owners scattered across the internet – including systems received by both IGN itself and Kotaku – seemed to have a fault with their HDMI port that prevented the …
Read More »Konami vows to fix PES 2014 multiplayer on Xbox 360
Two weeks after the game was released in the UK owners of PES 2014 on Xbox 360 are still unable to access the game’s multiplayer modes. Users are presented with the error message ‘Download File is Broken’ when trying to install the required day one Data Pack. Konami promises that …
Read More »Rockstar pulls microtransactions as Grand Theft Auto Online woes continue
Reports persisted last night from gamers claiming that they are still unable to access Grand Theft Auto Online. Rockstar confesses that a variety of technical difficulties have made it difficult to get access and that the experience has been a bit less than smooth for many of you who jumped …
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 »Shock – Grand Theft Auto Online servers are struggling
In news that should surprise not a single living soul, Grand Theft Auto Online is struggling to cope with the colossal demand being put on it by eager gamers. Just as Rockstar warned would be the case just last week, the internet is awash with reports of failed login attempts, …
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