Following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft, the console manufacturer promised that it would begin to bring the publisher’s back catalogue of titles to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service. While it took some time, Activision games are finally coming to the platform – with Crash Bandicoot arriving in …
Read More »Crash Bandicoot N’Sane Trilogy has sold over 20 million copies
Crash Bandicoot is an iconic classic video game mascot, being closely associated with the PS1 back in the day, and helping to put developers Naughty Dog on the map at the time. In the decades since, Crash’s cache had fallen out of relevance – until the release of the much-loved …
Read More »Crash Bandicoot 4 reportedly sold over 5 million copies
Crash Bandicoot is one of the most iconic classic gaming mascots, with the marsupial having his heyday during the PS1 era. Following years of substandard entries, Crash was revived with the N’Sane Trilogy – a remake of the first 3 titles. Crash 4 then released, being a wholly new and …
Read More »Helldivers 2 hotfix will address new crashing issues
If you've been joining the fight against the Automatons in recent weeks, then you may have run into various crashing issues. A recent Helldivers 2 patch, which fixed crashes when players use Arc weapons, introduced a new random crash issue. Fortunately, a fix is on the way. In an update …
Read More »Microsoft brings cloud streaming to Activision games
One of Microsoft’s core strategies for the Xbox has been its rapid adoption of cloud streaming as part of the company’s ‘play anywhere’ initiative. With Activision Blizzard now securely under the wings of Microsoft, the console manufacturer has announced that a wave of ABK titles are coming to streaming. Making …
Read More »KitGuru Games: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is just as broken on consoles
Last week, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor launched in pretty rough shape across all platforms but so far, most coverage has focused on the PC version. Even Respawn's public apology only addresses PC performance, completely ignoring the fact that the console version is broken too.
Read More »Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! shuts down after less than two years
In today’s age of constantly updated and always-online video games, it is far too simple for a game to disappear forever, unpreserved. Unfortunately, such is the case with the recently-released mobile runner Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!, which is being wholly shut down after less than two years. Making the …
Read More »CD Projekt Red is ‘investigating’ PC issues for The Witcher 3 next-gen
The Witcher 3's next-gen update has arrived, bringing a fresh graphical upgrade and some new content to CD Projekt Red's highly-rated RPG. Unfortunately, the transition to the latest version hasn't been entirely smooth, as PC players are facing some issues. A number of users have begun reporting performance issues for …
Read More »Overwatch 2 PC players facing system shutdowns and restarts
Overwatch 2's launch issues have been well-documented at this point. The game's initial days live were hampered by DDOS attacks, connectivity issues and long log-in queues. The past week has seen more issues, forcing some heroes to be taken offline for maintenance, and now, an errant PC bug is causing …
Read More »Bungie disables Destiny 2 text chat due to crashing exploit
If you were playing Destiny 2 over the weekend, then you likely had a frustrating experience. On Friday evening and early Saturday, players discovered an exploit in the latest patch, allowing players to use the text chat to crash the game for other players. The exploit was most common in …
Read More »KOTOR 2 patch fixes multiple crashing issues on Nintendo Switch
Last month shortly after the launch of KOTOR 2 on the Nintendo Switch, players found a progression blocking bug roughly halfway through the game. Aspyr did offer a workaround that involves skipping a cutscene while it worked on an official patch and now, that update has finally arrived. Aspyr released …
Read More »You can cheat your way around KOTOR 2’s cutscene crash on Switch
Earlier this week, Aspyr confirmed that currently, there is a progression blocking bug roughly halfway through KOTOR 2 on the Nintendo Switch. At the time, it was believed that this made the game unfinishable on the console, but it turns out that Aspyr does have a workaround those affected can …
Read More »Aspyr confirms day-one bug stopping players from completing KOTOR 2 on Switch
We're all eagerly awaiting Aspyr's upcoming Restored Content DLC for Knights of the Old Republic 2, marking the first time cut content from the game has been officially packaged and released. Unfortunately, it seems Aspyr has bigger problems to solve first, as a game-breaking bug has been discovered in the …
Read More »Toys for Bob reportedly working on another Crash Bandicoot game
Back in April 2021, we reported that Toys for Bob, the Activision-owned studio responsible for the Spyro remakes as well as Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, was being reduced to a support studio for Call of Duty. Luckily, it seems as though this decision has been somewhat reversed, with …
Read More »Blizzard disables Overwatch 2 hero for crashing the game
The first major update for Overwatch 2 has arrived. Blizzard launched the beta version of the game's multiplayer mode just one week ago and players were quick to discover a bug with Wrecking Ball, which can cause the game to crash for all players in the match. The bug in …
Read More »Techland shares extensive patch notes for Dying Light 2: Stay Human
While Dying Light 2 has had a very impressive player count since launch, the game did not release without its own share of problems. There are a number of bugs still present, some of which can be game breaking, but fortunately, fixes are swiftly on the way. Dying Light 2: …
Read More »Vicarious Visions to be fully absorbed by Blizzard, losing their identity
Vicarious Visions is best known for bringing back Crash Bandicoot via the N. Sane Trilogy – in many ways jumpstarting the current trend of remaking older games from the ground up. Unfortunately, the team was merged with Blizzard earlier this year, and now they are set to lose their identity …
Read More »Nintendo acknowledges Metroid Dread crashing error and offers workaround
While Nintendo's first party games are usually very polished at release, occasionally bugs do pop up close to release. This has been the case with Metroid Dread, with players of the newly launched title running into a crashing error with the game, something that Nintendo has now acknowledged. Players that …
Read More »Crash Bandicoot 4 dev reduced to COD support studio
Call of Duty is bigger than ever, with more and more developers working on the games each year. While good for the franchise, it has led to some studios being reduced to supporting these massive titles. Such is the case with Toys for Bob, who are now working on Call …
Read More »Nvidia rolls out hotfix driver for The Witcher 3 crashes, Modern Warfare streaming and G-Sync stutter
A couple of weeks ago, Nvidia launched the latest GeForce Game Ready driver, adding in support for more G-Sync Compatible monitors, enabling new features in the control panel and bringing RTX ray-tracing support to Wolfenstein Youngblood. Unfortunately, the driver also caused some issues for some users, so a hotfix has …
Read More »Hello Games is swiftly patching No Man’s Sky Beyond to counter issues
No Man's Sky Beyond launched earlier this week, bringing some huge changes to the game and VR support. Unfortunately, this massive update also came with a few problems, particularly for PC and VR players, who experienced performance issues and crashes. However, Hello Games has been quick to address these problems, …
Read More »Sony reportedly fixes PS4 messaging bug
Over the weekend, a nasty PS4 messaging bug came to light, which would ‘brick' consoles by sending them into a constant crash loop. Some players used this to their advantage by sending a string of characters to PS4 players on opposing teams to force them out of a game. It …
Read More »Monster Hunter World launches to mixed reviews on Steam
The day has finally arrived, Monster Hunter World has finally landed on PC, eight months after the console version. The good news is, the game runs and plays quite well with a keyboard and mouse, the bad news is that plenty of players are in fact having issues- with DRM …
Read More »Monster Hunter World pre-release patch rolling out to fix crashing issues
Update (2/8/18): Earlier this week, we began hearing about issues with the pre-release version of Monster Hunter World on PC. The game was eating up 100% CPU resources for reviewers, resulting in frequent crashes. Capcom has already admitted that Monster Hunter World is very CPU intensive, but a patch has …
Read More »Monster Hunter World seems to be crashing on PC due to heavy CPU usage
Monster Hunter World isn't landing on PC for another week, but reviewers already have their hands on the game and have been discussing PC performance. At first, impressions seemed positive, but eventually word of heavy CPU usage began causing concern. Now, it seems that the amount of work the game …
Read More »IPhone messenger bug disabling touch screens and buttons
Remember those iOS text messaging bugs that were floating around a couple of years ago? Well, they appear to still exist as this week, a string of emojis and text was discovered to be causing iPhones to crash. The message only needs to be three characters long but it will …
Read More »ESA confirms Mars lander signal was lost minutes before landing
While today was supposed to be a triumphant one for the European Space Agency (ESA), with the Schiaparelli lander set to touch down on Mars' surface, it's turned out to be anything but. The ESA lost contact with the lander a minute after its parachute opened, around one kilometre up …
Read More »Airlander 10 airship’s second test flight ends in crash landing
It looks like the world isn't quite ready for the airship of the future just yet, as the Airlander 10, which combines fixed wing aerodynamics with a large envelope, has crashed on its second UK flight. Although the first went off without a hitch, the second ended with much too …
Read More »Tesla may be responsible for first autonomous car death
Authorities in the U.S. have begun investigating the death of a man after he collided with a lorry in his Tesla Model S while it was using the autopilot mode. Although the legal liability may not lie with Tesla, this marks the first time that a person has died while …
Read More »U.S. transport authority not phased by Google autonomous car crash
Despite politicians typically not being the most forward thinking bunch, the U.S. transport secretary, Anthony Foxx, hasn't jumped on a recent crash of Google's autonomous car into a bus, claiming that it was inevitable with new technology, but that the government would continue to drive it forward. The Obama administration, …
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