AC: Brotherhood update announced

By Fred Dutton Published 21 December, 2010

Patch fixes Animus bug, Trophy issues.

A new Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood patch is on its way, promising to plug a number of game-breaking glitches.

According to Ubisoft's Facebook page, the update finally fixes a notorious bug that sees you looping endlessly between the Animus and the present, as well as a problem that prevented some PlayStation 3 users unlocking Trophies.

Here's the full list of tweaks:

Fixes (MP)

  • Sometimes players may remain stuck during matchmaking (game never starts)
  • In extremely rare occasions, a crash may occur if another player of the same session quits while another player is loading the map at the exact same time
  • When joining a session In Manhunt, in the chased team, you may have a sound present during the entire session

Fixes (Singleplayer)

  • The player may remain stuck in the present optional (2012), in a spawning loop in Monterigioni, while interacting with the Animus (Animus Bug)
  • Using fast travel towards Northern Campagna may result in Ezio getting continuously desynchronized
  • Sometimes a bug can occur that prevents the player from unlocking any additional Trophies (Trophy Bug)
  • On rare occasion, if the player changes their outfit at the completion of a mission, they will respawn in the same world, being stuck, without any possibility of returning to Rome

No exact date has been confirmed for the update yet but apparently it's "coming very soon".

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Comments (12) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • lockload #1 1 year ago

    Im cant chnage my outfir it just stays as the one from ac2

  • makeamazing #2 1 year ago

    I am hoping they can get this out for before Xmas, got AC B for an xmas present, and it would be good to have no issues :D

  • Lotos8ter #3 1 year ago

    If I change my armour, I lose all my parachutes. And they're expensive.
    I frequently lose my sword during combat. No idea where it goes.
    I lose the double Assassin blade in those Lairs of Romulus, it just becomes the single blade.
    On one occasion I was given the instruction to take no damage for 100% sync, and then got twatted by a guard 0.005 seconds later.
    In all honesty, Brotherhood was a good game, but in my opinion a step back from its predecessor.

  • GamesConnoisseur #4 1 year ago

    I actually think Brotherhood a step forward from the previous iteration, however brilliant it was, Brotherhood basically almost the same game except for small but key improvements.

    Larger world, with more tangible interactions, through shops, buildings ownerships, assassin brotherhood as an extra layer of strategy management and so on. I haven't encountered any serious bugs, maybe it's less of an issue on X360?

    I honestly thought the game engine would be the same for both consoles, and that the Brotherhood is a refinement of the previous engine.

    Still good to release patch as game breaking bugs are the worse thing to gamers next to not having enough money or time to play the games!

  • Kaminari #5 1 year ago

    The bugs mentioned in the news affect both consoles (except for the trophy bug).

  • Doctor_What #6 1 year ago

    When I play AC:B my legs go numb after a while and I forget to change outfits.

  • captain_euromax #7 1 year ago

    Multiplayer search is broken and playing online just doesnt feel right ( ps3 psn ) in a.creed brotherhood.

  • JetSetWilly #8 1 year ago

    I got stuck in the Animus after the completion of The Truth. Desmond was juddering like he was having a fit and then stood up in the middle of the Animus and couldn't move anywhere. There's no option to do anything else at that point other than exit so no idea what I missed at the end of that.

  • awb83 #9 1 year ago

    I look forward to buying this game very soon

  • andywilkie35 #10 1 year ago

    Try fixing the multiplayer so that you can actually play with friends without them either being "unreachable" or by throwing you both into separate games and we'll talk.

    Until then, shove your buggy multiplayer up your arse

    Still game of the year mind, the single player mode is that good
    Edited by andywilkie35 at 22/12/10 @ 09:35

  • kinky_mong #11 1 year ago

    Try fixing the multiplayer so that you can actually play with friends without them either being "unreachable" or by throwing you both into separate games and we'll talk.

    Also fix the multiplayer so it isn't just a game of "Press X to win" with a poor counter system, game-breaking perks for high level players and a control system entirely unsuitable for a multi-player game.

  • mcreddie #12 1 year ago

    Please release a patch that removes the screen tearing! I love this game to bits, but the lack of vsync is doing my head in!