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Xbox 360 News by Robert Purchese
Bethesda is working on a fix for The Pitt downloadable content for the Xbox 360 version of Fallout 3, which went live today to widespread complaints about crashes and bugs.
"Hang in there guys. We're looking into the issue," writes community manager Gstaff on the official forum. "If I have any specific questions for you guys, I'll shoot you a PM."
The post was made in response to hordes of fans complaining that their post-apocalyptic horizons are awash with giant floating exclamation marks, trees, rubbish and buildings. Game freezes are said to be common occurrences, too. The internet has helpfully posted a video of the bugs on YouTube.
The problem appears to be highlighted by the download size: Xbox Live Marketplace hosts a 492.21MB file whereas successful PC downloads are around 682MB. Even Xbox Live community boss Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb has rolled up his sleeves and emailed Bethesda to see what the problem is.
Meanwhile, angry customers who dished out 800 Microsoft Points (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.60) for the exclusive content brandish pitchforks and ask how such a build can possibly clear Microsoft certification.
UPDATE: Bethesda has issued the following statement: "We are continuing to look into the issues people are experiencing with The Pitt for Xbox 360. As of now it looks like the file for the English version on Xbox Live was somehow corrupted. We are currently working with Microsoft to remove the existing file off of Live to prevent any further downloads. Our plan is to replace it with a new file as soon as possible. We hope to have another update for you shortly."
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metalangel
24/03/09 @ 15:17
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First Midnight Club, now this! Come on devs, get your shit together. And EG, write an angry review of the buggy version. I have a sore throat and could do with cheering up.
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Well I for one am glad I opted to buy all the DLC for the superior (IMO) PC version of Fallout 3 rather than the 360 version as it means I can be playing this tonight. I finished the main game on the 360 but I'm enjoying playing through it again more on the PC for some reason.
What it is with Xbox LIVE and buggy software of late though? First we had the Burnout Paradise DLC cock up last year then the DLC for Midnight Club: L.A. was delayed a week to the 19th (but we're still waiting for it)... and now this? "Only on Xbox 360" it seems... :? |
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Welcome console players to the wonderful world of PC patching.
Have fun and enjoy the suspense of whether a patch will fix a problem or not! It's a whole new world to experience. ;) Luckily, Games for Windows games now have to have their patches approved by Microsoft, so the days of patches being problematic are surely over. Oh, wait... |
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PrivateJoker
24/03/09 @ 16:15
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Imagine the trolling had this been PS3 exclusive DLC.
I know it's different for every site, i.e. N4G has PS3 fanboys galore, but, Eurogamer is definitely the home of the Xbot troll. |
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CountFapula
24/03/09 @ 17:03
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This is pretty unacceptable.
I am the first to slag off sony for fucking up, so I will do for ms too. What's the point of certification and paying for a closed service if this shit happens? and others have asked, how in the fuck did this pass certification? I think some kind of refund should be offered. This is pretty attrocious. |
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xXBrombeerXx
24/03/09 @ 17:05
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Just wait for the goty edition. You'll get it all (hopefully) bugfree and paying less money than now. I know I will.
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metalangel
24/03/09 @ 17:27
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Dammit, the whole reason I stopped PC gaming was to get away from this kind of horse shit!
EDIT: Good they're trying to keep people up to date at last, will be interesting to see what they do with all the folks who bought it and tried to redownload it thinking it was just their download that was corrupt and it asked them for another payment!
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Well these things do happen you know, everyone makes mistakes, lifes too short to get angry over such things...........
....that, and the fact I forgot this dlc was out today meaning I never got the chance to download the buggy shit'o'file! :))) I'm sure it'll all be sorted soon folks! Oh, & did anyone hear the rumour Bethesda is releasing some "dog armour" dlc as a way of a little apology for all this? Only 250 points apparently! |
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metalangel
24/03/09 @ 22:23
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@beemoh: I wasn't making that up, see for yourself:
http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.... The bugged version had a different content licence to the one they tried to put up as a fix.... so some people erased the DLC and went to try downloading it again, and were asked for another 800pts. |
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DoctorZoidberg
25/03/09 @ 09:33
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What it is with Xbox LIVE and buggy software of late though? First we had the Burnout Paradise DLC cock up last year then the DLC for Midnight Club: L.A. was delayed a week to the 19th (but we're still waiting for it)... and now this? "Only on Xbox 360" it seems... :?
Oh my god, THREE pieces of the thousands of Downloadable content (and one of the games no one even cares about) have gone wrong, What ever will we do? I had better speed up the building of my underground bunker in case the world explodes because some DLC isn't working yet..... These things happen, get over it. |
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metalangel
25/03/09 @ 10:26
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Three pretty high profile releases all going wrong is pretty worrying, you have to admit. And which game does no-one care about?
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haha Privatejoker a resident EG Sony troll complaining there's a website where number of Sony fanboys doesnt outweigh the competition.
EG is pretty balanced in the amounts of fans for each platform, the people who dont like it are the ones used to seeing Sony and its fans get all their own way all the time and they refuse to accept anything but that. |
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