BioWare working on PS3 DAO fix

By Robert Purchese Published 27 April, 2010

Firmware update crashing games.

BioWare is working with Sony to discover why Dragon Age: Origins struggles to run on PS3.

The problems started after Sony released firmware update 3.30 for the console last week. BioWare's community forums are clogged with reports of game crashes.

Though aware of the issue, BioWare cannot recreate the problems on dev kits and so quickly analyse and isolate the error. Because of this, the community is being called on to submit feedback. "We have to do this a little old school, and keep narrowing the cases down," said BioWare poster Fernando Melo.

His comments suggest the issue relates to games saved before the firmware release conflicting with games saved afterwards. Some users have 'repaired' their game by deleting saved games, but Melo is loathe to recommend this method.

If you're experiencing problems, head over to the BioWare forums to contribute.

"Thanks again for your patience," said Melo. "It is pretty clear that despite this affecting other titles, that it has impacted on DA substantially. We're hopeful there is something we can do from our end to work around whatever was introduced in 3.3.

"In the meantime, please continue to send us information that will help us narrow this down," he added.

Dragon Age: Origins expansion Awakening was released in March, raising the level cap and giving voice to the darkspawn. Awakening was awarded 9/10 on Eurogamer.

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Comments (9) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • MrWonderstuff #1 2 years ago

    Yea it's pretty painful. Crashed at least 8 times last night. It's still playable but I have to save every 5 mins which disrupts the flow of the game.

  • RexRunti #2 2 years ago

    Sony's whole update system needs an over haul. It involves too many button presses, takes too long and borks existing games and quite frankly us PS3 owners deserve better.

  • geeza2020 #3 2 years ago

    didnt EG give the console version of this 6/10???

  • Bodd #4 2 years ago

    It would be nice of them to deal with the constant PC crashing bugs since patch 1.03. Or even properly acknowledge the issue.

    It's a shame, Dragon Age was a great game, and Bioware are my all time favourite developer; but EA seem to have turned them into a shovelware company now. Never mind supporting current content, just rush out the next expansion or DLC asap.

  • Gaol #5 2 years ago

    This basically stopped my run through of DA:o, which I was really enjoying. I hope they can work out a fix.

    Not the first time a Sony firmware update has borked existing titles, they knackered Uncharted 1 a while back.

  • cen4pgb #6 2 years ago

    @PatAU Alot of games have pleanty of bugs, this is a bug that wasnt present before the update, so you can hardly blame bioware for not having found it earlier, especially as it isnt present on developer consoles.

    Biowares not the only dev to have suffered from updates mucking games up.

  • coomber #7 2 years ago

    "Dragon Age: Origins expansion Awakening was released in March, raising the level cap and giving voice to the darkspawn. Awakening was awarded 9/10 on Eurogamer."

    What, no mention of the 6/10 you gave the original game?

  • Lord_Gremlin #8 2 years ago

    Actually this is absolutely unacceptable. You can't make a decently optimized game - you don't make games for consoles! Shovel your crap on PC only!

    Well, no need to be mad with me - I like most Bioware games, and I agree that that's one of the best and most talented developer companies. But they're not gods, you know. And this time they really fucked up.
    A shame, but it's a fact.

  • 3william56 #9 2 years ago

    Probably shouldn't have written it in Linux then?

    @RexRunti: "Too many button presses"? Are you for real? It takes half a dozen button presses at most (equivalent to 0.002 seconds of playing God of War) and you're whinging? Toughen up Princess!