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Xbox 360 News by Oli Welsh
Valve has released an update for the Xbox 360 version of zombie shooter Left 4 Dead that stops the proliferation of cheats and hacks in the game.
Last month, Ars Technica and others reported nightmare scenes of giant-sized players, and super-enemies like witches and tanks spawning in huge numbers in supposedly safe areas of the game. Like it was on a PC or something.
Now Joystiq has established that the title update to the game earlier this week has fixed all that.
In fact, Valve tackled the issue for games on its dedicated servers with a server-side fix last month. The latest update means the cheats are now blocked in player-hosted matches too, both on Xbox Live or via system link.
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GamesProgrammer
07/01/09 @ 11:22
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seems a bit pointless fixing it for system link, if people still want to do it they can just delete the patch
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MasterNameless
07/01/09 @ 11:55
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@Dizzy
I guess he means, the infected hitting that crate-thing to block the exit of the lift, smokers pulling people off the roof near the helicopter escape for instant deaths, where the survivors can smash through a door to avoid activating the lift and therefore avoiding a particlaurly nasty crescendo moment... They are the only ones I know of, but I guess there are probably quite a few more. Although they did say they were fixing at least two of these exploits soon I think, so hopefully won't be much of a problem for long. :) edit: Yossarian beat me to it. With fancy linkage too, bah :/
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bodypopper
07/01/09 @ 12:46
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@Yossarian
It's not really in Eurogamer's interest to report on competitor activity I would think. Back on topic. This is good news. Now bring on a new level as 360 DLC. |
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How have I never heard of UGO.com until this very comment thread?
And who the hell are these suits?! They are definitely not gamers... shirley?! |
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Doctor_What
07/01/09 @ 13:25
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They have awesome surnames though: McCracken, Moses, LaRock, and Kennedy! They sound like a religious/politics themed wrestling team!
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Waffleaber
07/01/09 @ 13:33
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That nv4_disp error gets me everytime I play a game through steam but especially Valve games. I hate it so much.
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AtomicBanana
07/01/09 @ 15:39
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Most of the things on that list are complete rubbish! There are duplicates, terrible descriptions, things that re arguably intentional, things that aren't bugs at all. Not to say it's perfect, of course not, but that list is not a good representation.
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ChthonicEcho
07/01/09 @ 16:05
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Hell, if you throw in all the PC issues it starts to look ridiculous: [link]
Some of those bugs aren't bugs. Quite a few, actually, and some of them are expected because players do what they shouldn't be doying (free-roaming in spectator mode, for example). Still, there are far too many exploits and bugs that require fixing. Edit: A handful of those bugs repeat in the list to pad it, heh.
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