Patch for Mr. Driller Online by end of May

9 Comments by Alexander Sliwinski May 7th 2008 10:00AM
Filed under: Arcade, Microsoft Xbox 360, Online

Namco has told IGN that a patch for Mr. Driller Online (which should currently just be called Mr. Driller) is coming by the end of this month. When the game released in early April the online feature was fundamentally broken, as is evidenced by the video from X3F we've placed after the break.

As for the game's less-than-HD quality presentation? Don't expect a patch for that. The fix is pretty much designed to allow the game to keep the Online portion of its name without becoming a case of consumer fraud.

[Via X3F]

Gallery: Mr. Driller Online (XBLA)

Tags: mr-driller, mr-driller-online, patch, xbla

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PojoMofo: May 7th 2008; 10:04AM

Does anyone still care at this point???

baby sea tuna: May 7th 2008; 10:46AM

No. They fucked this one up into oblivion. Oops.

Zootittles: May 7th 2008; 10:22AM

Talk about a disappointment. It's pretty sad that the Dreamcast Mr. Driller character looks better than the Xbox 360 one.

Badaro: May 7th 2008; 4:49PM

Had a similar experience. Tried the demo, then booted an older game of the series ("Mr. Driller Drill Land", GC, NTSC/J) and didn't notice much difference.

Did I mention that this older game has 5 modes and a ton more variety?

SoB: May 7th 2008; 10:52AM

I care!
I bought this on release foolishly, mainly to play the damn thing online. I hope it really does get fixed!

joevill: May 7th 2008; 11:46AM

I second that!

PhrawzT: May 7th 2008; 11:51AM

I am a big fan of the Mr. Driller series and it would be nice if I could play this online as the name would suggest.

Dr. Stabbingworth: May 7th 2008; 5:56PM

This is why I never buy XBLA games. When MS allows this kind of half-assed approach from developers, then why should I give them my money?

Trippy Haps: May 7th 2008; 11:51PM

On topic: Uh huh.

Off Topic: Haha...driller...

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