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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title>Castle Crashers patch still without release date</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/05/castle-crashers-patch-still-without-release-date/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/05/castle-crashers-patch-still-without-release-date/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/05/castle-crashers-patch-still-without-release-date/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/online/" rel="tag">Online</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://devblog.thebehemoth.com/?p=326"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="0" alt="castle crashers" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/09/cas-crash-update.jpg" /></a></div>
Look guys, the cute little cartoon characters thing? Yeah, that ain't workin' so much these days. Folks are <a href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/08/27/poll-castle-crashers-connectivity-issues/">upset</a>, and rightly so. <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/castle-crashers"><em>Castle Crashers</em></a> is broken. We know, we know, you <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/31/pax-2008-the-behemoth-talks-castle-crashers-pricing-patches-an/">told us</a> a patch was coming. But why isn't it here yet!<br /><br />... <em>Er, what's that you say?</em> You just had a "great talk" with Microsoft about it? Well, by golly, gosh, that's great news! <em>But,</em> you say. But what? <a href="http://devblog.thebehemoth.com/?p=326">But</a> you don't have a "specific time frame"? Oh, don't worry about it. Those 1200<img border="0" alt="" src="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/media/2007/11/microsoftpointslogosmall.gif" /> are just water under the bridge ... Aw, would you look at that: Those knights with their big blocky heads and stumpy wumpy hands -- how precious.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/86111-Castle-Crashers-Title-Update-In-The-Works">The Escapist</a>]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://devblog.thebehemoth.com/?p=326>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/05/castle-crashers-patch-still-without-release-date/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1305899/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/05/castle-crashers-patch-still-without-release-date/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>castle-crashers</category><category>patch</category><category>the-behemoth</category><category>update</category><category>xbla</category><category>xbox-live</category><dc:creator>James Ransom-Wiley</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-09-05T17:20:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>18+ hour boss battles nixed from Final Fantasy XI</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/26/18-hour-boss-battles-nixed-from-final-fantasy-xi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/26/18-hour-boss-battles-nixed-from-final-fantasy-xi/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/26/18-hour-boss-battles-nixed-from-final-fantasy-xi/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/pc/" rel="tag">PC</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps2/" rel="tag">Sony PlayStation 2</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/rpgs/" rel="tag">RPGs</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/mmo/" rel="tag">MMO</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/polnews/news13981.shtml"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/08/ffxi.boss.fix.490.jpg"  alt="" /><br /></a></div>
We've heard of 18-hour bras, but 18-hour boss battles? Ridiculous! A couple weeks back, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/14/new-final-fantasy-xi-boss-could-take-24-hours-to-kill/">we reported on a <em>Final Fantasy XII</em> guild</a> that attempted to take down one of the game's new big bads, the Pandemonium Warden, only to succumb to fatigue, hunger, sleep deprivation, and general near-deathness at the 18-hour mark. Square Enix now <a href="http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/polnews/news13981.shtml">says it has heard the fan outcry</a> against the idea of such longevity-rich enemies and is fixing things.<br /><br />"<span class="tx_info1">In response to these events, we have determined that further alterations are required to prevent such battles from exceeding a certain predetermined length of time," reads the latest community update from PlayOnline. What will these "alterations" consist of? "</span><span class="tx_info1">Included in the version update scheduled for early September will be modifications to the degree of difficulty of Pandemonium Warden (and associated pets), Absolute Virtue (and associated pets), and Jailer of Love. The aim of these changes is to create battles where a decisive outcome may be reached within a shorter period of time."<br /><br />Square's statement also reaffirmed the company's continued "commitment to </span><span class="tx_info1">a healthy and wholesome game environment." You know, one where players aren't passing out while playing.</span><br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.massively.com/2008/08/24/final-fantasy-xi-update-to-eliminate-18-hour-boss-takedowns/">Massively</a>]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/polnews/news13981.shtml>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/26/18-hour-boss-battles-nixed-from-final-fantasy-xi/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1294543/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/26/18-hour-boss-battles-nixed-from-final-fantasy-xi/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>final-fantasy</category><category>final-fantasy-xi</category><category>patch</category><category>square-enix</category><dc:creator>Randy Nelson</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-08-26T03:01:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>GC 2008: Eden bringing Alone in the Dark PS3 fixes to Xbox 360 with patch</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/21/eden-bringing-alone-in-the-dark-ps3-fixes-to-360-with-patch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/21/eden-bringing-alone-in-the-dark-ps3-fixes-to-360-with-patch/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/21/eden-bringing-alone-in-the-dark-ps3-fixes-to-360-with-patch/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/action/" rel="tag">Action</a></p><div align="center">
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<div align="left">Did you find yourself driven just a wee bit mad by some of the design decisions in <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/alone-in-the-dark"><em>Alone in the Dark</em></a> for Xbox 360? Well, you're not alone, and developer Eden Games isn't in the dark about what it did wrong.<br /><br />During a Leipzig Games Convention presentation, <a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=220266">the studio owned up</a> to the title's shortcomings, promising that a number of them are being addressed in the upcoming PS3 version. Specifically, the camerawork is different (it's pulled back more, and players will have free control using the right analog stick); the player character, Edward Carnby, runs by default; and the atrociously twitchy car handling has been mellowed out.<br /><br />While this is good news for PS3 owners still eager to experience the game, they won't be the only ones to reap the benefits of Eden's hindsight and extra development time. It's been announced that an upcoming patch will bring these fixes - and potentially more - to the 360 version, although no firm date has been given for its release (it'll presumably hit when the PS3 game does in November).</div>
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</div><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=220266>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/21/eden-bringing-alone-in-the-dark-ps3-fixes-to-360-with-patch/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1291275/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/21/eden-bringing-alone-in-the-dark-ps3-fixes-to-360-with-patch/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>alone-in-the-dark</category><category>atari</category><category>eden-games</category><category>leipzig-08</category><category>patch</category><dc:creator>Randy Nelson</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-08-21T13:25:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Novastrike update coming in 'next few weeks'</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/19/novastrike-update-coming-in-next-few-weeks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/19/novastrike-update-coming-in-next-few-weeks/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/19/novastrike-update-coming-in-next-few-weeks/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps3/" rel="tag">Sony PlayStation 3</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/action/" rel="tag">Action</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/08/19/novastrike-update-brings-trophies-and-more/"><img width="490" vspace="4" hspace="0" height="276" border="1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/08/novastrikemain.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
PSN title <a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/novastrike"><em>Novastrike</em></a> will receive a <a href="http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/06/25/novastrike-to-get-significant-update-and-european-release-in-a/">major update</a> in the next few weeks. Kevin McCann, president of Tiki Games, writes on the <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/08/19/novastrike-update-brings-trophies-and-more/">PlayStation Blog</a> that the patch will tame the difficulty levels a bit, add Trophies and make several other tweaks to the top-down omni-directional kill-anything-that-moves shooter.<br /><br />For those who purchased the $10 title, the list of changes made appears to be quite significant and might be worth giving the title another spin. McCann writes that he's looking forward to hearing from those who stopped playing the game due to the difficulty issues once the patch is released, while reiterating that a European release for the game will happen "as soon as possible." <br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/novastrike-psn/">Novastrike (PSN)</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/novastrike-psn/693638/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/03/nova_06_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/novastrike-psn/693637/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/03/nova_05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/novastrike-psn/693636/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/03/nova_04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/novastrike-psn/693635/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/03/nova_03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/novastrike-psn/693634/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/03/nova_02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/08/19/novastrike-update-brings-trophies-and-more/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/19/novastrike-update-coming-in-next-few-weeks/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1289124/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/19/novastrike-update-coming-in-next-few-weeks/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>novastrike</category><category>patch</category><category>psn</category><category>psn-store</category><category>tiki-games</category><dc:creator>Alexander Sliwinski</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-08-19T21:30:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Uncharted Trophies discovered in Europe, US [update]</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/04/uncharted-trophies-discovered-in-europe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/04/uncharted-trophies-discovered-in-europe/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/04/uncharted-trophies-discovered-in-europe/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps3/" rel="tag">Sony PlayStation 3</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=819188#819188"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" alt="uncharted" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/08/uncharted-trophy1-490.jpg" /></a></div>
Surprise! Naughty Dog has released the <em>Uncharted</em> 1.10 patch, bringing <a href="http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/07/30/uncharteds-trophies-identical-to-in-game-medals/">48 Trophies</a> and whatever else is packed into a 13 MB update to the game, according to numerous tips we've received this morning. The catch? The patch is only available <a href="http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=uncharteddf&amp;thread.id=26143">in Europe</a> at the moment.<br /><br />We're furiously booting and rebooting here in the US and will let you know as soon as we're able to start earning Trophies of our own. (Hopefully, later today.) <strong>Update:</strong> The patch is <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/08/04/get-your-first-platinum-trophy-as-uncharted-drake%E2%80%99s-fortune-trophy-patch-is-released/">live</a> on US servers!<br /> <br />[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/04/uncharted-trophies-discovered-in-europe/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1274601/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/04/uncharted-trophies-discovered-in-europe/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>breakingnews</category><category>naughty-dog</category><category>patch</category><category>trophies</category><category>uncharted</category><category>update</category><dc:creator>James Ransom-Wiley</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-08-04T10:15:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>EA Sports working on fixes for NCAA Football 2009 bugs</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/26/ea-sports-working-on-fixes-for-ncaa-football-2009-bugs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/26/ea-sports-working-on-fixes-for-ncaa-football-2009-bugs/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/26/ea-sports-working-on-fixes-for-ncaa-football-2009-bugs/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps2/" rel="tag">Sony PlayStation 2</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps3/" rel="tag">Sony PlayStation 3</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/psp/" rel="tag">Sony PSP</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/wii/" rel="tag">Nintendo Wii</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Sports</a></p><a href="http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3169023"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/07/gam_ncaafootbal09_490.jpg" /></a><br />July 15 was meant to be <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/19/ncaa-football-2009-demo-hits-xbox-live/">a day of great rejoicing for collegiate football fans</a>, as it was the day EA Sports elected to hand down this year's model of <em>NCAA Football</em>. Unfortunately, a couple of <em>NCAA Football 2009</em>'s newly implemented features (<a href="http://www.freencaa09rosters.com/index.php/what_is_the_ea_locker/">the EA Locker roster system</a> and <a href="http://www.easports.com/ncaa09/dynasty.jsp">online dynasties</a>) didn't work properly for a few unlucky players, occasionally erasing entire teams or failing to register online victories for a small percentage of gridiron gamers. Luckily, <a href="http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3169023">EA seems to be working diligently to recover</a> from these costly fumbles.<br /><br />According to EA spokesman Tyrone Miller, a patch to fix the EA Locker has been submitted to Microsoft and Sony for approval, and should be available to download during the first week of August. They've yet to announce any repairs to the online dynasties, though <a href="http://www.pastapadre.com/2785/online-dynasty-disaster">sports game blogger Pasta Padre reported</a> that EA was able to fix his online dynasty after submitting his in-game issues to the company. Whether or not EA will make a similar fix downloadable for the rest of the bug-riddled masses remains to be seen.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3169023>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/26/ea-sports-working-on-fixes-for-ncaa-football-2009-bugs/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1267717/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/26/ea-sports-working-on-fixes-for-ncaa-football-2009-bugs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>bug</category><category>ea</category><category>ea-locker</category><category>ea-sports</category><category>electronic-arts</category><category>fix</category><category>football</category><category>ncaa-football-09</category><category>online-dynasty</category><category>patch</category><dc:creator>Griffin McElroy</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-07-26T18:30:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Burnout Paradise 'Cagney' update delayed again for Xbox 360</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/24/burnout-paradise-cagney-update-again-delayed-for-xbox-360/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/24/burnout-paradise-cagney-update-again-delayed-for-xbox-360/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/24/burnout-paradise-cagney-update-again-delayed-for-xbox-360/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/driving/" rel="tag">Driving</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.criteriongames.com/article.php?artID=332"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/07/burnoutparameta.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
Have you ever had that dream where you're running down a hallway but are unable to reach the exit because the doorway is constantly stretching out of reach? For fans of <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/burnout"><em>Burnout Paradise</em></a> for the Xbox 360, this has become a waking nightmare, as Criterion has <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/05/burnout-paradise-cagney-update-for-xbox-360-delayed-until-july/">again pushed back</a> the title's forthcoming "Cagney" update until early August.<br /><br />Criterion is currently "aiming" to release the free update on August 4, nearly a month after the patch <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/01/burnout-paradise-to-receive-retroactive-playstation-trophies/">arrived on the PS3</a>. However, according to a post on the dev's website, this merely represents the "earliest" that we can expect it to show up. Interestingly, while the previous hold-up was laid at the feet of Xbox Live's burdensome certification process, this latest information indicates that the update, much like the patience of street carnage virtuosos, is now in the "final stages of testing."<br /><br />[Thanks Greg]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://www.criteriongames.com/article.php?artID=332>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/24/burnout-paradise-cagney-update-again-delayed-for-xbox-360/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1266106/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/24/burnout-paradise-cagney-update-again-delayed-for-xbox-360/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>burnout</category><category>burnout-paradise</category><category>burnoutparadise</category><category>cagney</category><category>criterion</category><category>criterion-games</category><category>delay</category><category>dlc</category><category>freeburn</category><category>patch</category><category>xbox-live</category><dc:creator>Jason Dobson</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-07-24T14:45:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Capcom patching SSFIITHDR 'open beta' after all</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/22/capcom-patching-ssfiithdr-open-beta-after-all/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/22/capcom-patching-ssfiithdr-open-beta-after-all/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/22/capcom-patching-ssfiithdr-open-beta-after-all/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/fighting/" rel="tag">Fighting</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/online/" rel="tag">Online</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.capcom-unity.com/jimmyrey/blog/2008/07/21/fix_for_beta_is_coming"><img vspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/06/ssfiithdr-ho-490.jpg" /></a><br />
<div align="left">Capcom is performing a <em>very</em> special move for those miffed at the generally broken state of the <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/ssfiithdr"><em>Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix</em></a> "open beta." Despite originally dismissing connection issues and other awkwardness as the pitfalls of pre-release software, it is now planning to offer a patch to address them, according to <a href="http://www.capcom-unity.com/jimmyrey/blog/2008/07/21/fix_for_beta_is_coming">a post on its official blog</a>.<br /><br />The patch is slated to contain "several fixes for the open beta," and Capcom states that "the overall experience in the beta will be vastly improved." More details - including a release date - are promised to be forthcoming, so don't put away those arcade sticks just yet.</div>
</div><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://www.capcom-unity.com/jimmyrey/blog/2008/07/21/fix_for_beta_is_coming>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/22/capcom-patching-ssfiithdr-open-beta-after-all/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1263191/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/22/capcom-patching-ssfiithdr-open-beta-after-all/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>backbone-entertainment</category><category>beta</category><category>capcom</category><category>patch</category><category>ssfiithdr</category><category>street-fighter</category><category>xbla</category><dc:creator>Randy Nelson</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-07-22T05:30:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Naughty Dog: Uncharted Trophies coming 'very soon'</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/16/naughty-dog-uncharted-trophies-coming-very-soon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/16/naughty-dog-uncharted-trophies-coming-very-soon/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/16/naughty-dog-uncharted-trophies-coming-very-soon/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps3/" rel="tag">Sony PlayStation 3</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/action/" rel="tag">Action</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/adventure/" rel="tag">Adventure</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/e3/" rel="tag">E3</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/uncharted-drakes-fortune/244549/full/"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/07/uncharted.trophy.support.490.jpg"  alt="" /></a></div>
<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/uncharted"><em>Uncharted: Drake's Fortune</em></a> developer <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/naughty-dog">Naughty Dog</a> tells us that a patch to add <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/playstation-trophies">PlayStation Trophy</a> support to the game will be available by mid-August. Company co-president Evan Wells says that the update has already been submitted for quality assurance testing and <em>could</em> hit sooner.<br /><br />According to Wells, the patch was "incredibly easy" to implement because the game already contains preliminary support for Trophies via its Medals reward system. He further revealed that these hooks were actually included because Naughty Dog thought Sony would roll out Trophies before <em>Uncharted</em>'s November 2007 launch.<br /><br />As with other PS3 titles getting retroactive Trophy support, <em>Uncharted</em> will require those who've already completed the game to play through again in order to unlock Trophies, even if they had previously earned every Medal. Wells says this is primarily to prevent people from simply using someone else's save data to artificially bolster their Trophy collection. Shame on you for even <em>thinking</em> about it.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/16/naughty-dog-uncharted-trophies-coming-very-soon/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1257302/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/16/naughty-dog-uncharted-trophies-coming-very-soon/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>e3-2008</category><category>naughty-dog</category><category>patch</category><category>playstation-trophies</category><category>uncharted</category><dc:creator>Randy Nelson</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-07-16T02:00:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Uncharted and 'every game' getting PS3 Trophies</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/02/uncharted-and-every-game-getting-ps3-trophies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/02/uncharted-and-every-game-getting-ps3-trophies/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/02/uncharted-and-every-game-getting-ps3-trophies/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps3/" rel="tag">Sony PlayStation 3</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://ps3.gamespy.com/articles/885/885361p1.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="0" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/07/uncharted-ppunch-490.jpg" alt="uncharted" /></a></div>
PSN director of operations, Eric Lampel, has confirmed that Naughty Dog's <a style="" href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/uncharted"><em>Uncharted: Drake's Fortune</em></a> will receive a Trophy update "at some point in the foreseeable future." In fact, Lampel told <a href="http://ps3.gamespy.com/articles/885/885361p1.html">GameSpy</a>, "Ultimately, we'll have trophies for every game." But <em>ultimately</em> is without a deadline currently, suggesting Trophy patches will be trickling out for the, um, <em>foreseeable future</em>.<br /><br />Still, we imagine Sony is leaning on certain studios to allocate resources to Trophy building asap. Certainly there's a greater demand for <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/trophy">Trophy</a> support in <em>Uncharted</em> than in, let's say, <em>Genji: Days of the Blade</em>. Then again, an actual, historically accurate award for sticking the giant crab's weak point might be reason enough to procure <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/genji"><em>Genji</em></a> from a dusty bargain bin and suffer through the ill-fated launch title. Massive Damage Trophy? We so want that one.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/07/01/uncharted-getting-a-trophy-patch-in-the-foreseeable-future/">PS3 Fanboy</a>]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://ps3.gamespy.com/articles/885/885361p1.html>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/02/uncharted-and-every-game-getting-ps3-trophies/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1243558/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/02/uncharted-and-every-game-getting-ps3-trophies/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>naughty-dog</category><category>patch</category><category>trophies</category><category>trophy</category><category>uncharted</category><dc:creator>James Ransom-Wiley</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-07-02T12:28:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Burnout Paradise to receive retroactive PlayStation Trophies</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/01/burnout-paradise-to-receive-retroactive-playstation-trophies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/01/burnout-paradise-to-receive-retroactive-playstation-trophies/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/01/burnout-paradise-to-receive-retroactive-playstation-trophies/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps3/" rel="tag">Sony PlayStation 3</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/driving/" rel="tag">Driving</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/07/01/trophies-timed-challenges-for-burnout-paradise/"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/07/burnout.trophies.490.jpg" alt="" /></a></div>
With nine days to go until Criterion's <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/burnout-paradise">crazy-fast racer</a> gets an infusion of new content via the "<a href="http://www.criteriongames.com/comingsoon/cagney.php">Codename: Cagney</a>" update, designer Simon Phipps has <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/07/01/trophies-timed-challenges-for-burnout-paradise/">confirmed on the PlayStation Blog</a> that the game will also receive support for PlayStation Trophies "soon." He says that Trophy support won't be part of "Cagney," which will introduce 70 timed Freeburn challenges for the game's online component. <br /><br />In a surprise turn, Phipps also revealed that Criterion was "thinking ahead" and the Trophies will, in fact, be retroactive, meaning that players will receive them for feats already performed in the game. This is, according to Phipps, possible because of the way <em>Burnout Paradise</em> save data is linked to players' PSN accounts, which also means it won't be happening in other PS3 games en masse.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/07/01/trophies-timed-challenges-for-burnout-paradise/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/01/burnout-paradise-to-receive-retroactive-playstation-trophies/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1242634/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/01/burnout-paradise-to-receive-retroactive-playstation-trophies/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>BreakingNews</category><category>burnout</category><category>burnout-paradise</category><category>criterion</category><category>patch</category><category>PSN</category><category>trophies</category><dc:creator>Randy Nelson</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-07-01T15:55:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>New Diablo II patch lets you play without disc</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/19/new-diablo-ii-patch-lets-you-play-without-disc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/19/new-diablo-ii-patch-lets-you-play-without-disc/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/19/new-diablo-ii-patch-lets-you-play-without-disc/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/mac/" rel="tag">Mac</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/pc/" rel="tag">PC</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/rpgs/" rel="tag">RPGs</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blizzplanet.com/?act=News&amp;id=2440"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/06/diablo-2-patch.jpg" /></a></div>
While the rumor mill is perpetually abuzz for <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/01/blizzard-acquires-diablo3-com-nothing-to-see/ "><em>Diablo III</em></a>, let's go back one iteration to a game that's <em>actually</em> available. Blizzard has released patch 1.12 for <em>Diablo II</em>, <img src="file:///Users/Blogspace/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" />which allows you to run the full game without the disc in the tray, provided you have all the required .MPQ files. According to <a href="http://www.blizzplanet.com/?act=News&amp;id=2440 ">BlizzPlanet</a>, that either requires a full re-installation or copy-and-pasting the proper files onto the computer.<br /><br />The patch also fixes some compatibility with Intel Macs and resets the online rankings. Our friends at BigDownload speculate this might be preliminary steps to putting the game on Blizzard's <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/06/blizzard-store-relaunched-with-digital-downloads/">digital download store</a>. Blizzard, known for patching games years after their release, updated <em>Starcraft</em> as recently <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/21/blizzard-issues-new-patches-for-starcraft/">as 2007</a>.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://news.bigdownload.com/2008/06/17/diablo-ii-1-12-released/">BigDownload</a>]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://www.blizzplanet.com/?act=News&amp;id=2440>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/19/new-diablo-ii-patch-lets-you-play-without-disc/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1230652/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/19/new-diablo-ii-patch-lets-you-play-without-disc/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>blizzard</category><category>diablo</category><category>diablo-2</category><category>diablo-ii</category><category>patch</category><dc:creator>Ross Miller</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-06-19T13:30:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>World of Warcraft patch 2.4.3 notes released</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/18/world-of-warcraft-patch-2-4-3-notes-released/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/18/world-of-warcraft-patch-2-4-3-notes-released/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/18/world-of-warcraft-patch-2-4-3-notes-released/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/mac/" rel="tag">Mac</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/pc/" rel="tag">PC</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/online/" rel="tag">Online</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/rpgs/" rel="tag">RPGs</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/mmo/" rel="tag">MMO</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/06/18/patch-2-4-3-patch-notes/"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/06/ptr-patch-2-4-3-wow-490.jpg" /></a></div>
<span style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 7px;"> <script> var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/pc_games/WoW_Patch_2_4_3_notes_are_now_live_with_a_few_surprises'; </script> <script src="http://digg.com/api/diggthis.js"></script></span>Blizzard has released the patch notes for <em>World of Warcraft's </em>upcoming patch 2.4.3. Our friends at WoW Insider are sifting through the notes right now, which <a href="http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/06/18/patch-2-4-3-patch-notes/">you can find here</a>, and pulling out the highlights. Key changes include mounts at level 30 (as opposed to 40), nerfing the <a href="http://www.wowwiki.com/Magister%27s_Terrace">Magister's Terrace</a> instance and various changes to to non-combat pets and Hunter pets.<br /><br />Patch 2.4.3 should be available soon on a public test realm (PTR), likely today or tomorrow. No word on when the patch will be pushed to the live servers.<br /><br />Additionally, for those who like their <em>WoW</em> on and off the grid, Upper Deck has announced <a href="http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/06/18/upper-deck-announces-new-loot-items-including-an-ethereal-vendo/">the three new loot items</a> for their trading card game expansion The Hunt for Illidan, including in-game disco lights, glowing foot prints, and an Etheral Soul-Trader pet. The associated cards will contain a code you can input for the virtual equivalent. The TCG expansion launches July 1.<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/06/18/patch-2-4-3-patch-notes/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/18/world-of-warcraft-patch-2-4-3-notes-released/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1229697/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/18/world-of-warcraft-patch-2-4-3-notes-released/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>patch</category><category>patch-2.4.3</category><category>world-of-warcraft</category><category>wow</category><dc:creator>Ross Miller</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-06-18T17:00:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Crytek turns back on Crysis updates</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/03/crytek-turns-back-on-crysis-updates/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/03/crytek-turns-back-on-crysis-updates/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/03/crytek-turns-back-on-crysis-updates/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/pc/" rel="tag">PC</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/firstpersonshooters/" rel="tag">First Person Shooters</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/business/" rel="tag">Business</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&amp;threadid=88167"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/06/crysis-face-ea-490px.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
Developer Crytek recently gave fans of its FPS <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/crysis">Crysis</a> </em>some bad news, confirming that it had not only abandoned work on a dedicated Linux server for the game, but that the shooter's forthcoming 1.3 update "almost certainly" won't be released. <br /><br />Beyond stating that "there is a good reason," Crytek has offered little in the way of an explanation for its decision to abandon the expected updates, adding only that "...we hope you understand when you hear more about the reasons why in the very, very near future." The developer broke the news as part of a <a href="http://crymod.com/thread.php?threadid=28968&amp;sid=a454298e470b03cffe898368cd7c2619">series of updates</a> concerning its plans for <em>Crysis</em>, though considering the mood left in the wake of this latest offering, we're left wondering what exactly Crytek has planned for an encore ... killing kittens perhaps?<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://news.bigdownload.com/2008/06/02/no-more-crysis-patches/">Big Download</a>]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&amp;threadid=88167>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/03/crytek-turns-back-on-crysis-updates/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1213711/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/03/crytek-turns-back-on-crysis-updates/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>crysis</category><category>crytek</category><category>linux</category><category>patch</category><category>update</category><dc:creator>Jason Dobson</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-06-03T12:25:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Patch for Mr. Driller Online by end of May</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/07/patch-for-mr-driller-online-by-end-of-may/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/07/patch-for-mr-driller-online-by-end-of-may/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/07/patch-for-mr-driller-online-by-end-of-may/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/arcade/" rel="tag">Arcade</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/online/" rel="tag">Online</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/871/871751p1.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/05/mr_driller_online_topper.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
Namco has told <a href="http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/871/871751p1.html">IGN</a> that a patch for <span style="font-style: italic;">Mr. Driller Online</span> (which should currently just be called <span style="font-style: italic;">Mr. Driller</span>) is coming by the end of this month. When the game released in early April the online feature was <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/03/mr-driller-onlines-lag-tastic-online-play/">fundamentally broken</a>, as is evidenced by the video from X3F we've placed after the break.<br /><br />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 <span style="font-style: italic;">Online</span> portion of its name without becoming a case of consumer fraud.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/07/patch-for-mr-driller-online-by-end-of-may/">X3F</a>]<br />
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<p><strong>Gallery: Mr. Driller Online (XBLA)</strong></p>
<a href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/photos/mr-driller-online-xbla/727128/"><img title="" alt="" src="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/media/2008/03/mrdrilleronline_screenshot8_thumbnail.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/photos/mr-driller-online-xbla/727127/"><img title="" alt="" src="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/media/2008/03/mrdrilleronline_screenshot7_thumbnail.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/photos/mr-driller-online-xbla/727126/"><img title="" alt="" src="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/media/2008/03/mrdrilleronline_screenshot9_thumbnail.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/photos/mr-driller-online-xbla/727125/"><img title="" alt="" src="http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/media/2008/03/mrdrilleronline_screenshot5_thumbnail.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><center><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="490" height="370" data="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=853518&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=">	<param name="quality" value="best" />	<param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" />	<param name="scale" value="showAll" />	<param name="movie" value="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=853518&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=" /></object><br /><a href="http://www.vimeo.com/853518/l:embed_853518"><br /></a></center><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/871/871751p1.html>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/07/patch-for-mr-driller-online-by-end-of-may/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1188749/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/07/patch-for-mr-driller-online-by-end-of-may/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>mr-driller</category><category>mr-driller-online</category><category>patch</category><category>xbla</category><dc:creator>Alexander Sliwinski</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-05-07T10:00:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Bully's Xbox 360 patch may need another patch</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/26/bullys-xbox-360-patch-may-need-another-patch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/26/bullys-xbox-360-patch-may-need-another-patch/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/26/bullys-xbox-360-patch-may-need-another-patch/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a></p><div align="center"><img width="490" vspace="4" hspace="0" height="479" border="0" align="top" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/03/bully-patch-490-fail.jpg" /><br /></div>
<a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=127677">EuroGamer</a> reports that <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/20/bully-patch-now-on-live-but-does-it-fix-anything/">a patch</a> released five days ago, which intended to fix the <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/06/rockstar-working-around-the-clock-to-quell-360s-bully-issues/">issues in the Xbox 360 version</a> of <em>Bully: Scholarship Edition</em>, may have caused more problems than it resolved. Reported problems include freezes, along with audio and graphic glitches. Rockstar explained that the issue is with older consoles, but EuroGamer states its (relatively new?) office Elite locks up.<br /><br />We're still waiting to hear from Rockstar about what's really going on, but the company seems to have locked itself in the teacher's lounge and refuses to come out. So, what's the word on the virtual streets? Are people still having problems with their copy of <em>Bully</em> on the Xbox 360?<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/26/bullys-xbox-360-patch-may-need-another-patch/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1149217/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/26/bullys-xbox-360-patch-may-need-another-patch/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>bully</category><category>bully-scholarship-ed...</category><category>patch</category><category>rockstar</category><category>rockstar-games</category><category>rockstargames</category><category>take-two</category><category>taketwo</category><dc:creator>Alexander Sliwinski</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-03-26T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>PS3 Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 plagued with online snafus</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/23/ps3-rainbow-six-vegas-2-plagued-with-online-snafus/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/23/ps3-rainbow-six-vegas-2-plagued-with-online-snafus/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/23/ps3-rainbow-six-vegas-2-plagued-with-online-snafus/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps3/" rel="tag">Sony PlayStation 3</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/firstpersonshooters/" rel="tag">First Person Shooters</a></p><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://boards.ign.com/ps3_lobby/b8269/160868253/p1/"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/03/gam_vegas2_490.jpg"  alt="" /></a></strong><br /></div>
<a href="http://www.ubi.com/us/support/default.aspx">According to their website</a>, much of Ubisoft's technical support staff has taken this weekend off in observation of Good Friday and Easter. That's all well and good -- but perhaps, when they aren't draining Cadbury eggs or enjoying fine roasted hams, just one of them could take the time to Google their latest release, <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/search/?q=Rainbow%20Six%3A%20Vegas%202">Rainbow Six: Vegas 2</a></em>, and discover that <a href="http://boards.ign.com/ps3_lobby/b8269/160868253/p1/?10">a good portion of the console gaming world</a> is ready to swear off all things Clancy.<br /><br />Our tip box has exploded with complaints from owners of the PS3 version of the game -- apparently, a majority of those who try to play online either can't connect or have to suffer staggering amounts of lag. We'd expect a bandwidth epidemic such as this to be patched post-haste -- we guess Ubisoft didn't anticipate we'd actually want to play their game on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastertide">first weekend of Eastertide</a>. What, did they think those terrorists would hunt themselves?<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://boards.ign.com/ps3_lobby/b8269/160868253/p1/?10>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/23/ps3-rainbow-six-vegas-2-plagued-with-online-snafus/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1146929/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/23/ps3-rainbow-six-vegas-2-plagued-with-online-snafus/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>online</category><category>patch</category><category>ps3</category><category>rainbow-six-vegas-2</category><category>rainbowsix</category><category>rainbowsixvegas</category><category>rainbowsixvegas2</category><category>ubisoft</category><dc:creator>Griffin McElroy</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-03-23T12:00:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Rock Band Store launches, is awesome</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/21/rock-band-store-launches-is-awesome/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/21/rock-band-store-launches-is-awesome/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/21/rock-band-store-launches-is-awesome/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps3/" rel="tag">Sony PlayStation 3</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/rhythm/" rel="tag">Rhythm</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/20/rock-band-music-store-rockin-consoles-this-week/"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/03/rockbandstoremain.jpg" /></a></div>
The much-improved <em>Rock Band</em> store <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/20/rock-band-music-store-rockin-consoles-this-week/">announced to the world yesterday</a> is now available on Xbox Live and PSN. A 30-second download and installation gives players access to the streamlined song-buying interface, which features audio previews and individual instrument difficulties for each song, as well as a much simpler way to sort and browse through the growing selection of music.<br /><br />Besides the cool new store, we're also extremely gratified by the much-needed <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/20/rock-band-patch-also-fixing-incidental-issues/">faster loading of DLC</a> provided by the patch. After a one-time file creation upon the first post-patch load, the annoying little "loading additional content" animation was reduced from roughly ten seconds to about one second in our tests on Xbox Live. The physical "download data file" that actually speeds up the process takes up a paltry 112KB on our system, meaning there's no reason not to rock out faster!<br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rock-band-music-store/">Rock Band Music Store</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rock-band-music-store/709121/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/03/rbmusicstore01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rock-band-music-store/708731/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/03/rockbandstore7_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rock-band-music-store/708729/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/03/rockbandstore5_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rock-band-music-store/708728/"><img src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/03/rockbandstore2_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/20/rock-band-music-store-rockin-consoles-this-week/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/21/rock-band-store-launches-is-awesome/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1145823/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/21/rock-band-store-launches-is-awesome/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>DLC</category><category>harmonix</category><category>patch</category><category>PSN</category><category>rock-band</category><category>rockband</category><category>store</category><category>xbox live</category><category>XboxLive</category><dc:creator>Kyle Orland</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-03-21T10:10:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Bully patch now on Live, but does it fix anything?</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/20/bully-patch-now-on-live-but-does-it-fix-anything/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/20/bully-patch-now-on-live-but-does-it-fix-anything/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/20/bully-patch-now-on-live-but-does-it-fix-anything/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/xbox360/" rel="tag">Microsoft Xbox 360</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/03/20/bully-xbox-360-patch-finally-released/"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/03/bully-patch-490.jpg" alt="" /></a></div>
A patch for <em>Bully: Scholarship Edition</em> <a href="http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/03/20/bully-xbox-360-patch-finally-released/">has been released</a> on Xbox Live in lieu of the "broad worldwide announcement" <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/19/news-on-bully-xbox-360-patch-coming-tomorrow/">expected today</a>. But what does it fix? We don't know for sure, and various readers have reported the <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/06/rockstar-working-around-the-clock-to-quell-360s-bully-issues/">technical problems</a> are either not fixed at all or in some cases worse. We've contacted Rockstar for more information. If you've downloaded the patch yourself, feel free to give your impressions below.<br /><br />[Thanks, <a href="http://gamexp.wordpress.com/2008/03/19/some-major-beefs-with-bully-scholarship-edition/">Mark</a>]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/03/20/bully-xbox-360-patch-finally-released/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/20/bully-patch-now-on-live-but-does-it-fix-anything/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1145471/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/20/bully-patch-now-on-live-but-does-it-fix-anything/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>breakingnews</category><category>bully</category><category>patch</category><category>rockstar</category><category>rockstar games</category><category>rockstargames</category><dc:creator>Ross Miller</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-03-20T18:27:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>UT3 PS3 patch coming March 27</title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/20/ut3-ps3-patch-coming-march-27/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/20/ut3-ps3-patch-coming-march-27/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/20/ut3-ps3-patch-coming-march-27/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/ps3/" rel="tag">Sony PlayStation 3</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/firstpersonshooters/" rel="tag">First Person Shooters</a></p><a href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=185200"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/03/elbowpatch.jpg"  alt="" /></a>Remember when buying a console game meant living with whatever bugs and gameplay glitches got inadvertently shipped with the game? Well, the folks at Epic want you to forget all about those days with a <a href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=185200">patch for the PS3 version of Unreal Tournament</a> coming down the PSN pike on March 27.<br /><br />The fixes included in the free, downloadable patch include support for character mods, an easier method for downloading mods from the web browser, and basically a lot of other stuff related to mods (in addition to some other incidental tech fixes). The patch will also bring the European and U.S. editions of the game into alignment, allowing for online matches across the Atlantic. A nice feature, but we hope all that data going across the transatlantic cables doesn't cause too much lag.<br /><br />Check out the full list of bug fixes after the break.<br />US VERSION<br /><br />    * Made compatible with Euro version (both are patched to the same level)<br />    * Fixed reversed ping sorting in server browser<br />    * Fixed some rare crashes (shutting down, saving with low HD space, AI, etc)<br />    * Fixed a client crash while connecting to server while server it switching maps<br />    * Minor rewordings of various messages<br />    * Fixed mutator mods to not be always loaded, only load mutators when needed<br />    * Added mod import verification for inter-mod package name conflicts<br />    * Fixed weapon/effect sorting in DM-Gateway snow<br />    * Fixed extraneous "Player" entries in campaign scoreboard<br />    * Fixed some getting stuck and outside the world bugs<br />    * No longer display "Player is on red/blue" messages in campaign<br />    * Fixed a Torlan bot pathing bug<br />    * Fix for too many custom characters causing texture corruption<br />    * Keyboard jump now does Smart Jump<br />    * Fix for tilt controlling player sometimes<br />    * Removed Warfare Score Limit of 0 in UI<br />    * Disabled 3d sound positioning on mission briefing sounds<br />    * Fixed exploits with ViewNextPlayer in rare cases<br />    * Fixed some HUD positioning bugs<br />    * Fixed a Darkwalker AI bug<br />    * Fixed some teleporter timing bugs<br />    * Fixed low-bandwidth, large player count connectivity<br /><br /><br />EURO AND US<br /><br />    * Mods now on root of memory device, can download easier from PS3 web browser<br />    * Fixed VOIP quality issues<br />    * Fixed some headset connection issues<br />    * Added support for full character mods (heads/premade whole characters)<br />    * No longer need to reboot after importing a character mod to see it in menus<br />    * DLC no longer acts like a user mod (being listed in MyContent and causing disable mod crash dialog)<br />    * Fix for bootup and import slowdown with many mods installed<br />    * Add a VOIP icon when VOIP is active (button held down)<br />    * Fixes for corrupted the auto-mod-download cache<br />    * Fix for flickering auto-download text<br />    * Fix for getting stuck in multiplayer menu if you get in before gamespy connects<br />    * Fixed a mod problem with switching between mod and shipping maps with clients teleporting randomly<br />    * Fixed a mod problem with multiple gametype mods installed, only first one imported would work<br />    * Fixed Leviathan deploy icon<br />    * Bots now respect players feigning death (depending on bot skill level)<br />    * Bots now respect sandstorm "blindness"<br />    * Fix for bots picking linkgun mode<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"> </p><p><a href=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=185200>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/20/ut3-ps3-patch-coming-march-27/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1145203/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/20/ut3-ps3-patch-coming-march-27/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>epic</category><category>FPS</category><category>patch</category><category>PSN</category><category>unreal tournament 3</category><category>UnrealTournament3</category><category>UT3</category><dc:creator>Kyle Orland</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-03-20T15:43:00+00:00</dc:date></item></channel></rss>