Posts tagged recall 
Lego Lord of the Rings for 360 recalled due to packaging error [update]
If you're planning on picking up the Xbox 360 version of Lego Lord of the Rings today, make sure to open the case and verify that an actual game is inside before you leave the store. It appears as though demo discs, instead of the retail game discs, have been shipped out to numerous retailers incor...
Recall is a time-based first-person puzzler concept worth watching
Above is a quick video demo for a game concept called Recall built by a South Korean game developer named Jaewoo Jay Jeon. The intriguing video offers up time-based first-person gameplay in a 3D world. The basic idea seems to be that you can "record" the world and your movement, and then fast-for...
Dance Central pre-release copies recalled, should still make launch [update]
Pre-release copies of Dance Central sitting in retail warehouses have been recalled, but MTV Games tells Joystiq that the Kinect launch title will be available for next week's November 4 release date. Thanks to a source, we obtained a note detailing the recall by Microsoft due to "a misprint in t...
Report: Silent Hunter 5 recalled in Germany
Ubisoft has issued a recall for Collectors Edition copies of the submarine sim Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic, According to a report from the German site ComputerBase. Apparently, some offending World War II-related symbols (we're guessing swastikas) were left in some of the bonus content, ...
Namco Bandai recalls buggy Tales of Graces
Namco Bandai has issued a recall notice for copies of Tales of Graces, the Wii Tales RPG released in Japan on December 10. In the announcement, the publisher listed all of the bugs it hopes to address with replacement discs, mostly occurring in "New Game +" replays. Apparently, certain enemies, team...
Rumor: MW2 recalled in Russia due to 'No Russian' scene [update]
The console version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has allegedly been recalled in Russia due to the controversial "No Russian" scene. Hellforge's translation of a Russian report claims that a censored console version will be released later this month in the region, and that an official patch rem...
Psyclone Wii rechargers recalled, pose 'burn or fire hazard'
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall on the "Psyclone Essentials and React Wii 4-Dock Battery Recharge Stations." There are approximately 220,000 of them out there in people's homes and the battery packs (remember, it's a recharge station) can overheat "posing a burn or fir...
Terminator Salvation PC replacement begins
Evolved Games has begun its replacement program for recalled defective retail copies of Terminator: Salvation on PC. For those of you not keeping score at home, Terminator: Salvation PC shipped with an unfortunate feature, it wouldn't allow users to install the game at all. Add that to the fact th...
Terminator: Salvation for PC recalled from front lines
If you were one of those folks that rushed out and scooped up Terminator: Salvation for PC this week, you've probably been disappointed with the game -- mostly because you haven't been able to play it. There was a replication issue when manufacturing the PC version of the game, which doesn't allow...
Exclusive: Things punched with EA's brass knuckles
Go ahead, hit me with your best "click" ... So, as part of a great press kit to promote Godfather II, EA sent us a really bitchin' set of brass knuckles. But, faster than you can say, "Hey, Jim from legal called and says that mailing people weapons is a f'ing terrible idea," we learned from EA tha...
