With Blizzard introducing microtransactions in Diablo 4, players have been keeping a critical eye on all of the studio's decisions. Blizzard caught some flack for the implementation of its ‘Activate Season Pass' button, as many have mistakenly clicked it due to its position in the UI. Now, Blizzard is saying …
Read More »Star Wars Jedi: Survivor patch aims to fix a number of PC performance issues
Respawn has been hard at work on patches for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor since launch. Today, the fourth patch for the game has arrived on PC, promising a number of PC-specific performance and bug fixes. The patch, which became available on Xbox Series X/S and PS5 earlier in the week, …
Read More »KitGuru Games: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is just as broken on consoles
Last week, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor launched in pretty rough shape across all platforms but so far, most coverage has focused on the PC version. Even Respawn's public apology only addresses PC performance, completely ignoring the fact that the console version is broken too.
Read More »Overwatch 2 PC players facing system shutdowns and restarts
Overwatch 2's launch issues have been well-documented at this point. The game's initial days live were hampered by DDOS attacks, connectivity issues and long log-in queues. The past week has seen more issues, forcing some heroes to be taken offline for maintenance, and now, an errant PC bug is causing …
Read More »GOG Galaxy ‘wake lock’ bug fixed with new update
Earlier this week, a significant bug was found in the GOG Galaxy launcher, which caused the app to block PC displays from going to sleep after a period of time. Fortunately, the developers have been quick to respond, with a fix now available. At the time, we learned that the …
Read More »Rockstar is finally fixing GTA Online loading times with help from modder
Earlier this month, a modder discovered a fix for Grand Theft Auto Online's awful loading times. The game has suffered from lengthy loading screens since launch and as it turns out, some messy code was the root cause. Now, Rockstar is implementing the modder's fix in the main game, resulting …
Read More »Microsoft is ‘aware’ of Surface Pro 7 driver issues and is working on a fix
Last month, Microsoft officially launched the Surface Pro 7 alongside a slew of other Surface devices. The big upgrade this time around was the jump up to Intel Ice Lake processors but unfortunately, this appears to have been causing issues so far, with users being stuck on outdated, broken drivers. …
Read More »Rockstar Games offers a temporary workaround for Red Dead Redemption 2 graphical stutter issue
After all the hype, it is pretty much widely accepted now that Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC has not got off to a great start. Since launch, the game has been riddled with various issues including crashes and performance problems that have completely spoilt the enjoyment of the game …
Read More »Red Dead Redemption 2 PC performance issues creep up
Red Dead Redemption 2 has finally made its way to PC this week and while it is visually impressive, a lot of early players have run into bugs and issues at launch...
Read More »The Outer Worlds could do with some extra graphics and accessibility settings
Obsidian’s return to modern, first-person RPGs seems to be off to a good start with The Outer Worlds garnering plenty of positive reviews this week. Unfortunately, it isn’t all great news. While this seems to be one of the least buggy Obsidian game launches to date, the game is a …
Read More »DOTA 2’s new patch focuses on matchmaking improvements and community behaviour
An update for DOTA 2 has been released centred around improving the matchmaking system and focusing on fixing issues that arose from the previous patch, which was released in September. DOTA 2 developer Valve understands that some players have been experiencing a significant drop in the quality of matchmaking. As …
Read More »AMD’s new firmware update should fix 3rd Gen Ryzen boost clock issues
Last week, AMD addressed complaints surrounding 3rd Gen Ryzen processors not hitting their advertised boost clock speeds. Now, a fix is on the way, with motherboard partners currently working to implement the latest firmware update.
Read More »Hello Games is swiftly patching No Man’s Sky Beyond to counter issues
No Man's Sky Beyond launched earlier this week, bringing some huge changes to the game and VR support. Unfortunately, this massive update also came with a few problems, particularly for PC and VR players, who experienced performance issues and crashes. However, Hello Games has been quick to address these problems, …
Read More »BIOS fix begins rolling out to fix Destiny 2 on 3rd Gen Ryzen CPUs
Last week, it was widely reported that Destiny 2 was not able to run on AMD's new 3rd Gen Ryzen processors and X570 motherboards. Bungie began investigating the issue fairly swiftly but it turns out that the main problem was on the AMD side, as Destiny 2 and several major …
Read More »Sony reportedly fixes PS4 messaging bug
Over the weekend, a nasty PS4 messaging bug came to light, which would ‘brick' consoles by sending them into a constant crash loop. Some players used this to their advantage by sending a string of characters to PS4 players on opposing teams to force them out of a game. It …
Read More »Messaging bug sees PS4 consoles temporarily bricked
We've seen weird messaging bugs creep into the smartphone space over the last couple of years but it looks like this issue is starting to affect consoles too. Over the weekend, numerous reports surfaced of PlayStation 4 consoles crashing after receiving a malicious message. As HuntStark notes on Reddit, some …
Read More »Apple has pushed out its own fix for Core i9 MacBook Pro throttling
Late last week, it became known that Apple's latest 2018 MacBook Pros were throttling, which hurt Core i9 performance in particular. Yesterday we learned that this was actually due to voltage settings with the VRMs, and a user-generated fix was pushed out. Now, Apple has made things easier with a …
Read More »MacBook Pro 2018 throttling fix
Last week, users began getting their hands on the new 2018 MacBook Pro machines, unfortunately for those splashing the cash for the Core i9 model, some thermal throttling does occur under load. On the bright side, a fix has already been discovered.
Read More »Technology companies respond to KRACK WiFi exploit
Yesterday some worrying news hit the web, with a new exploit known as KRACK becoming public knowledge. This exploit allows attackers to read WiFi traffic between devices and wireless access points, the issue also works against common WiFi encryption methods, including WPA and WPA 2. Android and Linux devices were …
Read More »Samsung will issue a software fix for Galaxy S8 ‘red screen’ issue
Update: Samsung has now confirmed plans to push out a software update to fix the Galaxy S8 ‘red tint' display issue that some early adopters are reporting. After the initial issue was reported, a Samsung rep did claim that the tint could be removed within the phone's settings menu but …
Read More »Bioware wants to fix Mass Effect Andromeda animation issues within two months
Last week, Bioware finally began addressing concerns and criticisms players have had with Mass Effect Andromeda so far, stating that a plan for future support would be in place this week. Now we know what that plan is, with Bioware promising to address character appearance, the quality of animations/cinematic sequences …
Read More »Nintendo was able to fix Switch Joy-Con issues with a tiny piece of foam
Update: Nintendo has confirmed that a “manufacturing variation” was the source of the Switch left Joy-Con syncing issues. The foam fix that we first caught wind of yesterday will now be put into place for all future Switch units, meaning anyone picking up a Switch when stock returns should not …
Read More »Nintendo is researching Joy-Con issues but someone has already fixed the problem for them
After previously claiming that the Nintendo Switch isn't facing any widespread issues, it looks like Nintendo is finally acknowledging the widely reported Joy-Con connection issues. Reggie himself opened up about the issues this week, stating that Nintendo is in ‘full fact-finding mode' but it looks like a YouTuber may have already …
Read More »USB Group to issue software fix for dodgy USB Type-C cables
Over the last few months, quite a bit of awareness has been risen over cheap USB Type-C cables that don't adhere to the proper specification. These cables have been proven to cause damage to electronic devices, with one Google engineer frying a laptop with one but now, the USB Group …
Read More »Nvidia rolls out beta driver 364.51 following widespread issues
Yesterday, Nvidia launched a new ‘Game Ready' driver for Tom Clancy's The Division, Hitman, and Need for Speed, all of which come out this month. Unfortunately, those who were quick to install it started facing some serious issues including crashes, boot loops, blue screens, black screens, basically every problem you …
Read More »AMD launches Radeon Software Crimson 16.2 update
Ever since launching Radeon Software late last year, AMD has recommitted itself to driver support with big monthly updates. Today, AMD released Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.2, which brings some performance boosts to titles like Rise of the Tomb Raider and Ashes of Singularity, which is currently an excellent benchmarking …
Read More »Nvidia reinstates Shield tablet Marshmallow update
Update: Nvidia has begun rolling out the Android Marshmallow update to Shield tablet owners once again. The update was pulled earlier this month due to a bug causing WiFi to periodically disconnect for some owners. At the time, some troubleshooting instructions were offered to help but now the proper fixes should all …
Read More »Apple has a fix for iPhones bricked by Error 53
Over the last few months, iPhone users have found their devices bricked by Error 53, which is an error when an iPhone is taken in for a third-party repair and Touch ID is not re-authorized. This month, Apple officially acknowledged the bug and has now offered a fix to those …
Read More »Capcom has detailed the first Street Fighter V fixes
Capcom officially launched Street Fighter V on the PC and PlayStation 4 this week but unfortunately, the game has run into some issues, mostly stemming from online connectivity. However, Capcom has said that it is actively working on getting fixes out ASAP and has detailed the first changes to be …
Read More »AMD launches driver update for Rise of the Tomb Raider
Following on from the game's initial release last Friday, AMD has launched a new Radeon Software driver update to bring some specific optimizations for the game as well as a CrossFire profile for mutli-GPU users. Rise of the Tomb Raider is a Nvidia-backed title, so the green team managed to …
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