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Patches EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Worms 2: Armageddon gets a big ol' update 7 There's a problem with a lot of Xbox LIVE Arcade Games -- their online communities tend to die off before too long. Even the good ones can suffer from this, simply because there's so many competi... Tekken 6 online patch incoming (once it passes cert) 16 Oh, Tekken 6. Like all other online-compatible fighting games, there's always going to be the obligatory outrage against less-than-stellar netcode. Thankfully, Namco Bandai is already on the case... KOF XII for 360 finally gets its patch, online fixes 26 Well it's about time. The Xbox 360 version of King of Fighters XII has finally been patched to fix its various online troubles and stability issues. Its PS3 counterpart was issued some time ago, ... Borderlands console patches going live soon ... real soon 35 It's a real bummer that some people are experiencing a wide variety of technical issues with Borderlands on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. I was lucky enough to not run into any of them, but fr... CoJ: Bound in Blood patched, load times reduced for PS3 12 Maybe, just maybe, a patch will reinvigorate what little online community for Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood there is left. Assuming there is any at all. Up for download on both Xbox 360 and Play... Dawn of War II getting The Last Stand tomorrow 8 I don't know what's up with the recent fascination in survival modes a la Gears of War 2's Horde Mode or Halo 3: ODST's Firefight, but I love it. The latest game to get such a mode is Dawn of War... World at War PC patch 1.6 with more (free) maps out now 22 Another patch for the PC version of Call of Duty: World at War, another round of free maps. This time, it's the three maps from Map Pack 3: "Battery," "Breach," and "Revo... Red Faction: Guerrilla patch on the horizon 7 The community has spoken, and Volition, Inc. has been listening. The developer is currently preparing a patch for Red Faction: Guerrilla that sounds rather exciting. This news is actually a few d... Fat Princess' online is bad, Sony says a fix is coming 49 I've been playing Fat Princess for our upcoming review, and I love it to bits. However, the numerous and time-consuming online issues, including connection failures, lag and crashes, are really d... Bionic Commando patch is up, makes PS3 owners girlie men 41 Yesterday it appears that a patch was released for Bionic Commando: Rearmed over PSN. The update is a bit of a mixed bag, unless you're a total wuss and can't beat the game as it is. See it does ... Sacred 2 PC receives new patch, prep for expansion 5 Ascaron slammed an armored foot on a few more Sacred 2: Fallen Angel bugs. The studio behind the infested action RPG released another patch -- 2.43 -- for the PC version of the game yesterday aft... World at War PC gets a patch, 'Map Pack 2' for free tomorrow 10 Call of Duty: World at War's "Map Pack 2" was extremely popular with the console crowd. So popular, in fact, that the premium $10 add-on was downloaded more than one million times in it... Fan translation of Culdcept DS rocks my world 12 The Culdcept series rules. If you like board games, card games and screwing over your friends, there are few games which can compare. But, apart from a PS2 release and Culdcept Saga for the Xbox ... Gears of War getting another update, Epic gives details 20 Epic has released information on what will be contained in the fourth major title update to Gears of War 2. The update adds multiplayer experience rewards for playing Horde mode, improves the odd... The Sims 3 gets an 'uncensor' patch before it's released 49 What's the first thing any self-respecting gamer should do when legally purchasing the latest PC game? That's right -- make everyone and everything as naked as they can possibly get. With that in... Some new Company of Heroes patch info released 1 Relic had previously announced that they were working on a new patch for Company of Heroes, and now they've provided some new information as to what exactly this patch is going to entail. The 2.6... Killzone 2 devs think patches are important 18 Killzone 2 developer Guerrilla Games has shown a strong commitment to regularly updating the high profile PS3 exclusive with improvements, something that managing director Herman Hulst claims is ... GTA IV stu- stu- stuttering problem fixed 12 Earlier this week Grand Theft Auto IV started stuttering for many people when they went to play it on their PC. This was because of a recent Windows Live update that made the game start to stutte... Killzone 2 gets new ranks: Race you to 100000 points! 21 As I switched on my PS3 and waited for eight million years while the latest Killzone 2 patch downloaded, I wasn't expecting much. However, after using my elite sniping prowess to lead my Helghast... Killzone 2 getting a 'kill Japanese people' patch April 22 26 A new update is scheduled to appear for Killzone 2 on April 22, so be prepared if you're planning to game that day. The last thing you need is to be ambushed by one of the PS3's slow-ass patches.... Much needed fix coming to LittleBigPlanet 11 An important patch is coming to LittleBigPlanet which will fix one of the most nagging issues with the PlayStation 3 title. LBP's tendency to throw a tantrum if your profile becomes too full of c... Street Fighter HD Remix patch out today on PSN, tomorrow on XBL 23 We gave you the skinny on what was making it into the Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix patch not too long ago, but now we can tell you when it's going live courtesy of Capcom.The patch has ... Unreal Tournament III PS3 patch goes live, Steam sale extended 9 First, the good news: the PlayStation 3 version of the massive Unreal Tournament III "Titan Pack" DLC has gone up ahead of schedule. It was recently delayed until a March 19 release, bu... Killzone 2 weekend patch detailed, Air Support still rubbish 26 This weekend, Killzone 2 was treated to Update 1.20, a new patch intended to fix a number of issues that players have complained about since the game launched a few weeks ago. As always, a number... Blowing into the microphone won't let you win at Lips anymore 11 For the Xbox 360's first foray into the karaoke game genre, Lips wasn't too bad a start. However, there was one huge problem -- you didn't have to sing at all to win the game, which more or less ... Team Fortress 2 patch alert: Spy side-stabbing is back 17 Dammit Valve, I cannot help but get the feeling that I'm going to be stuck spreading the word about your Team Fortress 2 patches and class updates for years to come. At any rate, there are easily... Power trip time: Unreal Tournament III Titan Pack details revealed 21 You may have heard that Unreal Tournament III First major Dawn of War II patch coming on or around launch day 10 With upwards of 250,000 unique players participating in the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II beta, I think we can call it a success. Although more and more these days it seems like the difference... Call of Duty: World at War PC gets a new map and a patch, plus bonus balloons 4 Before you get too excited about another map, Call of Duty: World at War PC players, keep in mind this free "new" map is essentially "Makin," but with daylight. Also, the ball... MotorStorm Pacific Rift getting an 'update,' but we call it a 'patch' 6 It looks like an update for Sony's PlayStation 3 racer, MotroStorm Pacific Rift is on its way. Actually, scratch that. When I think "update," I think significant game additions -- new t... Here's another Grand Theft Auto IV PC patch to ease the pain 3 I never ended up trying the PC port of Grand Theft Auto IV since the console version was more than enough to fill my appetite for open-world debauchery. However, those of you who have played the ... Left 4 Dead patched for PC 25 So, I was just about to hop onto L4D for a friendly match with a few Dtoiders when Steam went down for maintenance. Again. Pissed that my attempts at playing were once again thwarted (last night ... Create-a-Superstar patch for WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 is now live for PS3 12 As promised, THQ has delivered a patch for WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 that directly impacts the Create-a-Superstar. The patch, which is now available on the PlayStation Network, will allow player... PixelJunk Eden patch coming on January 15, 'Encore' expansion in the works 12 As gamers, we have a lot of hatred for the “patch culture” that we’ve been subjected to during this console generation, especially when it means that unfinished games are rushed... Left 4 Dead PC patch should be out this week as Valve explains the delay 16 After the Xbox 360 got its anti-exploit update a while ago, PC fans of Left 4 Dead have been left waiting for their update and wondering why there's a wait. Responding to expectations of simultan... Sirlin discusses the problem with patches 18 David Sirlin, as part of his massive interview with Videogamer, has been talking about the costs of patches. Talking about how difficult it was to get Puzzle Fighter patched, and the likelihood o... Broken record says that Castle Crashers patch is coming 35 Hey, remember that patch for Castle Crashers? You know, the one that was supposed to fix the data loss bugs and the online multiplayer issues? The one that they promised would soon be here roughl... Gears of War 2 patch out, multiplayer issues addressed 25 If you're planning a little Gears of War 2 this Thanksgiving, then you might be pleased to learn that Epic Games has supposedly fixed the rather irritating waiting times experienced when attempti... Castle Crashers finally getting bug fixes, could 'take a few weeks' 28 A month and a half after release, The Behemoth has posted on their development blog that they've stomped out the last of the bugs which plagued Castle Crashers on release. The problems users had ... Warriors Orochi 2 getting patched up via Xbox Live 14 I doubt anybody expected Warriors Orochi 2 to get the mauling it received when I reviewed it, given my love of all things Koei. Sadly, sometimes a reviewer has to hurt the things he loves. It's t... Online co-op level creation not happening for LBP at launch 25 In one of the more disappointing bits of news regarding LittleBigPlanet, it appears that online cooperative level creation will not happen until a patch is released after launch. The information ... Alone in the Dark for 360 getting a patch: You are all excited 17 The console patch culture continues as Alone in the Dark becomes the next game to be finished after its initial release. We already knew that the delayed PlayStation 3 version would ship with a n... GRiD for the 360 broken? Devs try to figure it out 33 Reports are coming in of problems with the Xbox 360 version of Codemasters' Race Driver: GRiD. There is an issue with the game where it suffers from perpetual freezing and stuttering during races... Namco Bandai to make Mr. Driller Online not broken with patch 10 Anyone who was even remotely excited about Namco Bandai bringing Mr. Driller Online to Xbox LIVE Arcade got a huge shock when the game was released last month -- it was broken. Really, really bro... Issues found with console versions of MLB 2K8, fixes forthcoming 17 It seems like people get sick a lot around these times of year — that is, when the seasons change — and videogames are apparently no different. A patch for problems with online play i... PS3 Vegas II getting patch soon: Because patches make everything better 45 Our very own Gameboi shared his personal woes with trying to get the PS3 version of Rainbow Six Vegas II to work online, and informed us that Ubisoft was well aware of the issue. In follow up new... Rockstar announcement coming today about Bully 360 patch (Update) 16 Well, it was a little longer than we were originally advised of, but it looks as if Rockstar has finally gotten around to addressing the issues with 360's Bully: Scholarship Edition. It isn't new... Bully: Scholarship Edition to be fixed 'within the next week' 20 If you happened to pick up Bully: Scholarship Edition and have been experiencing any sort of glitches or even a bad framerate, don't get rid of the game just yet. It won't be much longer until yo... Team Fortress 2 update featuring 'Badlands' coming tomorrow 45 Forget crummy Valentine's Day cards and that horrible heart-shaped candy that tastes like chalk mixed with ear medicine, Valve's got something much better in store for us. That's right, a big upd... New patch for Call of Duty 4 PC is out now 28 Infinity Ward has pumped out another patch for the PC version of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Before you can install the patch though, you'll need to make sure you already have v1.4 downloaded... Performance-enhancing patch for Crysis is ready for download 34 Today marks the last day you'll need to resort to witchcraft in order to get a few more frames per second in Crysis, because the game's first patch is finally here! Among the many items it addres... Call of Duty 4: Christmas Warfare 48  Middle Eastern conflict may not be the best time to spread Christmas cheer, but Infinity Ward's latest PC patch for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has gone the festive route regardless. A m... Call of Duty 4 getting a shot in the arm: New multiplayer patch coming 61 I love Call of Duty 4, and anybody with it needs to join the [TOID] clan and shoot some mothers with us ... or just cry into your headset about how badly we suck. If you're as addicted to CoD4's ... Lock up your daughters: Guitar Hero III update is now live 15 Forget all of the other patch nonsense -- Neversoft and Activision/Red Octane have issued a free update for Guitar Hero III, which should now be available on Xbox 360 (Worldwide) and the Playstat... PS3 Assassin's Creed patch now available 23 The patch/update for the PlayStation 3 version of Assassin's Creed is now live, according to Ubisoft's community manager on their official forums: Following consumer feedback regarding some ... Ubisoft confirms forthcoming PS3 Assassin's Creed patch to address freezing 34 If you're a PlayStation 3 owner and actually wanted to play that copy of Assassin's Creed you sold blood to get, you're in luck. The issues of the game freezing up are being address by Ubisoft, s... BioShock widescreen fix on the way 17 Remeber the BioShock widescreen drama from late August? Picky gamers were up in arms about some cropping and other technical babble that I didn't care about as I was too busy avoiding Big Daddies... It's safe to play Team Fortress 2 on Xbox 360 now: The Orange Box gets updated 32 Sleep is for babies, gamers play all night! That's right, we here at Destructoid believe that videogames are a valid substitute for a good night's rest. As it turns out, the wonderful people at V... If I must be lonely, I'd rather be alone: Guitar Hero III gets co-op patch 31 1up has word that Guitar Hero III will be seeing a patch addressing the complaints many people have had with the game's lack of offline co-op. The patch -- of which only a 360 version has been so... New BioShock patch needs patching? 27 Some Xbox 360 gamers were shocked to find that the new BioShock patch causes different issues to replace the ones just fixed.2K Games community manager Elizabeth Tobey says that this patch "... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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