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Microsoft Won’t Take Blame For Lack Of Fez Fix
Microsoft has denied all blame for a game-breaking glitch that the developers of puzzle game Fez said they couldn’t afford to fix.
Xbox Live Takes Down Fez’s Game-Breaking Patch
No sooner than they released a patch for Fez, the game’s creators discovered a game-breaking filesave corruption and warned everyone not to accept the title update. Microsoft has now taken the step of removing the patch altogether, meaning people who didn’t get the memo about the patch won’t find their game bricked by it.
Fez’s Bug-Fixing Patch Breaks It Even More
When she reviewed Phil Fish’s critically acclaimed indie game Fez earlier this year, our own Tina Amini noted that she experienced a few crashes while playing through the game. The intermittent glitchiness were a known issue and dev studio Polytron has been working on a title update to fix it.
Some People Will Tell You How Many Copies Minecraft Sold On Xbox 360. Some Won’t.
Microsoft press release today: “Microsoft today announced that Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition, the console adaptation of the hugely popular PC game developed by Mojang, has broken all previous digital sales records, selling more than any other title in the first 24 hours on Xbox LIVE Arcade.” [That's an excerpt.]
Fez’s Village In Minecraft Is An Amazing Thing
Yup, people are still making other people’s stuff in Minecraft. Like this village, modelled after the starting point of Fez, and which thanks to the use of a custom texture pack looks terrific.
Fez’s Soundtrack Is Full Of Mysteries Too
The soundtrack to Fez officially released on Friday, at a pay-what-you-like price (with a minimum of $US7). Because the entire game is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, some enterprising folks went and opened the sound files in a spectrogram and, voila, they found even more clues.
A Fez Love Letter, Quite Literally
Reader John wrote a love letter to his lady friend Sara. To ensure it didn’t end up straight in the bin, he turned it into an elaborate mural starring Gomez, of Fez fame.
Fez And Skullgirls Top The Charts, Despite XBLA’s Useless Interface!
Last week was quite the week for Xbox LIVE Arcade, with the release of Fez and Skullgirls, and this week isn’t too shabby either with Trials Evolution. Last week appears to have been a good week for the service, with both Fez and Skullgirls making into positions one and two respectively.
