14 DAY TRIAL // Hollywood has made a habit of coupling with every major blockbuster a video game tie-in in order to squeeze even more money from the average consumer. As the thought of an easy profit is quite interesting, especially in this day and age, video game developers are more than eager to partner up with big movie-making studios and use their projects as the basis for a title.
Such was the case with Terminator Salvation, which has already been released into cinemas, with Christian Bale playing as John Connor against the evil machines that want to eliminate the human race. His struggle has also moved into the virtual world, as Evolved Games has also created a title in which players must help overthrow the machines.
Released at the same time as the movie, the game has appeared on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. But it seems that the machines have meddled with the process of making this title, as the PC version of Terminator Salvation has suffered a fault in production and won't be installed properly on any machine. The console versions, however, are alright, showing that the Skynet machines can't influence consoles yet.
Here is the official statement from Evolved Games on this matter: “Unfortunately, a defect occurred during replication of the PC version of Terminator Salvation, which does not allow end users to install the game. The Xbox 360 and PS3 are not affected and function properly. We have recalled all PC copies of Terminator Salvation from retail in North America and are currently in the process of replicating new copies. The new copies will be on store shelves in a few days. A replacement plan for all end users that purchased the defective units is currently being set up. Details to get a replacement copy will be announced shortly. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused the end users that purchased the defective copy.”
We will keep you informed on how this problem will be resolved and what PC gamers who bought this game need to do in order to get their hands on a good copy. Until then, though, the machines have won this fight, but the battle isn't over.