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ASUS Transformer Pad Has Screen Problems

The ASUS Transformer Pad 300 TF300 received a warm welcome and got pretty favorable reviews, but some issues are coming to light. ASUS seems to be establishing a rather unfortunate track record of releasing tablets with hardware and software shortcomings. The Transformer Prime had to go through more than one upda...

9 May 2012
02:32 GMT

Nintendo 3DS Gets Firmware Update on April 25, Patch Planned for Mario Kart 7

Video game publisher and hardware developer Nintendo has announced that it plans to deliver a system update for the Nintendo 3DS handheld on April 25, allowing gamers to create new folders in the Home Menu of their system while also preparing the system for a Mario Kart 7 patch. The company says that the new folders...

23 April 2012
05:52 GMT

Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Promotion Glitch Is Great for Players

Over the weekend, players of Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer mode were asked to promote their characters as part of Operation Raptor, but it seems that a new glitch has appeared that keeps the old powers of the characters that were promoted. In Mass Effect 3’s online mode, once you reach a maximum of level 2...

2 April 2012
03:50 GMT

Players Who Exploit Modern Warfare 3’s Black Box Glitch Will Be Banned

Infinity Ward, the main developer of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, has revealed that a glitch in the recently released Black Box multiplayer map will be fixed soon and that those who exploit it will be banned. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 owners on the Xbox 360 received the Black Box multiplayer map last week, i...

22 March 2012
08:31 GMT

Mass Effect 3 Face Import Glitch Will Be Resolved by BioWare

BioWare has confirmed that it’s working on a solution for the face import glitch that’s currently affecting Mass Effect 3 players who decide to load their character from the previous game. Mass Effect 3 was released yesterday in the U.S. and lots of fans eagerly awaited the moment when they could import ...

7 March 2012
04:19 GMT

Avoid Attacks in Star Wars: The Old Republic with Dancing Glitch

A brand new video from Star Wars: The Old Republic shows a hilarious, yet extremely helpful glitch, as any player engaged in combat can just use a command to get his character to dance, thus stopping any enemy attack. Star Wars: The Old Republic is a sprawling online role playing game, offering players the chance to...

4 January 2012
05:24 GMT

How to Avoid a Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Game Breaking Glitch

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, one of the last great Nintendo Wii titles, has a game breaking glitch that doesn’t let players progress through the story, according to Nintendo, which has now offered a certain workaround to avoid this problem until a fix is released for the game.Skyward Sword was eagerly ex...

8 December 2011
14:21 GMT

Facebook Security Glitch Allows Members to See Zuckerberg’s Private Photos

All the world had access to the private pictures of Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder, after a post on a bodybuilding forum revealed to the social network’s customers how they can see the private photographs of a member without being in their contact list. The Facebook feature that allowed users to re...

7 December 2011
05:17 GMT

Skyrim Becomes Unplayable on PlayStation 3 Due to Save Game File Size Issue

It seems that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim isn't exactly going through the best of times on consoles like the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, as after a pretty annoying texture glitch on the Microsoft platform, PS3 owners are now finding out that the game becomes borderline unplayable once their save game files reach ...

18 November 2011
05:50 GMT

Batman: Arkham City Disappearing Save Files Glitch on Xbox 360 Investigated by WB

Warner Bros. and Rocksteady have confirmed that they're aware of an ongoing problem with the Xbox 360 version of their recent Batman: Arkham City game, which causes save game files to completely disappear from the device, but needs some more actual data from those affected by the issue.Batman: Arkham City was re...

15 November 2011
04:30 GMT

Installing Skyrim on Xbox 360 Causes Low Resolution Texture Problem, Patch Coming

Bethesda has acknowledged an issue with the Xbox 360 version of its The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim title, warning customers not to install the game on the hard drive of the console, as an issue with the streaming systems used by the RPG causes textures to be loaded with a lower than normal resolution.Skyrim was deployed...

14 November 2011
14:21 GMT

Learn How to Get Unlimited Gold in Skyrim

Picking up a book and selling it as many times as you want is the simplest and quickest way of putting together a huge pile of gold in the just launched The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the open world first person role playing game from Bethesda.The book can be found on a skeleton corpse which seems to have an endless su...

14 November 2011
10:21 GMT

Facebook Videos Glitch Breaches People's Privacy

A permissions glitch allowed Facebook users to see a list of their friends' private videos for over a week despite not having access to them.Facebook allows users to set strict access rules for videos they post on the social network because of the sensitive nature that such content can have.According to TechCruc...

25 July 2011
10:53 GMT

Nintendo 3DS Already Plagued by Black Screen of Death Error

Barely has the Nintendo 3DS been out in Europe and North America and already owners of the new handheld are complaining that the device is plagued by a serious error in the form of the so-called Black Screen of Death. According to members of the NeoGAF forums, their new Nintendo 3DS consoles have begun displaying ...

28 March 2011
05:45 GMT

Akatsuki Was Lost Due to a Faulty Valve

The preliminary results of Japanese investigations into the reasons why the Akatsuki space probe failed to insert properly into Venusian orbit show that a faulty valve in one of the spacecraft's engine was most likely responsible. The probe – aptly named the first weather satellite to be deployed on anothe...

29 December 2010
03:20 GMT

Cassini Will Regain Functions on November 24

According to an announcement made by the American space agency, it would appear that the NASA Cassini probe, currently in orbit around Saturn, will regain full functionality in its scientific cameras no earlier than November 24. The spacecraft is currently in safe mode, after a glitch on its onboard computer forced i...

6 November 2010
06:53 GMT

Fallout: New Vegas Glitch Allows Players To Steal Almost Anything

Fallout: New Vegas is a pretty glitchy game, as emphasized by the dozens of comments we received on our dedicated news stories, but it seems that at least one glitch is working in the favor of the player. More specifically, it seems that those who want to steal things in the game, but don't want to get a karm...

28 October 2010
03:40 GMT

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow PS3 Suffers from Corrupt Game Saves

Hack and slash game fans have eagerly awaited Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, as the title actually seemed to deliver a great 3D Castlevania experience, after a few failed attempts and lots of 2D side scrollers.Sadly, it seems that the game isn't without faults, as lots of players are reporting a massive glitch wi...

12 October 2010
15:51 GMT

Aion Glitch Makes Players Drown in Cash

The economy may be slowly getting back on its feet, but it looks like some are a lot luckier in the money department than others. After all, it's not every day that money falls from the sky and ends up in their mail box by the trillions. True, it's a virtual sky, a virtual mailbox and virtual money in a MMO...

6 January 2010
03:46 GMT

Modern Warfare 1.06 Patch Brings New Glitches

The multiplayer aspect of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 has suffered quite a serious setback as far as fair-play goes with the “Javelin glitch,” but it is a rather big step toward mindless fun. While it is called “Javelin,” this glitch worked with pretty much any launcher weapon, and pretty mu...

16 December 2009
05:08 GMT

Modern Warfare's Javelin Glitch Is About to Go Away

Millions of people have played Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 online, so it's no surprise that all sorts of glitches have been found. After all, the statistical chance that a player will run into a faulty code line is well in favor of the player. One of the most known ones, as well as one of the most vexing ones,...

3 December 2009
02:54 GMT

Delta Force: Black Hawk Down Glitches (PS2)

Delta Force: Black Hawk Down is a videogame developed and published by NovaLogic Inc. The game was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the PC and the Mac. It was launched in July 2005. The game is classed as a shooter title, played from a first person perspective or fro...

22 December 2008
02:35 GMT

Phoenix's TEGA Doors Were Flawed

It seems that people knew from the very beginning that the doors of the Phoenix Mars Lander's Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer (TEGA) instruments were flawed from the design phase. This gave scientists a lot of headaches during the extended mission and, if they had been designed correctly in the first place, per...

15 December 2008
09:44 GMT

Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 Glitches II (PS2)

Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 is a video game developed by Z-Axis Ltd. and published by Acclaim Entertainment Inc. It was created for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, for the original Xbox from Microsoft, the GameCube and the Game Boy Advance. Launched in September 2001, the game is classed as a sports title, based ...

9 December 2008
04:21 GMT

God's Particle Costs $29 Million in Repairs to the LHC

Following the glitches in September, known as "quench" happening during the "S34 Incident," which affected sectors 3-4 of the Large Hadron Collider's ring, the repairs were estimated to cost about 35 million Swiss francs ($29 million), the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced yesterday. Ac...

6 December 2008
04:33 GMT

American Problem Satellite Tracked by Russians

A troubled American satellite belonging to the U.S. Air Force's Defense Support Program (DSP) program is slowly but firmly drifting away from its designated place, high up in the orbit. The unwanted movement of the DSP-23 satellite is prone to endanger the integrity of other expensive and important satellites in...

3 December 2008
09:22 GMT

LHC Experiment Postponed Even More

In the past few months, the Large Hadron Collider slowly disappeared from public attention and kept an increasingly lower profile. However, just when not much was expected to be heard about it – since the last statements did not have anything interesting programmed LHC-wise until next June – something act...

1 December 2008
10:36 GMT

Eidos Is Sorry About Tomb Raider Wii Glitch

Tomb Raider: Underworld has definitely been an eagerly anticipated title by fans across the world. The game promised to bring a revamped Lara Croft, which could do a lot of new amazing things, taking advantage of the power of the next generation consoles. Eidos Interactive, the publisher of the game has really market...

27 November 2008
02:55 GMT

Jokes Over the ISS' Urine Purifier

Among many other things, the International Space Station has been provided, via the Endeavour spacecraft, and courtesy of NASA, with a $250 million urine and sweat recycling apparatus supposed to ensure potable and bath water for the station's crew of six. Yet, during the recent few days since its installation, ...

25 November 2008
09:32 GMT

Banjo Kazooie Patch Is Under Development

We previously reported that the latest title in the Banjo Kazooie series, Nuts and Bolts, was coming out exclusively for the Xbox 360 console, being the first game that wouldn't be making an appearance on a Nintendo console. Rare, the studio behind this series, said that, for a full Banjo Kazooie experience, the...

10 November 2008
02:55 GMT

Banjo-Kazooie : Nuts And Bolts Text Problem Won't Be Solved

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts And Bolts, one of the most anticipated titles for the Xbox 360 in the field of casual gaming, is the fifth in the Banjo Kazooie series, which started in 1998 as a Nintendo 64 game. It is also the first title that won’t be coming to a Japanese console, being an Xbox exclusive.The demo of the ...

6 November 2008
03:53 GMT

LHC on Hold Until June 2009

The latest statements from CERN officials shed more light on the Large Hadron Collider glitch that happened more than one month ago, on September 19, and indicate that the device will not be fully operable sooner than May or June of next year. It seems that the electrical failure caused irreversible damage to 29 of ...

21 October 2008
03:44 GMT

NASA's Hubble Rerouting-Reboot Process Failed

Some 3 weeks ago, Hubble suffered a major glitch that prevented it from capturing and sending back the amazing pictures that we were accustomed to. NASA planned to repair it this week and have it online by Friday, but the failure to reboot on Thursday is still keeping the telescope silent and only able to use a minor...

18 October 2008
04:10 GMT

Hubble's Computer Resurrection Attempt Has Begun Today

Today, the attempts of repairing the glitch that has silenced the Hubble Space Telescope about 2 weeks ago have started. The ground technicians aim to revitalize some alternative computer components that have lied in a dormant state for over 18 years, since the $2 billion telescope was launched into space. A vas...

15 October 2008
08:58 GMT

Your Band May Disappear in Rock Band 2

The Rock Band forums are under a lot of scrutiny these days because of a pretty serious glitch that affects players who purchased the Xbox 360 version of the popular Rock Band 2 music game, and which appears with the online bands that play in tour mode. In a nutshell, after quite a lengthy progress made in the game, ...

6 October 2008
02:33 GMT

New Glitch, Longer Shutdown for LHC

Scientists from CERN stated on Saturday that the Large Hadron Collider may be shut down for at least 2 months, following the leak of a large quantity of helium – used in order to cool one of the proton-guiding magnets – into the collider tunnel. This is the last and the worst out of a series of unfortunat...

22 September 2008
04:07 GMT

New Glitches for the LHC

Only a week after it had been started, LHC, world's biggest particle smasher, had to be stopped on Wednesday because of an electrical fault, as CERN officially announces.  The recent failures of the LHC staff haven't even been forgotten yet, and a new one comes to increase the world's doubts relat...

19 September 2008
03:27 GMT

Yahoo Blocks Email for BT Customers

Several customers of BT, one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions and services, were faced with an email meltdown after a Yahoo security update. The security update glitch has affected the BT Yahoo customers who use their own domain names to send email. The exact number of users hasn'...

15 May 2008
07:51 GMT

Soyuz Spacecraft Lands off Target. Crew is Safe Though

Due to a slight glitch, the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft carrying the crew of Expedition 17 back to Earth landed way off target, several hundred miles away from the scheduled landing site. Although experiencing the action of severe G-forces, the crew is said to be safe and do not suffer any permanent medical problems, alb...

21 April 2008
03:02 GMT

Jules Verne Suffers Minor Glitch

After being lifted up into space with the help of the Ariane 5 space rocket, the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle detached itself from the launch vehicle and started its race towards the International Space Station. However, what was called by the European Space Agency a flawless launch proved to be anything bu...

12 March 2008
11:13 GMT

Mac OS Security Exploit Works with Windows

The recent discovery of a Mac OS security glitch has triggered "threats" (so to speak) on behalf of Jacob Appelbaum and Adam Boileau (the two guys who've acknowledged the programming flaw), as a response to Apple's and Microsoft's non-response to the issue. The latter, who's known about the glitch...

6 March 2008
05:01 GMT

Mac Users Beware of Password-Exposing Glitch!

Sure, Macs are pretty much virus-free (plus they come as a whole, seldom crash and they look just great), but a glitch is something no computer or electronic device can escape from. Apple itself has recently confirmed "a security glitch that, in many situations, will let someone with physical access to a Macintosh co...

29 February 2008
03:08 GMT

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis Glitches (PSX)

The zombies from the original Resident Evil have returned to give gamers another taste of terror in this third installment of the popular horror-survival series. The game begins with Jill Valentine, who survived the first quest, but now finds herself surrounded by flesh-eating zombies as she tries to leave Raccoon Ci...

16 January 2008
09:18 GMT

Assassin's Creed Glitch: Guard Humps a Wall

You gotta love them naughty glitches. This one has been declared the funniest on PlayStation 3 to date. It's well known by now that Ubisoft's stealth-action title Assassin's Creed is packed full with glitches - one of them even allows players to control two physically existent Altairs and kick the crap...

10 January 2008
06:43 GMT

Google High-Tech Christmas Cookies

It's not been a week since I talked about the all new all improved Google News Algorithm that was supposed to make the reading news experience a lot more closer and intense with the latest updates on all the stories that might have caught your fancy.I'm not sure why a story about "Grasshopper Chocolate Chun...

13 December 2007
07:03 GMT

WinRAR Glitch Invites Hackers Into Your Computer

WinRAR, the famous archiving software technology, is currently attacked as TrendLabs reported a vulnerability which can allow an attacker to obtain remote control over an affected computer. The exploit code takes advantage of a buffer flow vulnerability in WinRAR 3.50 and earlier, TrendLabs wrote. A successful exploi...

29 November 2007
09:39 GMT

Assassin's Creed Co-Op Mode?

Hadn't Ubisoft rolled out the game already, we'd be somewhat temped to believe a rumor saying that Assassin's Creed featured a two player co-op mode. But since the game is well out and has been reviewed by numerous publications, including us, we can't possibly see the action within the two videos ...

26 November 2007
06:04 GMT

Tired of the Vehicles in Halo 3? There's a New One to Be Tried Out!

Implementing a replay feature within Halo 3 is truly something that Bungie sometimes feels sorry for and this is one of those moments. According to Halo3Forum and BahamutZero's Cblog, although it isn't very hard to turn a dumpster into an aircraft, it certainly doesn't allow too much maneuverability. B...

29 October 2007
09:19 GMT

PS3 Ratchet & Clank Arrives, Glitches Included

While we're playing Crash of the Titans on the PSP and Xbox 360, another major platformer arises, Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction being the most awaited game of its genre on the PS3. However, there's a pretty ugly glitch that comes with the game, but it won't change the title's gamep...

26 October 2007
08:17 GMT

NCAA Football 08 Annoying Disk Error Hits the Xbox 360

We've just received word of the small Super Paper Mario bug that can be avoided and will be soon solved by Nintendo and it seems that the Xbox 360 has also been troubled by an ugly NCAA Football 08 glitch. Exactly when you're at the peak of a great gaming experience and getting ready for a touchdown you�...

20 September 2007
04:04 GMT


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