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Savor your days suicide javelin bombers, because they are numbered, thanks to a nice fast response from Infinity Ward! But exactly how fast was it? Like most games Infinity Ward's Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 had problems at launch. So, how does Infinity Wards swiftness in dealing with the shortcomings stack up to other games who had game breaker problems at launch: Burn360 will examine 3 titles that experienced major issues at launch and how the developers responded to them.

Coming in third in a three man race is NBA2k10. What should have been 2k sports crown jewel of their 2K basketball series NBA2k10. A very impressive title, graphically and in many other areas, 2k10 was littered with internal problems, buggy net code, and a completely broken and unplayable multiplayer components....

In Second, Valves highly anticipated Left 4 Dead 2 released to much critical acclaim. But when the gaming public got its waning hands on Left 4 Dead 2 they were shocked to experience a completely lag ridden and nearly unplayable title at least in the multiplayer aspect of the game. Valve acknowledged the.....

This article in response to Infinity Ward's remarkable turnaround from discovery to execution of a patch at 5 days. The first reports of the glitch started surfacing on November 29-30 with videos from Youtube sprouting up, and the glitch spread like wildfire....

....It's these differences that gamers will need to notice in the era of patchable console games, as more and more titles are shipped without being perfect. The new great developers are the ones that are able to maintain the product through TIMELY updates that got missed in development, and are necessary as glitches and exploits are found....
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Published: 106 days 14 hours ago | Article | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360
 
 
 

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