Following widespread reports of Anthem crashing PS4 consoles earlier this week, BioWare has confirmed that the issue will be addressed in a patch that will release next week, according to BioWare’s Head of Live Service Chad Robertson over on Twitter:
UPDATE: We’ve identified several causes for the temp power-down crash some PS4 users experienced. Fixes for the top issues are in patch next week. If you encounter a game crash where your PS4 console won’t respond, you can manually power down and restart it – no risk of damage.
— Chad Robertson (@crobertson_atx) 6 March 2019
There were also a number of unconfirmed reports of Anthem actually “bricking” players consoles, rendering them completely unusable, but BioWare says that they have conducted a “thorough review” and has found no evidence to substantiate those claims.
After thorough review, we have not encountered an instance where Anthem has “bricked” a PS4 console. If you are experiencing anything different, please reach out to @EAHelp so we can track the incident and investigate. Thanks for your patience.
— Chad Robertson (@crobertson_atx) 6 March 2019
That comment will surely frustrate those who have claimed to have had their consoles bricked by Anthem, but it could just be a coincidence that they happened to be playing Anthem when their console gave up. Either that or one of the two parties is telling lies, and to be honest I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that either parties were doing so.
The patch to fix the crashing issue is expected to go live on Tuesday 12th March, and it should also fix the bug that’s making level one weapons the most powerful in the game, which BioWare claims is down to a bug relating to default items being combined with higher level gear in your loadout.
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