Kill the Justice League pulled offline after a weird game-beating bug

Rocksteady’s new third-person motion shooter has been pulled offline when gamers encountered a weird bug that instantly beats the sport. We’ve all heard of game-breaking bugs, however this can be the primary game-beating bug. Clearly, gamers need greater than three minutes of playtime out of their $70 buy.

The difficulty instantly locks gamers out of all story missions, together with tutorials, in a race to achieve the top credit. This additionally makes it not possible to obtain trophies and achievements, although most purchasers will in all probability get hung up on the entire “the sport is mainly unplayable” side. Nonetheless, in the event you’re searching for the simple mode to beat all straightforward modes, that is it. We might have used this bug for or Cuphead.

There’s one main caveat right here that’s saving this from turning into an enormous story comparable with the , and lots of different latest AAA launches. The sport doesn’t formally launch in a lot of the world till February 2. Some territories get it tomorrow, January 30, and that’s the place the bug is available in. Because of the magic of worldwide time zones, it’s already January 30 in New Zealand, which is the place gamers encountered the problem. Nonetheless, it’s not too laborious to alter your Xbox system clock to New Zealand time to snag the sport early. Don’t try this. Give Rocksteady a while to repair the issue.

To that finish, the developer says they’re engaged on a repair, which entails performing upkeep on the servers. Rocksteady urges endurance, writing that it might take “a number of hours” earlier than being dealt with. All through this time, the sport will stay offline. In any occasion, the ship ought to proper itself earlier than February 2.

Searching for a silver lining? Being as how the bug skips the overwhelming majority of the sport, the chance of story spoilers is basically low for the following few days. So go forward. Hit up your favourite social media websites and message boards.