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Publisher recalls Terminator PC

Because you can't install it. Doh!
Terminator Salvation's US publisher has recalled all copies of the just-released PC shooter... because it doesn't actually work.

Thanks to a "defect" that occurred during replication of the PC version, Terminator Salvation doesn't actually let user install the game, said US publisher Evolved Games.

"We have recalled all PC copies of Terminator Salvation from retail in North America and are currently in the process of replicating new copies," it said. "The new copies will be on store shelves in a few days.

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"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 apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused the end users that purchased the defective copy."

The Grin-developed third-person action title launched in the US on Tuesday for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. Only the PC version has been affected by the defect.

UK publisher Warner Bros. will roll it out in the UK next Friday.

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Posted by cooljimbop
epic fail
Posted by khr0nik
uber epic fail
Posted by B_G_G
Anyone care to bet Pirate Bay'll have a working copy out before the publishers do?
Posted by juggalo4life
lucky for the ones that got the game on pc that it dont work because if they played it they would have been even more pissed off that the game is bullsh!t i dont want anybody to suffer this kind of pain im one person with my own mind and you with yours but nobody at all should play this DO NOT BUY THIS GAME DO NOT RENT THIS GAME DO NOT READ ABOUT THIS GAME DONT LOOK AT THE COVER ...RUN AWAY NOW
Posted by WHERESMYMONKEY
i see. So you've played the offending article have you. I haven't but have only read bad reviews.

Although i might pick it up when it inevitably hits the bargain bin for a fiver in a couple weeks.

Then again you're obviously an ICP fan, so you're tates are instantly called into quaestion my friend. :P
Posted by altitude2k
See, you wouldn't get this issue if you were sensible and used a console :wink:

Perhaps it's a ploy...
Posted by battles_atlas
Since when was a PC game not working a reason to recall it?
Posted by Guy_Muggsley
Haha! Battles, your comment just made me chuckle :)
Posted by ensabahnur
in times where some great development houses have went under like Free Radical how the hell can Grin release 3 bog standard games and still manage to stay alive.
Posted by kimoak
Lol... Excellent!

:lol:
Posted by Neg
Ah PC games. Remember installing a patch that made a patch that was supposed to correct a patch work; took longer than finishing the accursed game. Switch while you still can people!
Posted by cjw101
Wish they'd done the same for Warhammer: Mark Of Chaos, my copy of that's a bugger to install. Each time I've installed it it's taken a good dozen attempts... :x
Posted by altitude2k
There has always been the temptation with developers of PC games to get things out the door unfinished (and I'm not speaking of ALL PC devs) due to the ability to patch later.

Unfortunately with the eve of XBL and PSN this has carried over to console games, where fixes that really should have been there from the start are being worried about post-gold.
Posted by sonic_uk
'replicating new copies'

'the defective units'

Almost sounds like Skynet talking!
Posted by Willforbes
absolutely disgraceful. this is no way to rebuild a fanbase after at least 5 terrible terminator games... take heed any budding name-wreckers
Posted by funkyjack
It doesn't matter how polished a game is there will always be bugs present and code needing fixing. Just look at the first Call of Duty, an awesome game when it came out, and it got about 6 patches in total over the course of 2 years.

However when it gets to the stage games aren't even letting you install them, like this film tie in which no doubt had a tight deadline to meet, then it's just getting silly.
Posted by altitude2k
I honestly can't understand how it made it out the door. Surely SOMEONE installed it first. Unless it's not as bad as we think it is - i.e. it doesn't work for versions of Windows with a certain SP or something.
Posted by humorguy
This is only in the headlines because F All ias going on in AAA PC gaming at the moment. Seems it will be November before we see another decent AAA title! Oh for the days of 10 PC games released a week, with 4 of those destined to be classics, 2 greats of their day and with only 2 okay games that are just about playable today and 2 bad that we have forgotten about!

Wonder how many games released in the last couple years will be known about in a decade!
Posted by plank91
Agreed, they clearly forgot to impliment Skynet coding into the final release ;)
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