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Wednesday, 17 October 2007 |
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Valve Software's The Orange Box which shipped last week in the US on Xbox 360 & PC has been well-received by fans. However, not all is well as competitive play over at Xbox Live has been marred by serious lag issues. The most striking of these concerns Team Fortress 2's 8 vs. 8 square-offs, prompting fans to cry foul. Fortunately, Valve have been aware of this and announced that a patch should be available to fix the issues by the end of this week or early next week, though no exact date was given.
The most notorious issues so far is the "connection to host lost" message that many Microsoft Xbox 360 fans have complained about. Others tell morbid tales of lag so severe that games become unplayable. In comparison, the Windows version of The Orange Box doesn't have these issues and runs multiplayer games very well. Some have attributed the problem to Valve's vast experience with PC game development and relative freshness on the console scene.
One person has commented on this article. Quote(1) Untitled04-01-2008 22:15:02 I'm having completely different issues. I can't get passed the first level without the 360 freezing up on a loading screen....WTH!?! |
