Doom Classic accidentally forces Users to use Bethesda Log-In

Bethesda surprised fans of the old Doom series by porting Doom 1,2, and 3 for all game consoles yesterday. However, players noticed you needed a Bethesda.net account to play the game! ResetEra Nibel tweeted his experiences that you were forced to log-in to play the offline single-player game.

It is a confusing system, considering that the game has no online features. It does have an offline multiplayer for players though. Still, forcing players to create a Bethesda account is a way for the company to send users marketing emails and track active users. Bethesda has since responded saying that creating a Bethesda account was meant to “be optional.”

They are working to patch that option in. I can only speculate that Bethesda is now stating that after being caught by fans. They were hoping fans wouldn’t be mad or mind.

Twitter has obviously been making memes about being forced to create an online account for a single-player game. So I will leave them below.

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Nintendo will fix your Joy-Cons for Free

Reporting after the previous article, Nintendo will fix Joy-Cons sent for repairs for free! Also, if you have paid previously for any repairs from the company, Nintendo’s memo on their website stated that you will be refunded. Some people have reported paying $40 for repairs on ResetEra (Gaming Forum).

A memo received from Vice has reported that Nintendo Representatives have been informed to tell users that Joy-Con repairs are free of charge. No proof of purchase is needed.

“Customers will no longer be requested to provide proof of purchase for Joy-Con repairs,” the internal customer service details say. “Additionally it is not necessary to confirm warranty status. If a customer requests a refund for a previously paid Joy-Con repair […] confirm the prior repair and then issue a refund.”

Perhaps Nintendo will change their manufacturers or obtain different materials for their Joy-Con manufacturing in the near future. Now that Nintendo is no longer charging, feel free to send over your Joy-Cons but be warned as it may take several weeks for its returns.

This is fairly common for most companies not to acknowledge that their hardware has faults. It took years for Xbox to respond regarding the Red Ring of Death.

Below are examples of the controller drift.

 

 

Nintendo Responds to Joy-Con Lawsuit

Have you been feeling a weird movement in your Nintendo Switch games while using your Joy-Cons? Well you’re not the only one. Many reports through Nintendo forums, Reddit and other gaming forums have complained that the Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons are defective due to unintentional in-game drifting with the analog sticks.

The lawsuit was finally filed last Friday via the United States District Court in Washington by the law offices of Chimicles, Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith (CSK&D). The lawsuit was filed done on behalf of Ryan Diaz. He purchased a Nintendo Switch back in 2017 and noticed the issues 11 months in. After sending the controllers to Nintendo to fix, the issue resurfaced after 3 months. He also noticed this issue in recently purchased Joy-Con controllers.

Now Nintendo has finally responded. Although they have not responded regarding the class action lawsuit in the US, a spokesperson from the UK told Eurogamer:

“At Nintendo, we take great pride in creating quality products and we are continuously making improvements to them. We are aware of recent reports that some Joy-Con controllers are not responding correctly. We want our consumers to have fun with Nintendo Switch, and if anything falls short of this goal we always encourage them to visit http://support.nintendo.co.uk so we can help.”

So no real solution from Nintendo just yet. Hopefully they will be able to solve this manufacturing issue in the near future for future Joy-Cons. Whether Nintendo can reimburse all the people on the lawsuit with new Joy-Cons is debatable.

If you want to join the lawsuit, you can sign up on the link below.

Diaz v. Nintendo of America Inc., 2:19-cv-01116 (W.D. Wash.)

Sources:

Eurogamer

Plants vs Zombies 3 Pre-Alpha is Out to Play

PopCap/EA’s has announced Plants vs Zombies 3, their new title in the garden defense game. The game is currently pre-alpha. Pre-alpha is very early launch of the game. Expect many glitches and errors before criticizing the game harshly. PopCap wants players to try out the game and provide feedback on potential improvements for the title.  The pre-alpha is free to play exclusively on Google Play store right now.

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The game has changed from landscape to portrait mode since Plants vs Zombies 2. Although the pre-alpha is currently out, you may not be able to play. If you can’t get access, PopCap says to try again another day as it will be opening up the pre-alpha in phases according to Gamespot. The pre-alpha is only available to the United States. EA has not announced a specific launch date for Plants vs Zombies 3. If the game is only in pre-alpha, don’t expect the game to launch until 2020.

The original Plants vs Zombies released in 2009. Due to the success of the game, EA bought the company in 2011 and helped them release Plants vs Zombies 2 but it was exclusive to phones. The second game was harshly criticized by fans for excessive micro transaction and the need for grinding which slowed down and made the game frustrating. I personally disliked the 2nd one for those practices after enjoying the first title so much. Hopefully the 3rd title won’t have the same issues.

Are you excited for Plants vs Zombies 3?