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Fez update finally certified by Microsoft
Posted: 14.06.2012 07:20 by JonahFalcon Comments: 3
Developer Polytron announced in their blog that the Fez update that was supported to be released earlier in June was rejected by Microsoft on the 25th May "because of two critical issues."


According to the blog, "One of them was resolved quickly, the other one (a random crash when upgrading the game from trial to full game) was impossible to reproduce or test on my side. We tried with MS to get the issue ignored because I had no tools to resolve it, but after weeks nothing moved.

On June 8th, I finally got access to a testing method that allowed me to reproduce the issue, and it got fixed completely today.

So it’s going back to Microsoft right now, and should enter certification again soon. Expect a ~2 week delay, but it’s coming! Finally!!"

Fez was released on the 13th April, earning rave reviews including a 9.5/10 score in Strategy Informer's review.
Related games: Fez (Xbox360)

Comments

By nocutius (SI Elite) on Jun 14, 2012
nocutius
And this is one of the reasons why Steam is dominating so badly, 2 weeks is absolutely huge.
By JonahFalcon (SI Elite) on Jun 15, 2012
JonahFalcon
Just so you know - they'd have released a BUGGY PATCH if it were Steam.
By nocutius (SI Elite) on Jun 15, 2012
nocutius
I know but still, one buggy patch a day is better than waiting for two weeks to find a bug and then another two weeks to release a fixed one.
Unless the version of the game up to that point had NO bugs whatsoever, in that case this was a lucky break.

But I'll stand by my feeling of two weeks being way too long in general.