Poor old Marvel’s Avengers, eh? Crystal Dynamics has been desperately trying to revive the fortunes of the live service game, but despite some meaningful improvements, it very much remains on life support – at least until the Wakanda update later in the year. The developer would have been hoping for a big boost today, as it launches the release’s Cosmic Cube event – but a bug on PlayStation 5 has forced the firm to encourage fans not to stream the title or post gameplay screenshots online.
Why? Because an errant piece of code means that players’ IP addresses are being displayed on the screen. This is obviously a potential security threat, which isn’t a great look. Fortunately, a fix is coming fast: “We are currently testing a solution to the issue of personal information, including the player's IP address and username, being displayed on screen on PS5 and plan to deploy a hotfix tomorrow at around 8AM PT,” a spokesperson said.
It added: “PS5 players should refrain from streaming or posting screenshots online until then as sensitive information may be displayed.” How this slipped through the net, we’ll never know – perhaps the God of Mischief has been up to his old tricks again?
[source twitter.com]
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Without wanting to sound like a grumpy old man, do developers make games for actual video game players these days or silly YouTube streamers and influencers?!??
All the "upload and capture" buttons on the new consoles. It's just silly in my rather old fashioned view.
@pip_muzz It's not for me either but it's a big part of the industry now.
Keep on digging your hole, Square!
@pip_muzz It’s not just streamers that those options benefit, it’s great to be able to quickly get screenshots and videos when something happens, especially with how glitchy games on PS5 are.
@pip_muzz Well it's not really just meant for streamers or people who do that kind of stuff for a living. Ever since social media became more commonplace game developers and console makers have always sought out ways to make their products more socially connected not just amongst people locally but to tie it closer with how much more active of a community the internet has become
That's even why you see stuff like "Photo Mode" being a big feature in major games like Zelda, Mario Odyssey, Death Stranding or Spider-Man. It brings engagement amongst people on social media and attracts attention towards the game
Marvel's Avengers is the gift we have truly earned and deserve.
Bah just watch the movies instead!
@pip_muzz Fellow grumpy old man here. The streaming thing is one generation removed from me, so I don't really get it, but a lot of folks seem to get enjoyment from it. When I struggle to wrap my head around streaming, I think back to when my younger cousin used to watch me play NES games for hours when I was supposed to be babysitting him. It was like streaming for an audience of one.
Not a big deal, just can't stream lol... at least I wish that was the case unfortunately it is a big deal for the company since dumb glue snifferrs hang on streamers every word though, and companies do whatever to appease some overly whiny highschool drop out, with streamers it's not about the game it's about some dumb sense of community with the streamer as the leader
Am I wrong in thinking anyone who knows what to do with your IP, and also has any inclination to actually use it, probably has some way to detect it already? I didn't think IPs were really that hard to come by.
Seems like when dudes blur out their license plate on car forums.
Or I'm completely wrong.
@Subsided Who sniffs glue these days? I know of about 5 dudes living in my area selling way harder stuff than glue.
This sounds familiar.
Am I imagining it, or did something like this happen before in the last few years?
@nessisonett Judging by your avatar I can see you partook
I do wonder if some of these errors are from a studio that are so inexperienced with live service games, after all asides from some basic team deathmatch in Tomb Raider, Crystal Dynamics are more known for their single player games. When studios like Bungie have problems with this stuff then what chance did they have. It goes back to what many have said that it should never have been a live service game.
@AdamNovice Drugs r 4 mugs 👀
@zupertramp if you can get a streamer's IP address from their Twitch channel, you should find out if Twitch has a bug bounty program. There'd probably be a big pay day coming your way in that case.
@Milktastrophe true, getting it from a twitch channel might be... very challenging but I guess I just assumed your IP is kinda floating about anytime you're playing online.
Nothing value is lost.
Yikes. I really hope Square and Crystal drop this game Anthem style so they can get back to Tomb Raider soon. What a mess.
@Korgon it was enough of a "success" that they're pushing forward with a similar game in GotG, albeit without the multiplayer
The fact that the Marvel movie franchise is (I think) literally the biggest, most profitable, franchise ever, and for this game to be so terrible…it’s just genuinely disappointing. I have seen every, single Marvel movie in theaters and the only way I would ever play this game is if it were free.
Not a big deal. I've never used share button on my ps4 and see no reason for ps5 too. I also see no reason to stream my gameplay, or watch others. I've tried that, but streamers don't know how to play games. Moving like twisted bee, swapping weapons instead od shooting, it is unwatchable... Btw that Twitch still works? I thought that page died already.
@thechetearly the game is far from terrible. The internet just can't help jumping on hate bandwagons.
Are we sure that this isn't a Bethesda game?
Am I the only one clicking on the article because I thought there was something wrong with displaying Marvel's Intellectual Property on the internet?
Those 3 people still playing it need to be careful.
Hope none of their five players got doxxed.
@Jcp83 how typical:
https://blog.playstation.com/2021/06/22/playstation-now-most-played-games-in-spring/
Guess those 3 people have been very busy.
@Chimhog I bought it for £30, but wish I had waited a bit longer. £20 is the perfect price for it.
@naruball to be honest I wouldn't be surprised if only 3 people were subscribed to PS Now as well
@Sinton nope, I thought that too. I assumed something had gone wrong with that block they can put on gameplay recording during "protected scenes". To be fair that's exactly the sort of thing I imagine would get publishers urging people not to stream the games, not something ridiculous like "it's actually showing your IP address on screen"
If it doesn't rain, it pours for this title. Disclaimer I brought this game at launch so I guess the joke is on me 🤷🏻♂️.
This is not just for streamers. Played a little bit of the campaign last night and it was rather annoying
@thechetearly marvel's avengers is a pretty decent, fun game. So long as you ignore the whole multiplayer grindfest part...and the full price. If you can grab it for cheap, like others have alluded to, you'll have a pretty fun time with the singleplayer.
Paid a tenner for it...love the game and its a lot better than the internet sheep will have you believe...its so damn cool to hate..
@danlk1ng Haha. Good one
the dlc for this game is actually good. they just took too many weird directions with this game. they could have made its like sony spiderman with avengers characters , thats not really that hard.
@Sinton Nope, me too!
@thechetearly You can always buy the game from Amazon, beat it within 30 days, and then return it for a full refund.
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