The Leap Year Is Proving To Be A Y2K Event For Some Games
For most individuals February 29, the date that solely comes round as soon as each 4 years, is generally a enjoyable novelty, however the leap day additionally has the potential to wreak havoc on tech methods. This yr at the least two video games have had points on February 29, forcing gamers to alter the date on their console in the event that they need to preserve taking part in.
Racing recreation EA Sports activities WRC was one of many video games that began seeing issues as quickly as console clocks ticked over to February 29, forcing EA tech assist to release a tweet suggesting gamers ought to change their console’s date to March 1 to proceed taking part in.
In line with the assist account, this challenge is current on each PlayStation and Xbox variations of the sport.
Steerage for PlayStation gamers:
1⃣ In your console, go to Settings > System > Date and Time > Set Date and Time > Set Manually.
2⃣ Change the date to March 1, 2024.
3⃣ As soon as this alteration has been performed, the sport ought to operate usually.— EA Assist (@EAHelp) February 29, 2024
One other recreation that bumped into points with the bizarre date was Remaining Fantasy rhythm recreation Theatrhythm Remaining Bar Line, which additionally crashed on startup as a result of console date. Gamers who modified their console date someday forward reported they may then load the sport efficiently. The Sq. Enix assist web page for the sport states: “This challenge might be resolved when the date modifications to March 1, 2024.”
Video games aren’t the one expertise which have run into points as a result of intercalary year day. One notable incident noticed gasoline pumps throughout New Zealand stop to operate, whereas police in some components of Japan discovered themselves unable to challenge or renew driver’s licenses. Numerous apps and expertise together with sure smartwatches additionally reportedly struggled with the date. The excellent news is that every one this chaos lasted for one day–at least till the subsequent intercalary year arrives in 2028.
