Fez will be patched, fixing a potential game-breaking bug, now that Microsoft is no longer charging studios for title updates. Fez creator Phil Fish tweeted the news on July 4, saying the patch would take âa couple of months.â
Last year, Fez was updated once on Xbox Live to fix some glitches; it was a free update per Microsoftâs policy at the time but the patch was removed when it created more problems. Another potentially fatal bug was spotted, but because it affected so few users, and because it would have cost âtens of thousands of dollarsâ to roll out a second title update, Fish said theyâd be leaving the game as-is.
Last week, Microsoft confirmed that it stopped charging for title updates back in April, which came as a surprise to some, Fish included. He told Fez fans heâd inquire if the new policy also applied to his game, and apparently it does.
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