10 Video Game Patches That Actually Broke Games
1. The May 2021 Update Stopped The Game Working On Xbox Consoles - Forza Horizon 4
The Series 35 update for Forza Horizon 4, released back in May, was supposed to add new cars and seasonal rewards to the masterful racer, but ended up temporarily killing the game for some console users.
Anyone who downloaded the update on Xbox Series X or S would find the game suddenly unplayable - the app would fail to launch and in some cases even cause the entire console to shut down.
Some were able to get around the issue by launching the game offline and then re-enabling online functionality once it had loaded, but many had to simply wait a few days for Playground Games to push a fix through.
As glorious as the online gaming ecosystem can be, sometimes it really is just a huge pain in the ass, right?