Sony and Rockstar Games just made a joint statement on the PlayStation Blog addressing the overheating and freezing issues players are experiencing with L.A. Noire. Rockstar originally said PS3 firmware 3.61 was to blame for the overheating and subsequent game freezes, but it retracted that statement shortly afterwards. The two companies are now saying that neither the game or the PS3 firmware is to blame.

L.A. Noire was a huge release this week and most critics seem to love it. However the experience is a completely different story when you discover what regular customers are going through. L.A. Noire is causing major problems on both Xbox 360 and PS3. Numerous players on the Rockstar Support forums and other locations are complaining about game and console freezes that are so frequent, the game has been rendered unplayable.

Homefront is getting hammered with bugs at the moment. Many users were complaining about console freezes and other problems involving multiplayer. A patch was released for the PS3 version of Homefront that was supposed to iron out the biggest problems. Some problems are still hanging around, but THQ and Kaos Studios are keeping players informed every step of the way. Over the weekend, THQ listed a bunch of problems that the Homefront developers are working on, along with some possible fixes.

The Crysis 2 multiplayer demo was released on Xbox Live yesterday (January 25, 2011). Upon starting the demo and choosing a save location for data, many players (including myself) started experiencing all kinds of connection issues. Crytek is aware of these problems and is on the case.

This week’s comic feature is the Telara Chronicles for 99 Cents. This comic is the prequel to the game Rift Plans of Telara and takes place 80 years prior to the MMORPG game. The comic series follows Asha Catari, a plane-touched warrior with magical abilities, who is on a mission to steal a device that can summon a rift…

Shank is suffering from stuttering cutscenes and longer loading times on the Xbox 360. Klei initially believed part of this problem is due to the speed at which older Xbox 360′s access data on its hard drive. Now the developer states the issues are on their end and the Xbox 360 isn’t to blame. These issues slipped by Klei Entertainment because Shank worked just fine on its Xbox 360 development kits. Furthermore, there is a glitch which may prohibit two achievements from appearing after unlocking the trial version of Shank.

My Xbox 360 is plugged directly into a router so the connection is always constant. I played RDR at 2am following the fix and everything worked fine for about 10 minutes. At that point I was removed from the match due to “connection problems with other players.”

A few reports have been coming in from PS3 owners claiming the latest PS3 2.42 firmware is causing some serious problems. The most common problems allege the PS3 has trouble reading Blu-ray discs and staying connected to online games.

Firmware 2.42 was a minor update that provided improved stability on some PlayStation titles and some PS3′s just seem to not respond well to updates. Firmware 2.42 was released on July 29, 2008 and for the most part users have been happy. These issues don’t appear to be…

Often when people think of women in gaming, they either think of the digital super cute, super sexy or super barbaric women found videogames often portrayed as the damsel in distress or weak. On October 25, 2007, the Xfire Debate Club logged on for their ninth meeting to discuss issues women face trying to get into the gaming industry or as a gamer.

The eight million strong gaming community, Xfire, invited nine successful women of the gaming industry to speak with the Xfire community on the topic of women in the gaming culture, game marketing, portrayal of female characters in videogames and the online gaming experience as women to name a few. Xfire is one of the fastest growing online gaming platform and community in the world helping gamers to easily connect, chat and play with their friends online

The eight women in the gaming industry who attended include,,,