For most individuals February 29, the date that solely comes round as soon as each 4 years, is usually a enjoyable novelty, however the bissextile year day additionally has the potential to wreak havoc on tech programs. This 12 months no less than two video games have had points on February 19, forcing gamers to vary the date on their console in the event that they wish to hold 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.
Steering 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 finished, the sport ought to operate usually.
— EA Assist (@EAHelp) February 29, 2024
One other recreation that bumped into points with the weird date was Closing Fantasy rhythm recreation Theatrhythm Closing Bar Line, which additionally crashed on startup because of the console date. Gamers who modified their console date at some point forward reported they might then load the sport efficiently. The Sq. Enix assist web page for the sport states: “This challenge shall be resolved when the date modifications to March 1, 2024.”
Video games aren’t the one expertise which have run into points because of the bissextile year day. One notable incident noticed fuel pumps throughout New Zealand stop to operate, whereas police in some elements of Japan discovered themselves unable to challenge or renew driver’s licences. A variety of apps and expertise together with sure smartwatches additionally reportedly struggled with the date. The excellent news is that every one this chaos will solely final for one day–at least till the following bissextile year arrives in 2028.