[German]Another funny thing about the start of the year – the game developer from Visual Concepts has run into a year 2020 problem. The game WWE2K20 has been finished since October 2019, but has been crashing since we wrote the year 2020.
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What is WWE2K20?
WWE 2K20 is a professional wrestling video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports. It was released worldwide on October 22, 2019 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Some details can be found in Wikipedia.
It's this game, surprisingly. https://t.co/IuyTnGARbo https://t.co/opufHQ8JIu
— Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog) January 1, 2020
Above tweet shows an animated video from this game – the plot is pretty wacky – but it is probably marketed and bought by 2K Sports. Even on Amazon I found the Game.
The Year 2020 problem
Through security researcher Kevin Beaumont I became aware of the problem via Twitter.
The video game WWE2K20 by 2K crashes when you use it in the year 2020. https://t.co/CfRuaBXpQB
— Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog) January 1, 2020
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The game crashes when launched on January 1, 2020, as confirmed by the support of the provider 2K Sports on Twitter. Here is a message with the photo of a crash.
So its not just me who's WWE game started to crash 30 mins ago, when I try to edit a caw, create a new caw or try to go to CC/image uploader, right? UGH, I planned on uploading a video today, too! Smdh. 2K can never let us WIN, bruh! #WWE2K20 @WWEgames @2KSupport can pic.twitter.com/5hZrylGnFF
— Mïzz.ÇåñÐïêÐrêåЧ (@MzLadeeSuga) January 1, 2020
Of course, a workaround has also been leaked – don't turn it off and on again, but set the clock back to 2019 (glad, we are not in the cloud).
#WWE2K20 'won't run in 2020' as crash error leaves owners unable to play
Changing system clock back to 2019 will reportedly fix issuehttps://t.co/GvOUHs7Hlj pic.twitter.com/BMdsfVaezr
— VGC (@VGC_News) January 1, 2020
For the game junkies who almost nearly died there, the following tweet contains a GIF with recommdations on how to kill time sensibly.
I mean, what the actual fuck is happening now???!
Can't even fucking load the piece of fucking shit without it crashing!
Has the Ricochet New Year DLC killed the game this time?!
I think it's time we demand some refunds and free DLC for this shite! #WWE2K20 #FixWWE2K20 pic.twitter.com/CNEJ5mx4nd
— Kev Rutherford (@kev4815162342) January 1, 2020
So the message is: W don't leave anyone alone – help is not far away. In the meantime, I can now announce that the 2K Sports support team has given the all-clear.
This issue has been resolved. Please make sure to restart your #WWE2K20 game to automatically download the fix. If you continue experiencing issues, please open a support ticket here: https://t.co/E9ETwypbuw. Thank you again for your patience!
— 2K Support (@2KSupport) January 1, 2020
A fix is available for download and should help. Question: Was any of you affected?
