For most individuals February 29, the date that solely comes round as soon as each 4 years, is usually a enjoyable novelty, however the intercalary year day additionally has the potential to wreak havoc on tech methods. This 12 months at the least two video games have had points on February 19, forcing gamers to alter the date on their console in the event that they wish to preserve enjoying.
Racing sport 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 enjoying.
In line with the assist account, this concern 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 modification has been accomplished, the sport ought to operate usually.
— EA Assist (@EAHelp) February 29, 2024
One other sport that bumped into points with the weird date was Last Fantasy rhythm sport Theatrhythm Last Bar Line, which additionally crashed on startup as a result of console date. Gamers who modified their console date in the future forward reported they may then load the sport efficiently. The Sq. Enix support page for the sport states: “This concern can be resolved when the date modifications to March 1, 2024.”
Games aren’t the one know-how which have run into issues as a result of intercalary 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 concern or renew driver’s licences. A variety of apps and know-how 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 intercalary year arrives in 2028.