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Coding errors, bugs that caused absurd online gaming gaffes in 2020

Coding errors are usually the stuff of nightmares for game developers

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But oddly enough, another 2020 game has gained popularity precisely due to a silly coding error

Devangshu Datta New Delhi
The most eagerly awaited game of 2020 sparked a huge controversy. Cyberpunk 2077 stars Keanu Reeves as an anti-hero sidekick to the player. It’s set in a dystopic post-nuclear, future urban landscape. Reeves helps out, as the player navigates this noir landscape.

The developer, CD Projekt Red of Poland, built up hype around a teaser. But the game turned out to be riddled with errors. The faces of characters suddenly disappeared, while their bodies displayed their genitals! In addition, it triggered epilepsy seizures in at least one player because it included an epilepsy test within the game, without explicit medical