The controversial feature in the upcoming Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game Turok that rewards players for killing their teammates will be removed with a patch, says publisher Touchstone.
While Turok will ship with the "Grab Bag" achievement intact, the patch will be available online on February 5, the day the game hits store shelves.
The "Grab Bag" achievement was to reward players for killing "at least 1 creature, 1 enemy, 1 teammate, and yourself" in a single online match of the first-person shooter.
After the patch, the achievement will only require you to kill a creature, and enemy, and yourself -- not a teammate.
When the achievement list for the game was unveiled in November, would-be buyers were understandably upset that the developers were actually going to reward the sort of anti-social behavior that already plagues Xbox Live.
Computer And Video Games called it the "worst multiplayer achievement in the history of games."
After the controversy started up, the game's developers at Vancouver-based Propaganda Games said that they would look into releasing a patch after Turok launches "if it does become an issue."
Seems as if they decided instead to get right out in front of it. Since "Grab Bag" only affects the game's online mode, players will likely be forced to download the patch before they can play Turok online.
While the PlayStation 3 does not have a system-wide "Achievements" feature as does the Xbox 360, the PS3 version of Turok features the same list of rewards, called "accomplishments."
The PlayStation 3 patch will also add support for rumble controllers like the upcoming Dual Shock 3 and for 1080i television displays.
Source: WIRED