Bionic Commando demo glitch allows friends, extends time limit

by Richard Mitchell { May 7th 2009 at 5:15PM }

If you've put much time into the Bionic Commando multiplayer demo on Xbox Live, you'll be aware of two painful facts. 1) You can't invite friends and 2) five minutes isn't nearly enough time to, ahem, get into the swing of things. If you would like to get rid of both of these annoyances in one swoop, Capcom Unity forum member Toshin has got you covered. The process is pretty simple:

Open up the demo and press start, which will open the main menu (with the Xbox Live, Options and Quit Demo selections). Don't leave this screen.
Have a friend send you a game invite for any game.
Accept the invite, then choose no when it asks if you want to quit your current game session.
You will be booted to the demo lobby, only now you can invite friends to the game and the time limit has been removed. Be sure you don't edit either the frag limit or the game mode, as doing so will crash the demo.

We tried it, and it definitely works. Watch the process in the video above.

Tags: bionic-commando, capcom, grin

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

B @ May 7th 2009 5:27PM

Kinda offtopic: BC's music is amazing.

Magic Whiskey @ May 7th 2009 6:51PM

I totally agree. Bionic Commando has some of the best, new game music in years.

BJ is Gooder @ May 7th 2009 7:37PM

Don't think the music is actually 'new'. If my nostalgia serves me correctly, it's a revamped version of the original BC music from NES.

Unfortunately, the music is the best part of this game as the multiplayer is kind of awful looking. The graphics just don't do it for me and the gameplay felt a bit choppy.

"But it's a demo!" Yeah, yeah, I hear you. But I'm pretty sure that Capcom gave this game PLENTY of time before releasing this. It sure doesn't look or feel like they spent extra time on it.

mongoos32 @ May 7th 2009 5:39PM

What happened to the video? Is it not available in Europe, or did it just get removed from Viddler altogether?

rov947 @ May 7th 2009 6:04PM

Sweet! The MP kind of reminded me of warhark for some reason. Is it just me or does the single player look worlds better graphically?

dylan @ May 7th 2009 6:33PM

Gah, I got my second RROD while downloading this demo! Want to try it so bad!

Ryan Bond @ May 7th 2009 8:50PM

what if i don't have any friends

pibs @ May 8th 2009 1:03AM

You can play with yourself.

Lagster @ May 7th 2009 9:41PM

good glitch, maybe now u can play for long enough to get hang of it without some noob with autofire controller shooting 300 times per second with a flipping pistol.
OT i hope they release a sp demo cause the mp one definitely didnt sell it for me probably due to the autofire cheaters and the general xbox thing of late of no1 ever being in game chat meaning you cant enjoy mp