This is hitting tons of people and is completely game breaking.
You need to tell us
1) What you know right now (even if it's nothing)
2) How to avoid it (if you know)
and
3) ETA for a patch.
I just lost my _second playthrough_. I will NOT be picking this game back up (nor any further episodes) untill you say "Ok, the patch is released and it will fix your current saves".
We know that it is happening to some people but not all. We do not know of a reliable workaround, but we have just started looking at it and will let you know more as we know it. I do not have an ETA for a fix but this is our top priority right now.
An update: we have isolated the problem and believe we have a fix. Unfortunately in order to release it on PS3 it has to go through their QA process--although it sounds like it will be a more abbreviated one than a full submission. Like many game developers and publishers their QA department is closed for the holidays, so we won't be able to have the fix publicly released until January.
I will post more information as soon as I know it.
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I hope that helps.
Joel
Edit: the above post was not sarcasm.
I will post more information as soon as I know it.
Joel