I saw the error today as well, but after a couple tries it finally went through. It seems to randomly get HTTP 200 or 410 depending on which region gets the query. Log below. 0.001 2017-03-15 18:24:44; Factorio 0.14.20 (build 25315, win64, alpha) 0.001 Operating system: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 0.00...

I am unable to update the game from the in-game prompt. If I click on "check update", it says core-win64 0.14.22 is available. Then if I click on "update now", it immediately fails with "Download failed (HTTP status code 410)". I then tried to go to https://www.factorio...

I was also hitting this bug and unable to start a new game, but with 0.12.21 it worked fine. Thanks!