Digital Foundry has announced that a patch was coming to the PC version of Just Cause 3 this coming Friday, 1 January 2016. According to the developer, the update ”significantly improves loading times.”
The studio also apologized to fans about the bugginess of the release, despite having a pre-day one patch. ”Since launch, we’ve been pouring through your reviews and comments to help us prioritise our fixes accordingly. We know many of you have been patiently awaiting today’s patch, and this update is part of a much larger plan to optimize and improve the game,” explained the developer.
The PC patch will address the following issues:
- Significantly improved loading times
- Optimizations to online stats
- General stability fixes
- Fixed an issue related to challenges, wherein vehicles sometimes disappeared when starting a challenge
- Fixed issues related to screen resizing and closing the game window before the game has fully started up
Just Cause 3 was released 1 December 2015, and earned an 8.0/10 score in GameWatcher’s review.