If you want to decide up a bodily copy of Marvel’s Avengers when it launches on September 4th, you have to be ready for a hefty Day One patch. While it could seem that digital copies will not undergo the identical destiny, anybody nonetheless supporting bodily media might want to connect with the web in an effort to seize the roughly 18GB patch. Square Enix has clarified, nonetheless, that no web connection might be required to play by way of the video game solo after that.
“Those who buy a bodily copy of Marvel’s Avengers might want to connect with the web one time in an effort to obtain the game’s Day One Patch,” Square Enix’s launch day notes for Marvel’s Avengers reads partly. “The patch is roughly 18GB in dimension. Those who buy the game digitally will obtain the patch together with the game’s preliminary obtain.”
“While we had been in a position to alter improvement to a work-from-home atmosphere rapidly, we did lose a little bit of manufacturing time within the transition,” the notes proceed. “As onerous as we tried, there have been a number of updates and refinements that we couldn’t get into the game, however plan to deal with with the Day One Patch to make sure everybody has the identical nice expertise at launch.”
In case you missed it, Marvel’s Avengers lately introduced a third War Table stream is ready to premiere on September 1st at 1PM ET/10AM PT. This is, after all, simply earlier than the precise launch on September 4th. The new War Table is predicted to concentrate on post-launch content material and even reveal a brand new playable hero, although there is no such thing as a telling precisely which character it may be at this level as there are nonetheless several rumored characters coming which have but to be formally confirmed. There isn’t lengthy to attend at this level, nonetheless, and we are going to discover out extra within the coming week.
Marvel’s Avengers, from writer Square Enix and developer Crystal Dynamics, is scheduled to launch for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Google Stadia on September 4th. It can also be set to release on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X later this yr. You can try all of our previous coverage of the Marvel-branded title right here.
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