Mass Effect: Andromeda - Update 1.04 launches before the game does!

While the US and some other regions can play it early, BioWare have released a number of fixes to make the European launch better with various fixes.

We're hours away from the EU launch of Mass Effect: Andromeda and while friends across the globe have been busy getting to grips with the latest Sci-Fi adventure, others have had an agnosizing wait. Good news though, as the developers have been busy fixing issues since the game's Origin Access Trial. Patch 1.04 has improved a number of things, including a nasty issue that would cause players with the Corsair Utility Engine to get a blackscreen upon launch.

Mass Effect: Andromeda has been a mixed bag with the critics thus far, but personally I have been enjoying visiting the Andromeda galaxy myself so I look forward to the launch later tonight to play it fully. Missed our Recap on the game? Take a look at it before launch as it features trailer recaps, system requirements and what you can expect! Mass Effect: Andromeda - Everything you need to know!.

Patch 1.04

Singleplayer

• Fixed an issue whereby players were unable to land on Ark Natanus
• Fixed an issue whereby the game loaded to a black screen or ran as a background process when Corsair Utility Engine or similar programs were running

Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue causing players to stop hearing their character’s audio and start hearing another player’s instead
• Fixed an issue causing the game to crash when using the Human Male Soldier and F key

That isn't the only patch that has gone out, as another Early Access patch was deployed earlier that improved performance, fixed some audio bugs, improved mission rewards and more! Be warned though you're going to need at least 2gigs of HDD space to download the patch ahead of launch (though it should automatically update your pre-load copy anyway).

Early Access Patch

General

• Overall performance improvements
• Fixed an issue with the title only accepting input from the last controller synced when two controllers are assigned to the same profile
• Fixed various collision issues
• Fixed a few rare audio issues

Singleplayer

• Improvements to many cinematics, conversations, and other character interactions
• Improved quest rewards
• Fixed an issue whereby a door could become jammed in mission 5
• Fixed issues with objective markers not appearing correctly
• Minor performance improvements after some Tempest transitions
• Fixed an issue whereby the combat music was not functioning as designed
• Fixed some minor quest-related issues
• Fixed a small cinematic issue during the Drack loyalty quest
• Minor balancing change to the “Remove the Heart” quest
• Improvements to quest tracking and waypoints

Multiplayer

• Improvements to Strike Teams UI screens
• Additional multiplayer tutorials implemented
• Balance changes to guns, reward packs, and objectives scoring
• Improved appearance of character portraits
• Added new artwork for MP characters, armor, and challenges in menus and codex entries