Dragon Age: Inquisition Patch Imminent

A second update patch for Dragon Age: Inquisition is expected to go live on Tuesday for most systems, its developer has said.

BioWare, the studio which created the acclaimed action-RPG, said the newest patch will implement a broad sweep of improvements, though the focus will be on enhancing stability.

Full patch notes will be available soon, BioWare said, adding that the new update will include fixes to:

• Stability – Various crashes, freezes, audio/voice glitches, and many stability improvements.
• Gameplay – Conversations, quests, plot states, combat, UI, camera, controls, follower/enemy AI and path finding, exploits, radar, and search.
• Multiplayer – In addition to some of the gameplay improvements listed above, multiplayer fixes also cover areas such as animations, game mode bugs, stat reporting, and stability/crash fixes.
• PC – Numerous control & UI fixes, fixes to some hitching, improved Mantle performance, graphical glitches.

It's not clear whether the patch will fix an obscure bug that was discovered to be limiting how chatty the game's NPCs are. BioWare notes that the patch does make improvements to "conversations", but has yet to elaborate.

BioWare adds that the patch is expected to roll out on Tuesday for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. There is no release date yet for the Xbox One patch, but the studio insists "we are working hard to this patch out on Xbox One as soon as possible".

Dragon Age: Inquisition shipped on November 18 for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PC.

GameSpot's Dragon Age Inquisition review was glowing, with critic Kevin VanOrd writing: "Dragon Age: Inquisition is a wonderful game and a lengthy pilgrimage to a magical world with vital thematic ties to one we already know".

The EA-published game has also garnered favourable reviews among most critics.