On January 27, 2025, some lucky players of on PlayStation 5 logged in to find that the game had updated to Patch 8, but it turns out they weren't so lucky after all. A quick update from Larian Studios confirmed that this rollout of the new patch in some regions was not intentional and that players should roll their copy of back to the previous version as soon as possible to avoid any possible issues that may arise. The issue only affected PS5 players in Europe and Asia, and the update is no longer available.
The eighth major patch to was announced back in November 2024 with plans to be released early this year following a stress test. The patch will add several major features to the game, including a new subclass option for every class in the game, a photo mode, and cross-platform multiplayer. Despite these long-requested additions being made available early for some, PS5 players who have managed to update to Patch 8 will likely want to roll back to the previous version of .
The finalized version of Patch 8 for doesn't have a set release date yet, but it will likely be soon as it's set to enter its stress test this week. Following its announcement, Larian Studios opened registration for players who wanted to help test Patch 8's new features. That stress test was set to go live this month, but it seems some kind of miscommunication led to the accidental launch of Patch 8 on PS5 as confirmed by Larian Studios in its blog post about the incident.
You might’ve noticed that some PS5 players logged on earlier today and found that Patch 8 was available to them. Our partners have confirmed that some regions mistakenly received the Patch 8 build as an update to their live game version, in preparation for the Patch 8 stress test.
Larian has confirmed that the stress test is going ahead this week as planned, and invitations will be sent out to selected players in waves. Those invitation e-mails will come with a key players can redeem to access the Patch 8 version of for
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