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title: "The Outer Worlds to get long-awaited patch later this month"
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description: "The Outer Worlds is a great game but the Nintendo Switch version was blasted due to its performance on the system."
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The Outer Worlds to get long-awaited patch later this month | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![The Outer Worlds to get long-awaited patch later this month](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/the-outer-worlds-to-get-long-awaited-patch-later-this-month.jpg "The Outer Worlds to get long-awaited patch later this month")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/the-outer-worlds-to-get-long-awaited-patch-later-this-month.jpg)The Outer Worlds is a great game but the Nintendo Switch version was blasted due to its performance on the system.

It sounds as though refinements will be coming later this month via a software update for the Nintendo Switch version. It’s not clear what fixes the patch will contain, but hopefully it will iron out some of the issues that users have experienced.

The team said via Twitter that they are currently putting the final touches to the update a

> We are working to have one ready later this month, spacer. The Board is making sure that the final touches are being applied before we will be able to release it to you and others performing your duties on the Nintendo Switch. We will announce more details when we can.
>
> — The Outer Worlds (@OuterWorlds) [October 8, 2020](https://twitter.com/OuterWorlds/status/1314250999788265472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

## [](#about-the-outer-worlds)About The Outer Worlds

Lost in transit while on a colonist ship bound for the furthest edge of the galaxy, you awake decades later than you expected only to find yourself in the midst of a deep conspiracy threatening to destroy the Halcyon colony.

As you explore the furthest reaches of space and encounter a host of factions all vying for power, who you decide to become will determine the fate of everyone in Halcyon.

In the corporate equation for the colony, you are the unplanned variable.

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