Star Wars Outlaws has already defied expectations with Ubisoft delivering a surprisingly solid port on the Nintendo Switch 2, though it’s not without its quirks and bugs.

A title update released today brings a number of visual improvements, including reduced pop-in, fixes for smoke and lighting flicker, better shadows, and more. It also makes various tweaks to gameplay and the UI.

We’ll have a review out soon, and this update will be factored in. Ubisoft has also announced that there will be a demo of the game released later this year on the Switch 2 which will feature up to three hours of gameplay. Neat!

General Gameplay

• Fixed several issues where NPCs would not spawn, e.g. when chasing Kay during the ‘Crashed’ quest on Toshara
• Reduced likelihood of Kay being stuck when traversing the environment
• Improved hiding and detection when in tall grass on Akiva
• Various stability improvements and other minor fixes

Graphics

• Improvements made to visual quality when moving quickly through the world or using binoculars, with less “pop in”
• Reduced flickering with smoke and lighting
• Improved shadows at the edge of the screen when moving in cities and stations
• Improved quality of leaves, cloth and other things that let light through
• Various other small visual fixes and improvements

Camera

• Fixed camera movement when traversing certain objects in certain ways with Kay

UI

• Fixed controller image types and directional button prompts when switching between Joy-Con and Pro Controller
• Fixed the gadget inventory HUD not resizing when using the handheld preset custom scaling settings

Wild Card Story Pack

• Fixed an issue where NPCs would not be highlighted when using Nix to plant a card

A Pirate’s Fortune Story Pack

• Mynocks are now visible when attached to your ship