{"id":1680612,"date":"2026-09-01T14:24:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mortal-shell-2-update-patch-major-changes"},"modified":"2026-09-01T14:24:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:24:05","slug":"mortal-shell-2-dramatically-improved-in-almost-every-way-by-first-major-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/mortal-shell-2-dramatically-improved-in-almost-every-way-by-first-major-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortal Shell 2 dramatically improved in almost every way by first major update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mortal-shell-2-dramatically-improved-in-almost-every-way-by-first-major-update.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Mortal Shell 2 received its biggest update yet, a little over a week after release. Developer Cold Symmetry was seemingly keen to address as many points of criticism as possible because the updates touch almost every aspect of the game. The patch is available now on Steam, and soon on PlayStation and Xbox, and it adds new stuff to the game alongside all of the changes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mortal-shell-2-update-patch-major-changes\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mortal-shell-2-update-patch-major-changes\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, Mortal Shell 2 received its biggest update yet, a little over a week after release. Developer Cold Symmetry was seemingly keen to address as many points of criticism as possible because the updates touch almost every aspect of the game. The patch is available now on Steam, and soon on PlayStation and Xbox, and it adds new stuff to the game alongside all of the changes. 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