{"id":186440,"date":"2026-05-10T08:04:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T08:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2144533"},"modified":"2026-05-10T08:04:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T08:04:25","slug":"outriders-appreciate-package-planned-to-make-up-for-server-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/outriders-appreciate-package-planned-to-make-up-for-server-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Outriders &#8220;appreciate package&#8221; planned to make up for server issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/outriders-appreciate-package-planned-to-make-up-for-server-issues.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Square Enix and People Can Fly are preparing an &#8220;appreciate package&#8221; for launch window players to make up for server issues.<\/p>\n<p>The popular looter shooter was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-04-01-outriders-is-suffering-login-issues-on-launch-day\">unplayable for many<\/a> in the handful of days after it came out as connectivity issues prevented login. The problem got so bad that PC and console matchmaking had to be disabled.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After working on Outriders for more than five years, we were as disappointed as you that the launch weekend did not go as planned,&#8221; a Square Enix rep said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/outriders\/comments\/mmrf7d\/outriders_post_launch_dev_news_updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post on the Outriders subreddit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-04-08-outriders-appreciate-package-planned-for-launch-window-players-to-make-up-for-server-issues\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-04-08-outriders-appreciate-package-planned-for-launch-window-players-to-make-up-for-server-issues\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Square Enix and People Can Fly are preparing an &#8220;appreciate package&#8221; for launch window players to make up for server issues. The popular looter shooter was unplayable for many in the handful of days after it came out as connectivity issues prevented login. The problem got so bad that PC and console matchmaking had to be disabled. &#8220;After working on Outriders for more than five years, we were as disappointed as you that the launch weekend did not go as planned,&#8221; a Square Enix rep said in a post on the Outriders subreddit. 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