Elden Ring is only hours away, but as you might expect from a modern release, before you start up the game for the first time you’ll need to download a day-one patch. The patch promises some fixes to various bugs and slight tweaks to elements like player controls and game balance.
The patch notes don’t give a great amount of detail regarding what exactly is meant by points like “improved player controls.” Some of the other details are self explanatory, like one that fixes frame rate drops and another that addresses a bug impacting Xbox wireless headsets. The notes also mention that ray tracing is still planned for a future announcement, but didn’t give further timing. You can check out the full (but still very brief) patch notes below.