The 1st of March sees the release of the very first patch for the PC version of Sega’s latest release Aliens vs. Predator which quickly secured itself a place at the top of the UK charts and was reviewed here on Wedotech by this very author. The upcoming patch deals with the following issues:

General:
Stability improvements to address rare and infrequent hangs
Implemented a workaround for missing audio issues with certain hardware (SoundBlaster X-Fi, Realtek onboard, etc.)
Fixed save games being lost or corrupted if connection to Steam is lost or if user switches to offline play

Multiplayer:
Fixed XP being incorrectly affected by offline play (though only in the local stats; this will be corrected next time you connect to multiplayer)
Fixed other players sometimes appearing to have the wrong weapon or continuing to fire indefinitely after dying
Fixed rare issue where players would be temporarily invisible
Fixed some selection of servers and players in menus sometimes being incorrect

Not only is this great news for anyone who encountered the problems listed above but a patch so soon after release also shows that publisher Sega and developer Rebellion are keen to see their game raised to an even higher standard. I am still really excited to see what else comes down the pipeline for Aliens vs. Predator. Mark my words folks, a great game is going to be made ever greater.