Next-gen hassles: ‘Dead Rising 3’ requires massive 13GB update to play

Gamers across the globe were taken aback when it was first announced that soon-to-be Xbox One fans should “stick with the Xbox 360 if [they] have zero access to the internet, that is an offline device”. Now we know why that’s the case. A new update of a popular Xbox One exclusive, Dead Rising 3, has been released and requires a massive 13GB download.

This move by Capcom might put a spanner in the works of many gamers who don’t have a solid internet connection as it will take forever to download. The update is mandatory, which means that if you don’t download it, you won’t play Dead Rising 3 with an internet connection. Pity really. It’s more than half of the original space of the game’s 23GB.

As one gamer tweeted:

WTF! A 13GB patch for Dead Rising 3. Is this how next Gen is going to be now!?

— Michael (@tdwp309) January 21, 2014

 

In a recent interview Dead Rising 3‘s Executive Producer Josh Bridge told Xbox Wire that the update was based on the massive feedback his team got from gamers over the holidays. He says, “[This update] is in reaction to everything we could find and we’ve actually been directly reaching out to fans who’ve encountered issues. I think that’s really neat, because it’s an indication of how game development has changed.”

Bridge points out how important a strong relationship with fans is in developing a game and future DLCs. “It’s not just about making a game and getting it out to them, it’s about making sure they’re still having a lot of fun even after it’s out,” he says.

What you’ll get from the 13GB update is the first episode to the Untold Stories of Los Perdidos series, namely Operation Broken Eagle, which lets you play as a commander of a military group, introduces new weapons and vehicles.

The full list of what the hefty 13GBs will bring you is:

• Content for DLC episodes 3 and 4 added as part of this CU.
• Various stability fixes.
• Various performance improvements.
• Online stability improvements.
• Added a progress bar to main menu while installer is running.
• Fixed an issue which could allow the user to overwrite their save file during streaming install while the game is booted.
• Fix for missing English VUI command in multiplayer menu.
• Some improvements to item pickups.
• Fixed a reproducible issue where the player could get out of the world.
• Fixed an issue where music wasn’t present during the streaming install.
• Fixed some mission scripting issues.
• Fixed an issue which could cause some co-op players to not progress blueprint collection achievements correctly.
• Fixed an issue where the UI was not updating properly.
• Fixed an issue which caused glass textures to appear low-res.
• Fixed an issue which could cause shadows to render incorrectly.
• Fixed a texture issue with the Golden SledgeSaw weapon.
• SmartGlass stability fix.