Cyberpunk 2077 faced a disastrous launch with numerous bugs and performance issues but has since undergone significant improvements through patches and expansions, transforming it into a highly enjoyable game and a notable comeback story in the gaming industry.
Aspyr plans to release patches to improve Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on Switch and Switch 2, addressing current visual downgrades and enhancing the gaming experience, with future updates expected to refine the game further.
Digital Foundry's analysis of Borderlands 4 reveals significant framerate degradation on consoles over time, prompting calls for an emergency patch, with Gearbox promising fixes amid ongoing performance and bug issues.
Konami has confirmed that Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 will launch with several issues, but post-launch updates are planned to address them. The issues include timing discrepancies in subtitles for bonus content videos, lack of visual options, slow-down in certain cutscenes, typos in subtitles for specific versions, and the inability to switch between windowed and full-screen mode. Konami has announced patches to correct these issues and improve the overall gameplay experience. The collection is set to release on various platforms, including PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
Microsoft has released software updates to fix 130 security bugs, including five actively exploited flaws, in its Windows operating systems and related software. Meanwhile, Apple issued and then pulled an emergency update to fix a zero-day vulnerability being exploited on MacOS and iOS devices. This marks the sixth month this year that Apple has released updates for zero-day vulnerabilities. Microsoft has patched several vulnerabilities, including four zero-day threats, but one zero-day flaw remains unpatched. Microsoft also revealed plans to address the use of cryptographically signed malware, including malicious drivers signed by Microsoft.
Apple, Google, and Microsoft have released patches to fix zero-day security flaws in their products. Mozilla Firefox has also fixed several issues, including a high-impact out-of-bound memory access flaw in WebGL on macOS. SolarWinds has patched two high-severity issues that could lead to command execution and privilege escalation. Oracle has issued fixes for 433 vulnerabilities, 70 of which are rated as critical. Cisco and SAP have also released patches for vulnerabilities in their products. Users are advised to update their software as soon as possible to avoid potential exploitation.
Microsoft released updates to fix at least 74 security bugs in its Windows operating systems and software, including two zero-day flaws being actively attacked. One of the flaws is an Outlook vulnerability affecting all versions of Microsoft Outlook from 2013 to the newest, which can be exploited without any user interaction. The other flaw is a "Security Feature Bypass" in Windows SmartScreen. Seven other vulnerabilities Microsoft patched this week earned its most-dire "critical" severity label. Adobe also released eight patches addressing 105 security holes across a variety of products.