Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire (Consoles Patch Update)

Most of these changes have already been applied to the Steam and Switch versions of Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire, but the PS5 and Xbox versions had not received the big update unti now.

We’ve squashed bugs, added combat improvements and officially earned our Steam Deck wings ✅

🛠️ Story fixes

⚔️ Combat tweaks

🎵 New BGM

🌍 Exploration updates

💻 Steam Deck Verified

☁️ Cloud Saves

📖 Check out the full patch notes

New for PS5 and Xbox Series:

Gameplay:

• Fix: Glenn clips into his bed when getting up during the attack on Blossom

• Fix: Unable to find all 18 trash pirates in the Kiezel Fracture

• Fix: Gulliven's opening line gets cut off too quickly when approaching Stalkista

• Fix: Side quest marker can be seen on screen during scene approaching Stalkista

• Fix: No side quest waymarker back to Dead Rock at the end of "The Brother and the Dreamer"

• Fix: Lots of flickering when flying around Zabutyy Outpost in the overworld

• Fix: Game judders when flying through the wind wall tunnels

• Fix: Bucket's profile picture keeps disappearing in conversation after he joins the crew

• Fix: Unable to leave Zabutyy after completing the Ancient Ruins, leading to a progression blocker

• Fix: Scene with Garrote leaving the Furnauts replays if you return to Zabutyy, and can lead to a blocker

• Fix: Blocker if you click through the dialogue quickly during the scene when Glenn confronts Julian

• Fix: Issues with unlocking arts early in the game

• Fix: Have to unpause the game twice when returning to the game from the pause menu

• Fix: several side quest issues

Combat:

• Fix: Enemy image incorrectly appeared as Vanessa during combat with an Alliance Airship

• Fix: Enemy airship invisible when attacked by the Aerius Purge art

• Fix: Camera struggles to stay focused on characters and enemies during multiple unique arts

• Fix: Issue with enemies healing each other during combat

• Fix: Entered combat just as was destroying an extractor in Yaatana led to a blocker

• Fix: Early game the hit percentages for machine gun attacks are far too low

• Fix: Allies and enemies often target incorrect characters during Yaatana

• Fix: Multiple issues when using Zenith's Death From Above art

• Fix: Enemies often get stuck in a loop of constant evading when on low health

Others:

• Fix: No translation error in the in the combat section on the key bindings page

• Fix: Mouse wheel too sensitive on the Key Bindings page

• Error when overwriting an existing saveslot and cancelling the action. Game still overwrites the save file

Steam

Steam Deck:

• 100% Steam Deck-verified