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Death Stranding 2 PC Update 1.4 Released on April 17

by Alex Co April 17, 2026 10:38 am in Title Updates and Patches

Port developer Nixxes Software has released a new Death Stranding 2: On the Beach update on PC today, April 17, and this brings the game to version 1.4.

Players can expect various bug and crash fixes to be part of today’s download. Once players have applied the patch, they can expect an expanded range over sharpness control for upscaling options. Those on Steam, you’ll also notice more Steam user avatars in the Social Strand Service.

For the complete details, read on for the complete patch notes.

Death Stranding 2 New Update on PC Adds More Steam Avatars in Social Strand

Here are the fixes and changes made per Nixxes:

Players on Steam will now see more Steam user avatars in the Social Strand Service.
Fixed various rare crashes and implemented additional stability improvements.
Expanded the range of sharpness control for upscaling options.
Improved image quality for various textures when Texture Quality is set to Medium or lower.
AMD FSR and Intel XeSS Frame Generation now correctly include vignetting when interpolating frames.
Resolved a bug affecting the appearance of flowing water that occurred when building a Hot Spring with Frame Generation enabled.
Various improvements and bug fixes related to the user interface.
Fixed various minor graphics-related bugs.

Nixxes adds that more optimization and improvements are being worked on, so expect more updates in the future.

In other related news, Hideo Kojima’s espionage project, Physint, had its first info unearthed by us here at MP1st, as we’ve managed to scout some details about the game’s villain.