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Anthony McGlynn

Windrose hotfix should help connectivity issues, with more fixes "underway" as the open-world pirate game sails past 113,000 concurrent Steam players

Windrose early access trailer screenshot shows a female pirate.

The devs behind Windrose are starting to gain some control over the choppy waters the game's encountered since launching this week. A new hotfix deals with some of the connectivity issues, as the pirate sandbox breaks its own record for concurrent players.

Although Windrose isn't short of any attention right now, blowing right by 100,000 concurrents on Steam since going into early access, developer Kraken Express has been up against it trying to resolve some annoying networking problems. A quick hotfix is now live, with the intent of remedying these hurdles for at least some players.

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