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CD Projekt Red has been working on an HDR update to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for PS4 Pro for months now, having announced it way back in December. In February, the developer reassured fans that the patch was still on its way, but since then there’s been little further news. This week, though, CD Projekt Red confirmed again that the patch is coming, and explained that its delay has to do with various bugs that need to be fixed.

Community Lead Marcin Momot reaffirmed on Twitter that the studio is still actively developing the HDR update, and he explained that it has taken a long time because CDPR has found additional and unexpected issues that need to be addressed. Further, he urged players to be patient.

Momot also confirmed that the base PS4 version of the game will also support HDR once the patch launches. However, the patch is also expected add several “technical tweaks improving the overall experience” on PS4 Pro specifically. No other specifics have been given; Momot said that CDPR will “share the full changelog with the release of the patch.”

In other news from CD Projekt Red, its mysterious next game, Cyberpunk 2077, has received a few tiny pieces of news over the past couple of months. Specifically, Cyberpunk’s Twitter account came alive in January after being silent for four years, and CDPR has said its single-player will be “immense” but won’t rule out multiplayer. In addition, be sure to read our article on why Cyberpunk 2077 is so important to RPGs and modern society.

The Witcher‘s Geralt of Rivia is coming to SoulCalibur VI as a playable character. It’s a big deal because it’s the first time the monster-slayer has been in a non-Witcher game. Now, Bandai Namco has released a new video featuring CD Projekt Red developers talking about bringing Geralt to a fighting game and the efforts the studio has undertaken alongside Bandai Namco to ensure that Geralt “moves, feels, and plays” in SoulCalibur VI like he does in The Witcher 3.

“When Geralt fights, precision is the thing. He’s not a scrappy brawler. He’s like a scalpel in combat,” CD Projekt Red’s Borys Pugacz Muraszkiewicz said.

Elsewhere in the video, other developers talk about how they went “back to the drawing board” to re-work how Geralt behaves in the context of a fighting game. Additionally, we learn that the actor who did the motion-capture for Geralt in The Witcher 3 came back to supervise the recording sessions for SoulCalibur VI. It sounds like the teams went to great lengths to ensure that Geralt was faithfully adapted for SoulCalibur VI–and he should be as he’s on the game’s cover.

CD Projekt Red’s collaboration with Bandai Namco runs deep. The Polish studio shared the original Witcher 3 assets for Geralt’s character model, animations, and weapons as part of their effort to ensure the character is faithfully represented.

Among the other characters confirmed for SoulCalibur VI are Ivy, Zasalamel, Kilik, Xianghua, Nightmare, and new addition Groh. The game does not yet have an exact release date, but it’s due out for PS4, Xbox One, and PC sometime this year.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is now available on Blu-ray and DVD, and included on the disc are the expected bonus features, one of which is a gag reel. ET has posted a clip from this, and one of the segments shows Carrie Fisher slapping Oscar Isaac more than 40 times. This is when Leia was scolding Poe for being too brash and not following orders. You can see all 40-plus slaps in the video below, along with some silly moments with Mark Hamil, John Boyega, and Kelly Marie Tran.

In May last year, Isaac told Stephen Colbert about all the slapping, which apparently took place on the first day of filming. Isaac also shared that Fisher’s slaps landed on a different part of his face each time, which might explain why they needed so many takes to get it right.

“She was by far one of the quickest-witted, funniest most down-to-earth real human beings I’ve ever had the opportunity of working with,” Isaac said.

For lots more on The Last Jedi’s bonus features, check out GameSpot’s breakdown of the 29 things we learned from the home video version.

If you’ve been getting bored with the array of outfits and costumes in Super Mario Odyssey, today brings good news: Nintendo has added two new costumes to the game today. Specifically, a baseball uniform and the Satellaview costume are now available for purchase.

If you’ve ever thought that Mario needs to look a bit more like an athlete when sprinting and jumping around levels, the baseball uniform probably isn’t what you’re looking for. In any case, you can now make him look ready to take on America’s national pastime. A pinstripe outfit and a batting helmet are now available; the uniform will cost you 3000 coins while the helmet costs 1500. Check them out (courtesy of Nintendo Everything):

If baseball isn’t your style, the Satellaview costume allows Mario to look like he’s about to take a spacewalk (although without the necessary oxygen tank and pressurization system). Its somewhat ominous description states, “This outfit represents what the future used to look like.” The helmet will run you 500, while the suit is 1000.

Both of these costumes were discovered by dataminers combing through Super Mario Odyssey’s Balloon World update. They found references to a number of different costumes, indicating that more are on the way. These include an 8-bit Mario hat, a Santa outfit, and others. Nintendo has also previously released DLC costumes, such as another spacesuit and a parka outfit.

Since Moira was added to Overwatch in November, she’s proven to be a relatively unique character. She’s a fantastic healer, but she also functions as a hybrid, of sorts, capable of dealing significant damage to enemies. However, Moira can’t constantly heal like Mercy and Zenyatta can–meaning she will run out of healing for short times during matches. Recently, Blizzard added a welcome tweak to the Overwatch Public Test Realm that communicates Moira’s limitation better to other players.

Added in the latest PTR patch are two new lines that Moira speaks when she’s out of healing power. When she runs out, she now shouts “Not ready!” or “I need to recharge.” You can see the lines in action in the video below, courtesy of Reddit user Owlero.

This is a small but much-appreciated change, as it’ll allow for better teammate communication when not voice chatting and will prevent other players from wasting time asking for a heal.

The new PTR update is available now on PC, and it includes various UI, character, and map changes as well as Moira’s new lines. For instance, Blizzard has boosted the transparency on Moira’s moves, especially her ultimate move Coalescence, which was causing issues due to its blinding effect. D.Va’s micro missiles, meanwhile, have had their explosive damage reduced. You can see the full list of changes on Blizzard’s forum.

The PTR patch is just in testing right now, but it’ll likely be rolled out to everyone on PC in the next few weeks. In other Overwatch news, the new Support character Birgitte was added last week alongside a patch that nerfs Sombra.

[News via dbltap]