Stellaris 4.0 "needs to get better," but its director is happy with the launch

Space 4X game Stellaris has its ninth birthday this week, and to celebrate developer Paradox has launched one of its most transformative updates in a long time alongside a fresh expansion, Biogenesis. It hasn’t all been smooth sailing, however; while the strategy game’s new DLC is being widely praised, the Stellaris 4.0 update brought a tidal wave of issues including lag, crashes, and other bugs into play. Speaking exclusively to PCGamesN, game director Stephen ‘Eladrin’ Muray says the team bit off more than it could chew and apologizes for disappointing players, but maintains that it was the right move for the patch to launch when it did.

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