"Returnal" was released last week exclusively for the PS5, but the game had several glitches, including crashing and corrupted save files.

A patch was released yesterday, but more games were reported to be broken, which did more harm than good; Housemarque has since remedied the problem and the game can now be safely updated.

Patch 1.3.3 included many of the fixes implemented in the update. Unfortunately, however, some players reported that the lack of autosave and manual save functionality broke their games or corrupted their saves.

Housemarque withdrew the patch and rolled out patch 1.3.4 overnight, causing headaches for affected gamers. Patch 1.3.4 reverts back to the previous stable version (1.3.1) and "addresses known trophy issues and fixes keyboard exploits."

"Patch 1.3.3 has been released and we are reverting back to 1.3.1 until it is fixed; users affected by 1.3.3 will need to re-download the game. We sincerely apologize," the studio tweeted.

Housemarque added that a CE-100028-1 error pop-up will tell you if you are affected. If you are not sure, he advised that you should wait for the next patch. So the current advice is to "not start the game before the next patch is available and downloaded."

Patch 1.3.5 is scheduled for the "near future" and will likely remedy the issues that patch 1.3.3 was intended to address. For now, your saved games are safe. If you were affected by this glitch, Housemarque has posted advice on various scenarios, so please consider what to do next.

Of course, even the simple act of updating Returnal with a fully functional patch is not straightforward. If you close the application or turn off the console, your game progress is lost. The developer advises disabling the console's automatic update feature. This is because if a game is updated while suspended and the console is turned on, progress will be ruined.

For now, let's follow the studio's advice and sit tight while we wait for patch 1.3.5. If you've got the game, don't forget to check out Returnal's tips and tricks.