The Supplemental Update is Live

The regional PSU servers are back online after just over 18 hours of maintenance, and the supplemental update is live.

Instructions for downloading the update have been posted on the official web site and forums. Players will need to completely remove the old Ambition of the Illuminus download from their hard drives before downloading and installing the new version of the expansion. Don't forget that Ambition of the Illuminus is now a free download on Xbox Live.

Amazingly, the update seems to be going smoothly. Although many players are reporting slow load times on the update download, Sega does not seem to have made any announcements regarding bugs, glitches, or other unexpected side effects.

Keep in mind that the update has only been live for a little over an hour (as I type this), so glitches may still yet appear.

Now that the supplemental update has arrived, it will be interesting to see how the community reacts in the weeks and months to come. I would expect the player population to increase for at least the first few weeks, but after that it's largely up to Sega (as it always has been) to keep players interested by providing new content.

Let the comparisons to the Japanese PC/PS2 servers resume!