The Ghost Recon franchise celebrates its Twenty fifth anniversary with a devoted showcase on August 6, nevertheless it seems like one large shock for this occasion has been leaked early. The PlayStation Retailer has seemingly let slip particulars on an enormous improve for 2017’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands.
Noticed on the Ghost Recon subreddit, the PlayStation Retailer detailed a free current-gen improve that features bumping the sport’s graphics as much as 4K and 60fps, 3D audio assist, sooner load instances by way of the console SSD, and additional haptic suggestions options by way of the DualSense controller. A brand new “Final Rites” story pack may also reportedly go stay with the replace, and there’ll even be quality-of-life updates. Possible, the PC and Xbox Collection X|S variations may also obtain the identical graphical upgrades, gameplay enhancements, and additional content material, as the sport was initially launched for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Rumblings of a Ghost Recon: Wildlands current-gen improve not too long ago surfaced in July, and on the time, Ubisoft mentioned that it deliberate to share what’s subsequent for the franchise in the course of the Ghost Recon Twenty fifth-anniversary celebrations. The IP is now within the palms of Inventive Home 2, one in every of a number of new teams at Ubisoft following its restructuring earlier this 12 months. Inventive Home 2 is concentrated on Ubisoft’s aggressive and cooperative shooter IP, like The Division, Splinter Cell, and Ghost Recon.
Ghost Recon: Wildlands was an enormous hit for Ubisoft when it launched, however the identical cannot be mentioned for its sequel, Ghost Recon: Breakpoint. The final Ghost Recon by no means actually took off, as critics and gamers have been lukewarm on it, and the controversial resolution to add NFTs to it did not assist to attract in new gamers. The sport nonetheless received a formidable quantity of post-launch content material, however by 2022, the plug was pulled on Ghost Recon: Breakpoint.
Ubisoft additionally quietly talked about in July that it is engaged on a new Ghost Recon game. Ubisoft CFO Frederick Duguet described it as a “first-person-shooter-type” sport, an enormous departure from the principally third-person perspective used since 2006’s Superior Warfighter.
