Somewhat unexpectedly,Ghost Recon Breakpointhas received a new update that improves its visuals and performance on the new-gen consoles, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S. This is a surprising turn of events because the publisher, Ubisoft, ended the game’s post-launch support plans in April 2022, announcing that there’d be no more updates coming for the game in any capacity.Ghost Recon Breakpoint’s performance on current consoles was the least of the game’s problems, it’s worth pointing out. After Ubisoft released a series of comprehensive content updates focusing onBreakpoint’s hardcore gameplay modes and features, the company also decided to use it as an NFT platform, which may have had something to do with its later problems.RELATED:Ubisoft Ends Ghost Recon Breakpoint NFT Program but Promises More for Future GamesEven thoughUbisoft wrapped up support forBreakpointearlier this year, it would appear that a small team had been plugging away at the game’s next-gen support all along. Very recently, the game received updates for current-gen consoles, improving its performance modes and rendering resolution basically across the board. PS5 can now, for example, run the game at 1080P/60PS or 4K/30FPS modes. XSX can do the same, albeit it will only upscale to 4K from a lower base resolution. XSS, in the meantime, will only do 1440P/30FPS.
Ghost Recon Breakpointenjoyed a comprehensive 2021 revivalwith a series of content updates adding new events, weapons, gameplay features, and more. At the time, everything pointed to Ubisoft potentially even using the game’s final desert-themed island at some point. This, however, never came to fruition, as 2022 ended up being a bad year for theGhost Reconfranchise. A fate that has much to do with Ubisoft’s own NFT platform.
Namely, Ubisoft tried to useBreakpointas the first game to include itscosmetic Quartz NFT platform, leading to the release of a series of cosmetics that would only be available via NFT purchases in the first place. Players did not take a liking to this new development, and the resulting backlash effectively overshadowed everything that the developers had accomplished over the course of the previous year.
It is currently unknown what’s happening with the franchise, but the fact thatGhost Recon Frontlinegot axedin the midst ofBreakpoint’s own NFT backlash does not bode well. The good news, then, is thatBreakpointis still fully playable and has a number of things going for it that weren’t present at the launch. With the new-gen upgrades in place, the game should even look the part on PS5 and Xbox Series consoles, making it potentially more interesting to some players.
Ghost Recon Breakpointis available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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