Ubisoft wants to let everyone know that if you purchase a PS4 or Xbox One of Far Cry 6, you’ll be able to upgrade to the PS5 or Xbox Series X|S versions for free. I suppose after all that nonsense of PlayStation going back on its word about upgrades, and then walking that back is making other companies rethink their upgrade strategy. I don’t recall if Ubisoft had planned on making Far Cry 6 a free upgrade prior to this. Either way, a free upgrade is great news for anyone who isn’t able to upgrade to a new console just yet but plans on doing so in the future.
Upgrading to Next Generation (PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S)
The setting of Far Cry 6 takes place in Yara, a fictional Caribbean island ruled as a dictatorship by “El Presidente” Antón Castillo who is hellbent on raising this son Diego to follow in this footsteps. Something that Diego seems to be hesitant to do. Players will take the role of guerilla fighter Dani Rojas, who attempting to topple Castillo and his regime. Similar to Far Cry 5, players will be able to choose the sex of the character, female or male, before embarking on their adventure.
For some other great Far Cry 6 news, it would seem that Ubisoft is really putting in some work on the PC version. The company is promising “a smooth experience with uncapped frame rates”, 4K and ultra-widescreen support, and even a built-in benchmarking tool. that’s just the tip of the iceberg, as frame rate locking and AMD’s adaptive resolution options are also in the game. There’s even an optional HD texture pack for those who have the GPU power to push those extra pixels. It sounds like a proper experience for PC gamers and one that I’m looking forward to.
Here’s the PC required and recommended specs in case you missed them.
1080p, 30 FPS, DirectX Raytracing Off
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz or Intel i5-4460 3.2GHz
- GPU: AMD RX 460 4GB or Nvidia GTX 960 4GB
- RAM: 8GB (Dual-channel mode)
- Storage: 60GB HDD (SSD Recommended)
1080p, 60 FPS, DirectX Raytracing off
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8GHz or Intel i7-7700 3.6GHz
- GPU: AMD RX VEGA64 8GB or Nvidia GTX 1080 8GB
- RAM: 16GB (Dual-channel mode)
- Storage: 60GB HDD (SSD Recommended)
1440p, 60 FPS, DirectX Raytracing off
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8GHz or Intel i7-9700 3.6GHz
- GPU: AMD RX 5700XT 8GB or Nvidia RTX 2070 Super 8GB
- RAM: 16GB (Dual-channel mode)
- Storage: 60GB HDD (SSD Recommended) + 37GB for HD textures (optional)
1440p, 60 FPS, DirectX Raytracing on
- Storage: 60GB HDD (SSD Recommended) + 37GB for HD textures (optional)
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7GHz or Intel i5-10600 4.1GHz
- GPU: AMD RX 6900XT 16GB or Nvidia RTX 3070 8GB
- RAM: 16GB (Dual-channel mode)
4K, 30 FPS, DirectX Raytracing on
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.7GHz or Intel i7-10700k 3.8GHz
- GPU: AMD RX 6800 16GB or Nvidia RTX 3080 10GB
- RAM: 16GB (Dual-channel mode)
- Storage: 60GB HDD (SSD Recommended) + 37GB for HD textures (optional)
Far Cry 6 releases on October 7th, 2021, for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
Source: Ubisoft
