Far Cry® 5 — patch notes and updates
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| Steam Achievements Are Here for Far Cry 5! | 2024-12-17 | Hope County, the wait is over! Steam Achievements for Far Cry 5 are finally here. Whether you’re taking down cultists, fishing for that trophy catch, or exploring the skies with Nick Rye, your feats can now be celebrated on Steam. GOOD TO KNOW Do Achievements Sync Automatically? If you’ve previously unlocked achievements in Ubisoft Connect, simply launch the game once on Steam, and your progress will sync automatically. No need to start over, your Resistance efforts will be recognized! What About Far Cry 3 and 4? Achievements for Far Cry 3 and Far Cry 4 are in the works, and we’ll keep you posted. Stay tuned for more updates! So grab your gea |
| Far Cry: 20th Anniversary Celebration | 2024-03-14 | Enjoy up to 85% OFF Far Cry 5 and 70% OFF the Season pass! Get back to Hope County, Montana, land of the free and the brave, but also home to a fanatical doomsday cult—known as The Project at Eden’s Gate—that is threatening the community's freedom. Stand up to the cult’s leaders, Joseph Seed and the Heralds, as you spark the fires of resistance that will liberate the besieged community. Enjoy all the other discounts during our 20th anniversary celebration on the rest of the franchise. https://store.steampowered.com/franchise/FarCry |
| Exclusive Far Cry New Dawn Items for Far Cry 5 Players | 2018-12-21 | https://i.imgur.com/7ZR57HT.jpg Far Cry New Dawn, the latest entry in the long-running series and the narrative follow-up to Far Cry 5, is only weeks away. And there are some special treats waiting for returning players in our new game! If you have Far Cry 5 registered to your Ubisoft account, then you can earn exclusive items in Far Cry New Dawn: one special outfit and one special weapon skin! ROOKIE OUTFIT All you need is to have finished Far Cry 5's introduction by activating the radio tower on Dutch's island, and the Deputy outfit (male and female) will be yours in Far Cry New Dawn! Oh, the nostalgia... SIN EATER But that's not all! If yo |
| Far Cry New Dawn: 6 Minutes of New Gameplay - IGN | 2018-12-12 | https://i.imgur.com/MmVTFH7.jpg Watch 6 minutes of Far Cry New Dawn gameplay with IGN First! https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/12/12/far-cry-new-dawn-6-minutes-of-gameplay-featuring-pastor-jerome-ign-first |
| Far Cry Game Awards 2018 Teaser Trailer | 2018-12-05 | https://i.imgur.com/vjmFsb3.jpg https://youtu.be/KKseXjx_668 Tune in for a worldwide reveal at the Game Awards on December 6, at 5:30PM PST/8:30PM EST! https://www.youtube.com/thegameawards |
| FC5 Thanksgiving Photo Mode Contest Winners | 2018-11-26 | https://i.imgur.com/kmYzoHr.jpg Hello Far Cry Photographers! We hope you had a fantastic holiday feast- with or without turkeys! Now that the Thanksgiving celebrations are over, it is time to announce the winners of our Photo Mode Contest. We loved seeing all of your submissions, and it was challenging pick only three photos to capture the spirit of Thanksgiving in Hope County. After much careful consideration, we have decided on the following winners: AND THE WINNERS ARE... https://i.imgur.com/36lZzRv.jpg devil_merc https://i.imgur.com/YzcSRqm.jpg atestinal https://i.imgur.com/hkjIK9C.jpg Maxime Carrière Congratulations to the winners and th |
| FC5 Photo Mode Contest: Thanksgiving | 2018-11-14 | https://i.imgur.com/ew3uehn.jpg It’s a festive time of year in Hope County- but this time turkeys are taking back Thanksgiving! How did your Thanksgiving turkey escape the dinner table? We’re looking for photographic evidence to capture Hope County’s birds of prey in action. Be careful out there- turkeys can be vicious! According to our sources, these dangerous birds have already been responsible for over 100,000 deaths in Hope County. Any photographers brave enough to take the challenge can send us your best turkey shots between November 14th – November 21st to capture the Far Cry 5 Thanksgiving spirit. How to participate Qualified photos mu |
| FC5 Halloween Photo Mode Contest Winners | 2018-10-31 | https://i.imgur.com/4OaGH1D.jpg Hello Far Cry Photographers! Halloween is upon us. And that means it is time for us to announce the winners of our Halloween Photo Mode contest! We really enjoyed going through the community’s frightful photos, and it was tough to pick out our three favourites. But in the end, we were able to settle on the winners. Without further ado, allow us to present them to you: AND THE WINNERS ARE... https://i.imgur.com/Of2Gvkf.jpg RustyFluger https://i.imgur.com/aukmcTA.jpg victoriaaplays https://i.imgur.com/h21jPab.jpg DavyFishystick Congratulations to our three winners, and thank you to everyone who took part; it is a |
| FC5 Photo Mode Contest: Halloween | 2018-10-22 | https://i.imgur.com/ZwK88o6.jpg It is that time of the year again- Halloween is just around the corner, and we have a new Photo Mode Contest to get you in the spirit! From October 22nd to 29th, you can send us your spookiest photos to help us uncover Far Cry 5’s hidden horrors. We’re widening the scope this time: you can also send us screenshots taken in Far Cry Arcade. How to participate Qualified photos must be taken either in Hope County (the main campaign) or in Far Cry Arcade (solo & co-op maps). Entry photos must be taken in Far Cry 5’s Photo Mode. Entry photos cannot be altered using 3rd-party tools including, but not limited to, photo |
| Friday Arcade Night Featured Content | 2018-10-12 | https://i.imgur.com/rcDt3Qe.jpg This week's Friday Arcade Night features the winners of our Zombie-themed Map Jam and weekly challenges! This week's featured maps are: MJ6 - MEMENTO MORI (Outpost) MJ6 - Sky Ruin (Bounty Hunt) Arcade Challenges: U. Assault From Behind Coop Liberator We'll continue with our regularly scheduled community featured maps next Friday! As always, feel free to send us your suggestions for community maps to be featured. |
| FC5 Dead Living Zombies Map Jam Winners! | 2018-10-10 | https://i.imgur.com/mXnTR8T.jpg Hello Far Cry Map builders, Our sixth Far Cry Map Jam, based on Far Cry 5: Dead Living Zombies, has reached its conclusion. As always, you continue to amaze us with the quality of your creations! We’re extremely excited to announce the following PC winners for this Map Jam: Player-Choice: SETHO-1 – MJ6 – MEMENTO MORI Developer-Choice: azulluna – MJ6 - Sky Ruin Check out the full list of winners here: https://far-cry.ubisoft.com/game/en-us/news/152-336118-16/ Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everybody who took part! We had an incredible time playing each and every Map Jam entry. We hope you enjoy |
| Hope County Chronicle: Clutch Nixon Winners | 2018-10-08 | Hello Far Cry Photographers! Our second Hope County Chronicle Photo Mode contest has reached its death-defying conclusion! We absolutely loved your submissions and it’s been extremely difficult to pick just three photos to illustrate Clutch Nixon’s daredevil stunts. After careful consideration, we have decided on the following winners: AND THE WINNERS ARE... https://i.imgur.com/99m6kef.jpg GesslerJoge49 https://i.imgur.com/RACjnQF.jpg Darkri97 https://i.imgur.com/QEpaIBo.jpg devhigames Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone who took part! Each winner will receive 500 silver bars, a digital shirt to customize your in-game avatar |
| Friday Arcade Night Featured Content | 2018-10-05 | https://i.imgur.com/keq7chQ.jpg This week's Friday Arcade Night features five new developer maps and three weekly challenges! The following developer maps are now available on PC: 5 AM (Bounty Hunt) Weekend_Nightmare (Assault) Fall's End Mutated (Bounty Hunt) A Pharaoh to Arms (Bounty Hunt) Charon Harbour (Outpost) Arcade Challenges: DM Champion Co-Op Assaulter Licensed to Cull We'll continue with our regularly scheduled community featured maps next Friday! As always, feel free to send us your suggestions for community maps to be featured. |
| Friday Arcade Night Featured Content | 2018-09-28 | https://i.imgur.com/gyvaX9f.jpg This week's Friday Arcade Night features two new developer maps and three weekly challenges! The following developer maps are now available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One: Blood Dragon Arena (Team Deathmatch) Passage (Bounty Hunt) Arcade Challenges: Assaulter SMG Master Co-Op Liberator We'll continue with our regularly scheduled community featured maps next Friday! As always, feel free to send us your suggestions for community maps to be featured. You can join the community team on the Ubisoft Twitch channel for our final Friday Arcade Night livestream as we play through maps and complete this week's challenges at 12 |
| FC5 Infographic & Blood Dragon Arcade Maps | 2018-09-27 | https://i.imgur.com/iq44QAf.jpg To celebrate the recent additions to Arcade, our team put together two new maps to showcase the awesome Far Cry: Blood Dragon assets! Passage and Blood Dragon: Arena are now available in Far Cry Arcade. Read the full details here! THANK YOU ! Over the last few months we’ve taken out a fanatic cult, traveled to Vietnam and Mars together, and beaten ravenous zombie hordes. We’ve shared pictures and stories, rallied together for community achievements, and created unbelievably imaginative maps in Far Cry Arcade. It’s been a wild ride, and we want to thank each and every one of you for riding along with us. See you |
| Patch Notes - Title Update 11 - September 27 | 2018-09-26 | https://i.imgur.com/Lj8GoUg.jpg 1. New Additions Added New Masks: For Honor: Kensei Ghost Recon: Day of the Skull Ghost Recon: El Tio Watch_Dogs: Wrench Rabbids: Robber Rabbids: Biker Added New Weapons (also available in Far Cry Arcade): P08-L Flamethrower "Neon Sparkle" MBP .50 "Blood & Dragon" Added New Vehicles (also available in Far Cry Arcade): 1970 Zugspitz XS-2 "Cyber Edition" 2014 Adjudicor Mastadon XZT "Surface to Surface" 2012 Kimberlite TCZ "Hot Rockets" 2. Stability & Performance Bug fix for a freeze related to Outpost Master Bug fixes for general Lobby Stability when jumping between the various game modes 3. Audio Bug fix for Voi |
| Friday Arcade Night Featured Content | 2018-09-21 | https://i.imgur.com/WD6bLYc.jpg Friday Arcade Night features 6 new maps and three weekly challenges! This week's featured maps include the following additions on PC: PC: -BREAKAWAY- by AKILYOUNG (Journey) TERRAPORT by IZOOLEE (Team Deathmatch) Arcade Challenges: Co-op Journeyman Handgun Master Journeyman As always, feel free to send us your suggestions for community maps to be featured next Friday! Browse the full list of featured maps here: https://far-cry-arcade.ubi.com/ You can join the community team on the Ubisoft Twitch channel as we play through Far Cry Arcade maps and complete this week's challenges at 12pm ET- hope to see you there! |
| Hope County Chronicle Photo Mode Contest: Clutch Nixon Still Alive? | 2018-09-18 | https://i.imgur.com/vFdHDZG.jpg Calling all Far Cry Photographers! Once more, we are looking for photographers to capture an entire story in a single image! The second edition of our Hope County Chronicle Photo Contest begins on September 18. There are increased reports of dangerous stunts being performed across Hope County, but so far there is no photographic evidence.Help us give context to our breaking news stories! Set the scene whichever way you like with Far Cry 5’s Photo Mode. The contest ends on October 2. How to participate Qualified photos must be taken in Hope County i.e. the main campaign. Entry photos must be taken in Far Cry 5’s |
| Far Cry 5 Live Event: Pickup Blowup | 2018-09-18 | https://i.imgur.com/D0mw5aW.jpg Get ready to blowup pickups in this week’s #FarCry5 live event! Eliminate cultist vehicles with explosives to earn the Kimberlite ZZT with Cultbuster skin and Undercover Cultist outfits. Personal Reward: 5 kills: 50 silver bars, 100 XP 10 kills: Kimberlite ZZT with Cultbuster skin, 100 XP See the full event details and track community progress towards the community outfit here: www.farcrygame.com/liveevents. |
| Friday Arcade Night Featured Content | 2018-09-14 | https://i.imgur.com/frPe8Fp.jpg Friday Arcade Night features 5 new maps and three weekly challenges! This week's featured maps include the following additions on PC: SCREAMLAND by DRSHAKEZ (Bounty Hunt) BIG_THUNDER_MESA by PROJONE700 (Team Deathmatch) Arcade Challenges: CO-OP ASSAULTER: Play any Assault maps in co-op (1 map) LMG Master: Kill enemies with any LMG in any featured map (25 kills) LIBERATOR: Complete featured Outpost maps (3 maps) As always, feel free to send us your suggestions for community maps to be featured next Friday! Browse the full list of featured maps here: https://far-cry-arcade.ubi.com/ You can join the community team |