2019-07-01_Official_Xbox_Magazine

Supply

drop

down. Soon after, you discover a group

of rogue operatives, led by none other

than Walker, has seized control of the

nearby area.

Fighting dirty

You’ll be travelling across the diverse

landscape Auroa has to offer,

which features mountains, deserts,

beaches, forests, fjords and even an

active volcano. Blending into these

environments is key to your survival –

for example, you can go all Predator

during a forest section and roll around

in the dirt, covering your body and

face in mud to remain undetected.

You’ll also need to be mindful of

your injuries. Getting shot in the leg

or arm might impact your mobility or

ability to aim your weapon. Thankfully,

depending on how badly you’re

hurt, you’ll either be able to patch

yourself up on the fly or rest using

the ‘bivouac’ system. It’s here where

you’ll treat severe injuries, as well

as manage your equipment and

customise your character.

All of this can be done completely

solo or with a team of up to four.

Unlike Wildlands, these team members

can only be played by real people –

there won’t be any AI team members

around to help you out.

Fans of Wildlands will feel right at

home with Breakpoint, and you won’t

have to wait too long, either. Ubisoft’s

brand-new shooter will be all ghillied

up for 4 October this year.

Survival of

the fittest

Survive being hunted by rogue operatives on an

island, and face off with your most dangerous

enemy yet in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint

TRAVEL

MAN

Ubisoft has unveiled its latest entry

in the Ghost Recon franchise. When

the publisher announced its previous

title, Ghost Recon Wildlands, back

in 2015, it promised that the open-

world shooter would take place in the

largest action adventure landscape it

had ever created, something the team

most certainly delivered on.

Now, the Ghost Recon developer

has chosen to go even bigger. During

the announcement stream Ubisoft

revealed some of the improvements

that it’s made to the series using help

from the Wildlands community, which

has grown, according to Ubisoft, to 15

million players.

Breakpoint ties in quite nicely with

the final piece of DLC for Wildlands,

titled Operation Oracle, in which

protagonist and Ghost team leader

Nomad is sent to investigate a facility

on the Bolivian border which turns

out to be a testing ground for drones.

It’s here that Nomad and his team

come into contact with Cole D Walker,

another Ghost operative portrayed by

Jon Bernthal. Breakpoint is set four

years after this event, taking you to

Auroa: a fictional archipelago located

in the Pacific Ocean. This is home to

Skell Technology, the company that

designs and provides drones to the

military, and you need to investigate

why some of its drones have fallen

into the wrong hands. What starts as

a simple mission turns into a fight for

survival when your helicopter is taken

The competitive PvP
mode will be available
from launch this time
around, and the game
will still be supported
by additional content
every four months
after release. One of
those pieces of
content will be a
Raid – a first for the
Ghost Recon
franchise. It’s
unknown what form
these Raids will take,
but we expect there
will be a lot of
teamwork involved.

TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON BREAKPOINT INSIDER

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