Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut With PS5 Upgrades, Iki Island Expansion Pack Announced

Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut is releasing on August 20.

By Satvik Khare | Updated: 2 July 2021 15:52 IST

Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut With PS5 Upgrades, Iki Island Expansion Pack Announced

Photo Credit: Sucker Punch/ Sony

Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut will be getting 4K resolution options along 60fps framerate targets

Highlights

Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut will be available for PS5, PS4
PS5 version of the game is getting 4K, 60fps compatibility
Ghost of Tsushima players on PS4 can transfer saved game files to PS5

Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut is set to release for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on August 20. Bundled in the Director's Cut will be the original game along with all the DLCs that Sucker Punch, the developer of the game, has released to date. PS5 players will also be getting some additional content, including support for DualSense adaptive triggers and 4K/ 60fps compatibility. The regular edition of Ghost of Tsushima was released in July 2020 and became one of the fastest-selling PlayStation originals games by November.

Sucker Punch made the announcement for Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut on the PlayStation blog. The Director's Cut edition will be available for $69.99 (roughly Rs. 5,200) on PS5 and for $59.99 (roughly Rs. 4,500) on PS4.

#GhostOfTsushima Director's Cut comes to PS5 and PS4 on August 20!

Watch our trailer and visit the PlayStation Blog to learn about the new Iki Island expansion, plus PS5 features like Japanese VO lip sync, haptic feedback, adaptive triggers, and more: https://t.co/x328DphXRq pic.twitter.com/qndPIIHypN
— Ghost of Tsushima ???? Director's Cut Out 8/20! (@SuckerPunchProd) July 1, 2021

However, if players already own the regular edition of the game on PS4, they can upgrade to the Director's Cut on PS4 for $19.99 (roughly Rs. 1,500) starting August 20. Players who wish to upgrade to the Director's cut on PS5 can do so for $29.99 (roughly Rs. 2,200). Also, players who own the Director's Cut edition on PS4 can upgrade to the PS5 version at any time for $9.99 (roughly Rs. 750).

The Director's Cut for Ghost of Tsushima is also getting the Iki Island expansion pack. The Iki Island expansion pack comes with a new story, new characters, new environments to explore, new armour for Jin and his horse, new mini-games, new techniques, new enemy types, among other additions. Sucker Punch has also added new animals that Jin can pet.

Ghost of Tsushima Sells 5 Million Copies, Sets New PS4 Record

Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut's Iki Island Expansion pack will add new story, characters, more
Photo Credit: Sucker Punch/ Sony

There are some exclusive new features for the PS5 version of the Director's Cut edition. The game will now offer Japanese lip-sync, a feature that many players asked for. The game also takes advantage of the DualSense controller's haptic feedback and adaptive triggers. Moreover, there are also 3D audio enhancements, improved load times, 4K resolution options, and 60fps targets.

Ghost of Tsushima: Legends Will Be a Free Co-Op Mode, Coming This Fall

The developers mentioned that players who own Ghost of Tsushima on PS4 will be able to transfer their saved game over to their PS5 consoles. The new Iki Island content will be available to existing players if they've reached the Toyotama region, beginning in Act 2.

Alongside the Director's Cut, owners of Ghost of Tsushima will be able to download a patch that contains some updates for the game. The patch will contain some new accessibility options for alternate controller layouts, option to enable target lock-on during combat, and the option to hide the quiver during gameplay. Ghost of Tsushima: Legends players will also be getting an all-new mode that the developers will announce in the coming weeks.

PS5 vs Xbox Series X: Which is the best "next-gen" console in India? We discussed this on Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast. Orbital is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.

Affiliate links may be automatically generated - see our ethics statement for details.

Sony PlayStation 5

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Good
DualSense is great
Very powerful
Reduced loading times
Friendlier storage expansion
Capable of 8K / 120fps
4K Blu-ray player (finally)

Bad
Expensive
Lack of truly next-gen exclusives
Not a generation leap over PS4 Pro at launch
Game prices now go up to Rs. 5,000
Missing next-gen upgrades for PS4 games
No "Quick Resume", as on Xbox Series X
Limited backward compatibility
No support for Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos
SSD storage amount is restrictive

Read detailed Sony PlayStation 5 review

HDD 825GB PCie Gen 4 NVMe SSD

Processor Custom 8-core AMD Zen 2 CPU @ 3.5GHz with SMT

Graphics Custom AMD RDNA 2 GPU 36 CUs @ 2.23GHz (variable frequency)

RAM 16GB GDDR6

USB 4

Weight 4.5kg

Ethernet Gigabit

More Sony Gaming Consoles

Sony PlayStation 4 Pro

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Good
Sweet form factor
Tangible performance differences

Bad
PS4 Pro-supported games need better explanation of benefits

HDD 1TB

Processor AMD Jaguar 1.6 GHz 8-core

Graphics AMD GCN Radeon

RAM 8GB

AV Optical Out

USB 3 USB 3.1 ports

Weight 3.3kg

Ethernet Yes

More Sony Gaming Consoles

Comments

For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to know everything about top influencers, follow our in-house Who'sThat360 on Instagram and YouTube.