Ghostwire: Tokyo News

The autumn moon is full in the sky, and today’s Ghostwire: Tokyo update is filled with new cosmetic content, bug fixes, and support for AMD FSR 2.0!



Tsukimi is a celebration held in early autumn to gather and view the beauty of the harvest moon. (No need to send lunar analysis data to Ed.)

It’s also a great time to eat snacks like Tsukimi dango and mochi! (Be sure to follow us on social media to find out the Tango Gameworks team’s favorite snacks throughout this week!)

Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 7, at 11 AM ET / 4 PM GMT (Thursday, September 8, 12 AM JST), a new Photo Mode emote and themed costume for this lunar festival will unlock:

• Mochitsuki Emote: Akito and KK prepare mochi in the traditional way with this emote.
  
• Happi Costume: A lightweight and brightly-colored coat worn during summer festivals.
  
  
  
  

The moon isn’t the only beautiful thing this week: this update includes support for AMD FSR 2.0 on PC, AMD’s temporal upscaling technology that boosts framerates while delivering high-fidelity visuals.

You can enjoy these performance improvements on PC by enabling “AMD FSR 2.0” under Options > Graphics > Upscaling.


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• Corrected issue where a specific enemy attack was not working as intended
  
• Special effects when Lamentation Visitor appears now display properly
  
• Addressed “order of display” issue for one of the collectibles
  
• Fixed fast travel issue during the Zashiki-warashi side mission
  
• Fixed a “cannot proceed” bug in Chapter 2
  

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• Addressed auto-save issue at the start of a boss battle in Chapter 3
  

Today's Ghostwire: Tokyo update includes a number of bug fixes, plus seasonal content that will unlock later this week for Obon, an event commemorating the spirits of one’s ancestors. Read on for more details!


Ghostwire: Tokyo is a game about spirits (vanished presences): rescuing them from evil, honoring them, and acknowledging and accepting their passing. Obon is a time to commemorate one's ancestors, whose spirits are believed to temporarily return to this world during this time of year.

Obon traditions vary throughout Japan, but the most common are holding summer festivals in school yards or parks, with everyone dancing the Bon Odori together to welcome the spirits of their ancestors. In some areas, an event called “Toro-nagashi” is also held, in which lanterns are floated down a river or into the sea to mourn the souls of the departed. Areas inspired by the event are featured in the game, and the Tokyo Bon dance is available as an emote in Photo Mode.

On Wednesday, August 3 at 11 AM ET / 3 PM UTC (August 4, 12 AM JST), an all-new festive Obon costume and new Photo Mode emote will automatically unlock for all players:

• Jinbei Costume – A casual Kimono-style jacket and short pants, this outfit is perfect whether you’re enjoying a summer festival, or sitting on the porch eating watermelon.
  
• Japanese Sparklers Emote – It isn’t a festival without fireworks! With this new emote, Akito crouches down and enjoys the sparkle of a senko hanabi. (Hanabi literally means, “fire flower.”)
  
  

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• Adjusted Gliding Behavior
  
• Adjusted effects
  
• Adjusted emote volume
  
• Changed acquisition flow for Bethesda.net login bonuses
  
• Fixed progression issue during “Hide and Seek 3” side mission
  
• Fixed crash issue when changing settings
  

This Ghostwire: Tokyo update focuses on Tanabata (七夕), or “Star Festival,” a traditional Japanese festival where people write their wishes on colorful strips of paper, called tanzaku, and hang them from bamboo branches in the hopes that they’ll come true. In this update, you can make wishes of your own with the Tanabata Wishes emote, available to all players!

This update also includes some additional game adjustments and bug fixes.


Tanabata is the story of two star-crossed lovers: Princess Orihime, daughter of the God of the Sky; and Hikoboshi, a simple cattle farmer, separated by the Heavenly River, but fated to meet for one night a year: the 7th day of the 7th month.

The origins of this story lie in the real twin stars Vega and Altair, and the “Heavenly River” that separates them is our own Milky Way galaxy.

With the Tanabata Wishes emote, Akito and KK look to the stars with a bamboo tree and sasakazari (lit. “hanging decorations”) next to them.

• Added new “Film Grain” and “Color-Fringe” options under video settings
  

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• Adjusted the behavior of some emotes
  
• Adjusted the effects of certain emotes when using them on uneven terrain
  
• Adjusted lighting during emotes
  
• Made adjustments to rotating Akito on the Inventory screen
  
• Adjusted lighting for the “Inugami Mummy” collectible

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• Improved overall performance
  

This week, Japan celebrates Golden Week, one of its most popular holiday seasons. We’re also celebrating as the team at Tango Gameworks has launched an all-new update for Ghostwire: Tokyo!
This update features new gameplay and quality of life improvements; numerous bug fixes; and even a festive new cosmetic item and emotes to use in Photo Mode! Read on for the full details.

• Performance Improvements: This update addresses some performance issues for PS5 and PC.
  
• Silence, Tengu: There’ve been some noise complaints about the Tengu, so Ed has developed some noise-cancelling headphones for Akito and KK. (Tengu volume can now be adjusted.)
  
• Children’s Day Cosmetic and Emotes: Two new emotes and a new headwear piece inspired by Golden Week.
  

Held annually on May 5 in Japan, Children’s Day is one of four national holidays observed during Golden Week, to celebrate the health and happiness of children—typically by decorating with fish-shaped kites and wearing paper samurai helmets! Now you can get in on the festivities in Ghostwire: Tokyo:

• Koinobori Emote – Akito displays koi-shaped streamers
  
• "They Grow Up So Fast" Emote – Akito proudly dons a folded paper “Kabuto” samurai helmet
  
• Paper Kabuto – Wear the origami samurai helmet from the emote
  

• Added “Yokai Volume” slider, allowing players to adjust the screeching of the Tengu
  
• Added “Mouse Smoothing” option (Allows players to enable/disable mouse smoothing)
  
• Fast travel is now available earlier in the game
  

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• Improved overall performance
  
• Overhauled starting values for player camera options
  
• Adjusted gamepad analog stick deadzone, and added options to adjust deadzone
  
• Fixed collision issues in some environments
  
• Spirit Perception Prayer Beads will no longer guide you towards spirits you have already absorbed
  
• Fixed text for some menu items in French and German
  

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• Improved mouse/keyboard input when weaving
  
• Added “Movie Display Mode” option
  
  • If you are experiencing sound desync issues in cutscenes, setting “Movie Display Mode” to “Performance” will correct the issue
• Fixed progression issue with certain cutscenes
  
• Added a warning display when using too much VRAM
  
• Fixed issue with windowed mode on the title screen
  
• Fixed 5K resolution issue on the title screen
  
• Fixed Sharpness option when using FSR 1.0
  
• Fixed issue when selecting difficulty