{"id":2053793,"date":"2026-07-21T11:58:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T08:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2053793"},"modified":"2026-07-21T11:58:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T08:58:54","slug":"tom-clancys-ghost-recon-wildlands-appears-to-be-getting-a-ps5-and-xbox-series-x-s-definitive-edition-but-is-it-a-remaster-or-a-bog-standard-re-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2053793","title":{"rendered":"Tom Clancy&#8217;s Ghost Recon Wildlands appears to be getting a PS5 and Xbox Series X\/S Definitive Edition, but is it a remaster or a bog standard re-release?"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Tom Clancy&#8217;s Ghost Recon Wildlands appears to be getting a PS5 and Xbox Series X\/S Definitive Edition, but is it a remaster or a bog standard re-release?<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Snort a bad idea.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/ghost-recon-wildlands-latest-update-drops-cheeky-nod-to-rainbox-sixs-cancelled-patriots-game-1532590213465.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"ghost-recon-wildlands-latest-update-drops-cheeky-nod-to-rainbox-sixs-cancelled-patriots-game-1532590213465.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/sherif-saed\">Sherif Saed<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Senior Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-21T11:58:54+00:00\">July 21, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"2c76f073-8f1c-40bc-975b-4c646dcdd5a1\" data-name=\"Tom Clancyu0027s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Tom Clancyu0026#39;s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Tom Clancyu0026#39;s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Tom Clancyu0027s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Tom Clancyu0027s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Tom Clancy&apos;s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint\" title=\"Follow Tom Clancy&apos;s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint\"><br \/>\n  Follow Tom Clancy&#8217;s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been itching to replay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/tom-clancys-ghost-recon\">Tom Clancy&#8217;s Ghost Recon<\/a> Wildlands, for some reason, you may soon have a reason to. The open-world co-op shooter will be 10 years old next March and it looks like Ubisoft is celebrating the anniversary early.<\/p>\n<p>A person on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GhostReconWildlands\/comments\/1uzq2kd\/new_update_with_new_mission_and_4k_60fps\/\">the Wildlands subreddit<\/a> shared a screenshot of an advert for a Definitive Edition of the game, which they say appeared on Wildlands&#8217; Xbox Game Hub. While it doesn&#8217;t offer a release date, the advert did reveal the edition includes a new mission and support for 4K resolution and 60fps.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming release seemingly also includes all previously-released add-ons across its two yearly season passes. So although Wildlands is playable on PS5 and Xbox Series X\/S already, a native release is likely what will allow it to run at higher resolutions and framerates.<\/p>\n<p>According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/insider-gaming.com\/ghost-recon-wildlands-definitive-edition\/\">Insider Gaming<\/a> report, Wildlands is one of several legacy titles with similar upgrades currently in development, with the next game apparently being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/watch-dogs-legion\">Watch Dogs: Legion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"We played Ghost Recon Wildlands and everything went wrong (PS4 gameplay)\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rk3zuB2Nj48?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Rk3zuB2Nj48\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">We played Ghost Recon Wildlands and everything went wrong (PS4 gameplay)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Rk3zuB2Nj48\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The Xbox Game Hub leak said the offer &#8211; potentially a discounted price &#8211; expires 7th August, which is a notable  date because Ubisoft announced that it&#8217;s going to share more Ghost Recon news on 6th August to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the series.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been a while Ghosts!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GhostRecon\/status\/2079234883713478979\">the official Ghost Recon X account shared<\/a>. &#8220;We know some of you saw some updates, we&#8217;ll have more to say on 6th August when we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Ghost Recon. Intel coming soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This leak does bring to mind The Division&#8217;s own Definitive Edition, which went on sale in February. Like Wildlands, that release also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-division-definitive-edition\">leaked ahead of time<\/a>, except it immediately became available for purchase. Unfortunately, <a href=\"https:\/\/me.ign.com\/en\/tom-clancys-the-division\/240476\/news\/the-division-definitive-edition-quietly-launches-but-its-not-the-remaster-some-had-hoped-for\">it quickly turned out it was neither a remake nor a remaster<\/a>, but simply a bundle that included the base game and all DLC, alongside some cosmetics.<\/p>\n<p>But why not revisit the more recent Ghost Recon game Breakpoint? Wildlands was fairly well received, whereas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint-review-a-limp-and-lifeless-spin-on-the-ubisoft-formula\">Breakpoint was poorly received at launch<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-outlines-plan-to-fix-much-maligned-ghost-recon-breakpoint\">Ubisoft spent the next several months overhauling practically the entire game<\/a>, chiefly to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-delays-ghost-recon-breakpoints-new-immersive-mode-and-engineer-class\">heavily deemphasise the loot and gear elements<\/a> in it. Perhaps that game simply needs more work; perhaps Ubisoft would rather forget it.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been itching to replay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/tom-clancys-ghost-recon\">Tom Clancy&#8217;s Ghost Recon<\/a> Wildlands, for some reason, you may soon have a reason to. The open-world co-op shooter will be 10 years old next March and it looks like Ubisoft is celebrating the anniversary early.<\/p>\n<p>A person on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GhostReconWildlands\/comments\/1uzq2kd\/new_update_with_new_mission_and_4k_60fps\/\">the Wildlands subreddit<\/a> shared a screenshot of an advert for a Definitive Edition of the game, which they say appeared on Wildlands&#8217; Xbox Game Hub. While it doesn&#8217;t offer a release date, the advert did reveal the edition includes a new mission and support for 4K resolution and 60fps.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming release seemingly also includes all previously-released add-ons across its two yearly season passes. So although Wildlands is playable on PS5 and Xbox Series X\/S already, a native release is likely what will allow it to run at higher resolutions and framerates.<\/p>\n<p>According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/insider-gaming.com\/ghost-recon-wildlands-definitive-edition\/\">Insider Gaming<\/a> report, Wildlands is one of several legacy titles with similar upgrades currently in development, with the next game apparently being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/watch-dogs-legion\">Watch Dogs: Legion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"We played Ghost Recon Wildlands and everything went wrong (PS4 gameplay)\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rk3zuB2Nj48?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Rk3zuB2Nj48\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">We played Ghost Recon Wildlands and everything went wrong (PS4 gameplay)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Rk3zuB2Nj48\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The Xbox Game Hub leak said the offer &#8211; potentially a discounted price &#8211; expires 7th August, which is a notable  date because Ubisoft announced that it&#8217;s going to share more Ghost Recon news on 6th August to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the series.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been a while Ghosts!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GhostRecon\/status\/2079234883713478979\">the official Ghost Recon X account shared<\/a>. &#8220;We know some of you saw some updates, we&#8217;ll have more to say on 6th August when we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Ghost Recon. Intel coming soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This leak does bring to mind The Division&#8217;s own Definitive Edition, which went on sale in February. Like Wildlands, that release also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-division-definitive-edition\">leaked ahead of time<\/a>, except it immediately became available for purchase. Unfortunately, <a href=\"https:\/\/me.ign.com\/en\/tom-clancys-the-division\/240476\/news\/the-division-definitive-edition-quietly-launches-but-its-not-the-remaster-some-had-hoped-for\">it quickly turned out it was neither a remake nor a remaster<\/a>, but simply a bundle that included the base game and all DLC, alongside some cosmetics.<\/p>\n<p>But why not revisit the more recent Ghost Recon game Breakpoint? Wildlands was fairly well received, whereas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint-review-a-limp-and-lifeless-spin-on-the-ubisoft-formula\">Breakpoint was poorly received at launch<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-outlines-plan-to-fix-much-maligned-ghost-recon-breakpoint\">Ubisoft spent the next several months overhauling practically the entire game<\/a>, chiefly to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-delays-ghost-recon-breakpoints-new-immersive-mode-and-engineer-class\">heavily deemphasise the loot and gear elements<\/a> in it. Perhaps that game simply needs more work; perhaps Ubisoft would rather forget it.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Tom Clancy&#8217;s Ghost Recon Wildlands appears to be getting a PS5 and Xbox Series X\/S Definitive Edition, but is it a remaster or a bog standard re-release? Snort a bad idea. 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