Cross-gen Special Editions

Ghost of Tsushima Gets an Expansion and a Director’s Cut

Both available for PS4 and PS5 next month, new content and functionality included

It’s not often that Sony games get special editions for two different PlayStation generations, so Ghost of Tsushima is something of an exception. (Image: Sony)

Rumors have been flying around for a few weeks now, but Sony finally made it official: one of 2020’s best video games regardless of format, Ghost of Tsushima, is getting a generous content expansion and a “Director’s Cut” edition. The Japanese company has offered extra downloadable content for hit games in the past (Horizon and Spider-man spring to mind) but this being a production that was released between two different PlayStation generations makes things somewhat… complicated.

So first things first: the stand-alone expansion (which upgrades the standard PS4 version to the Director’s Cut version) costs €19.99 and will be available on August 20th. It includes a whole new island to discover and explore, Iki: a smaller island near Tsushima to which the protagonist, Jin, travels in order to investigate rumors of a Mongol presence. Soon enough Jin “finds himself caught up in events with deeply personal stakes that will force him to relive some traumatic moments from his past”. The Iki Island expansion offers a whole new story and new characters, brand new environments to explore, new armor for Jin as well as his horse, new…