Pagan: Control, the second major DLC headed to Far Cry 6, now has a release date–and its much sooner than you might have expected. Starting on January 11, Far Cry 6 players will be able to take control of Pagan Min, the soft-spoken yet always-extravagant antagonist of Far Cry 4. The update follows last year’s Vaas: Insanity DLC, and is part two of the game’s three-part, villain-inspired season pass.

Set within the confines of Min’s mind, the upcoming DLC blends “intense action and storytelling” as players explore Min’s psyche and attempt to help break the self-proclaimed King of Kyrat’s cycle of guilt and violence. In order to perfectly convey the trial-and-error process of growth and self-reflection, Pagan: Control pays tribute to the rougelite genre, meaning each death as Min sends the player back to the start of the DLC with only their accumulated knowledge and skills to help guide them through their second (and third, and fourth…) time around. Last but not least, Far Cry 4 fans will be thrilled to know Min’s original voice actor, Troy Baker, will be returning to the Far Cry series for this performance.

Following Pagan: Control, only one infamous Far Cry villain remains to be added into Far Cry 6: Far Cry 5‘s Joseph Seed. While Ubisoft has not specified exactly when “The Father” will make his Far Cry 6 debut, the company has confirmed it will release sometime later this year.

For those interested in playing Pagan: Control, the expansion is not available to purchase by itself, so you’ll need to pick up the Season Pass ($40) to gain access to it. However, with the season pass comes not only Min’s DLC, but Vaas: Insanity, Joseph Seed’s upcoming story, and Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, a ’80s action-movie inspired spin-off game. Far Cry 6 is available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Stadia, as well as on PC through both the Ubisoft Store and the Epic Games Store. Players can also gain access to the content by subscribing to Ubisoft+ on PC, Stadia, Amazon Luna, or Xbox.

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Naughty Dog, the creator of the Uncharted and Last of Us franchises, is working on multiple unannounced upcoming games that the studio is eager to discuss–but it’s not time for that just yet.

Speaking during Sony’s CES 2022 briefing this week (via VGC), Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann teased the company’s upcoming games. “We’re dying to share with you the multiple game projects we have in the works at Naughty Dog,” Druckmann teased.

He didn’t have anything more to share, but one of the games is likely the Last of Us multiplayer project that has been in the works for some time. Naughty Dog confirmed in 2019 that The Last of Us: Part II would not ship with a new version of the Factions multiplayer mode. Instead, Naughty Dog said at the time that it was creating a standalone multiplayer game in the Last of Us universe.

Beyond the new Last of Us multiplayer game and the Uncharted PS5 compilation coming this month, Naughty Dog has no announced projects. However, Druckmann has teased that the studio might make The Last of Us 3 or a new IP. “The next thing could be a Part III, the next thing could be some new IP,” he said in an interview.

Naughty Dog has already said it will not make more Uncharted games, but the studio is open to having a different developer come in to make Uncharted 5.

Also during the event, PlayStation boss Jim Ryan said he’s excited to see the games that come out of Sony’s 17 internal game studios. “We’re looking forward to seeing these teams shine as they unleash their creative talents and bring their own sense of innovation to our first-party content portfolio,” Ryan said.

During the event, Sony officially announced PlayStation VR 2 and its capabilities, while the company also revealed a new Horizon VR title. Additionally, an exciting new clip from the Uncharted movie starring Tom Holland was revealed, alongside the news that Ghost of Tsushima passed 8 million copies sold.

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Ubisoft veteran Antoine Henry, who worked at the French gaming giant for 15 years and most recently was the associate game director of Skull & Bones, has left the company. Henry announced on LinkedIn (via VGC) that he has left Ubisoft and is preparing for “new exciting adventures very soon.”

“I’m thankful for the people I’ve met and what they brought me professionally and personally. Hopefully I was able to give back a little bit,” Henry said. The developer did not reveal his next professional move.

According to his LinkedIn page, Henry got his start at Ubisoft in 2007 when he worked on Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 for the Wii. Henry worked on a handful of other Rabbids games before shifting to the Just Dance series. His resume also reveals that he worked on multiple canceled games.

Henry relocated to Singapore to work on Skull & Bones in 2014, first as a lead game designer. At Ubisoft Singapore, Henry also contributed to Assassin’s Creed Valhalla as part of Ubisoft’s multi-studio development approach. In 2021, Henry became an associate game director on Skull & Bones and helped with the multiplayer and social elements of the game, while he also contributed to the “live strategy” and core gameplay loop.

Skull & Bones has been in development for many years, and it has undergone some changes. In 2020, Ubisoft confirmed it was shifting the game to a “new vision” after a report claimed the project had been rebooted. In May 2021, Ubisoft formally delayed Skull & Bones to its fiscal year 2022-2023, which runs April 1, 2022-March 31, 2023.

Skull & Bones is progressing well, Ubisoft management said in a news briefing, adding that it has faith in the creative direction of the title. The additional development time will allow the studio the time it needs to realize its vision, management said.

“Many of you have been wondering why we’ve had to postpone our launch. The answer is that we simply needed more time,” creative director Elisabeth Pellen said previously about the earlier delay. “We dreamt something bigger for Skull & Bones, and these ambitions naturally came with bigger challenges.”

There is also a Skull & Bones TV show on the way. On whether the game’s new delay will affect the TV show, Ubisoft told GameSpot, “The Skull & Bones TV series has no impact on the development of the game–and vice versa.”

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Sucker Punch’s 2020 action adventure game Ghost of Tsushima has passed a big sales milestone. The PS4 and PS5 game has now sold more than 8 million copies, Sony announced as part of its CES 2022 event this week.

“Thank you so much to everyone who has played since launch!,” the studio said. “We are so incredibly appreciative and grateful for the support!”

Benji-Sales on Twitter added further context to Ghost of Tsushima’s growth, reminding us that the game hit 2.4 million sold in three days, 4 million by November 2020, and 6.5 million by March 2021. It’s now reached 8 million copies sold, which demonstrates ongoing strength for the PlayStation exclusive.

Given the big commercial success of Ghost of Tsushima, it seems like it will only be a matter of time before a sequel is announced. Whatever the case, Sony is extending the series with a movie from John Wick’s Chad Stahelski.

The movie is coming from Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions, the internal company that is charged with adapting Sony’s video game franchises for TV and film. PlayStation Productions is also behind the Uncharted movie with Tom Holland and the Last of Us TV show with HBO.

Sucker Punch, the developer of Ghost of Tsushima, is an executive producer on the movie. It’s still early days for the Ghost of Tsushima movie, and there is no word yet on the cast or when filming may begin. Similarly, the film has no release date yet.

Ghost of Tsushima the game expanded with a director’s cut version in August 2021 with new features and content.

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It’s time for another Fortnite Item Shop reset, and today’s inventory features a few crossovers, a few originals, plus a brand-new character never before seen in the Fortnite omniverse. You’ll have a chance to meet this new hero on the top of today’s shop menu, or keep scrolling for some returning loopers. Here’s what’s in the Fortnite Item Shop for January 5, 2022.

The new Mel skin introduces the music-loving character to the massive Fortnite world, though if you’re looking for other accessories, you’re out of luck. Mel comes without any other toys, not even back bling. That also means she comes for fairly cheap at just 800 V-Bucks, but for now, we’re left waiting to see if other items or characters are added to her Backbeat set down the line.

Feel the music with Mel.

Elsewhere in the shop, you can still get your hands on crossover skins such as Boba Fett or the Cobra Kai heroes, including a new Jonesy that looks like he walked off the set of the Netflix series. Panda Team Leader is here too, who originally debuted way back in Chapter 1, Season 5.

Other Epic originals include Desert Dominator, Nitebeam, and Flare. You can also grab the new Snow Stealth Slone via a Fortnite Crew subscription. For a complete rundown of today’s shop items, refer to this Firemonkey tweet.

We’ll be back tomorrow with another Fortnite Item Shop update.

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