Ghostwire: Tokyo Update Notes – May 2, 2022

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.

Update Highlights

• Performance Improvements: This update addresses some performance issues for PS5 and PC.

• AdjustedSilence, TenguThere’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.)
• AddedChildren’s Day Cosmetic and EmotesTwo new emotes and a new headwear piece inspired by Golden Week.

Children’s Day

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

Changes and Improvements

• 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

Bug Fixes

All Platforms

• 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

PC Fixes

• 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