{"id":99733,"date":"2019-09-05T20:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T20:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/?p=124265"},"modified":"2019-09-05T20:00:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T20:00:08","slug":"ghost-recon-breakpoint-closed-beta-details-and-post-launch-plans-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/09\/05\/ghost-recon-breakpoint-closed-beta-details-and-post-launch-plans-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghost Recon Breakpoint Closed Beta Details and Post-Launch Plans Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/GRB_SCRN_PRW_A_Mangrove_1080_1567526467.jpg?fit=940%2C528\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/div>\n<p>The October 4 launch of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/p\/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint\/bnmftsgn9k8w\"><strong>Ghost Recon Breakpoint<\/strong><\/a><\/em> on Xbox One is drawing closer, and eager players can start exploring the Auroa archipelago ahead of schedule in the closed beta. Running from September 5 through September 8, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/p\/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint-beta\/c5k2jhdjnl6b?cid=msft_web_search&amp;CustomerIntent=Consumer&amp;activetab=pivot:overviewtab\"><em>Ghost Recon Breakpoint <\/em>closed beta<\/a> is a chance to venture into several regions of Auroa \u2013 alone or in co-op with up to four players \u2013 and take on two main campaign missions, as well as a number of side missions (including eight new Faction Missions per day). You\u2019ll also be able to enter special Drone Areas to test your skills against some of Auroa\u2019s heavily armed combat drones, including car-sized Aamons, tank-like Behemoths, and swarms of flying Murmurs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone wp-image-124290 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/GRB_SCRN_PRW_E_Co-op_Vehicles_1080_1567526470.jpg?w=940\" alt width=\"940\" height=\"528\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-124290 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/GRB_SCRN_PRW_E_Co-op_Vehicles_1080_1567526470.jpg?w=940&amp;resize=940%2C528\" alt width=\"940\" height=\"528\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Eligible players \u2013 which include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/p\/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint\/bnmftsgn9k8w\">those who pre-order <em>Ghost Recon Breakpoint<\/em><\/a>, as well as online technical test participants and randomly selected players who register at <a href=\"https:\/\/ghost-recon.ubisoft.com\/game\/en-us\/beta\">ghostrecon.com\/beta<\/a> \u2013 can preload the closed beta on Xbox One starting now.<\/p>\n<p>The closed beta will also be a chance to participate in <a href=\"https:\/\/ghost-recon.ubisoft.com\/game\/en-gb\/man-down?ncid=120-2725---1-odsocmed-16-22-GRB_ManDown_Social--1-1-8-0819-6----ID_80012-----&amp;maltcode=brands_C2W_odsocmed_facebook___TARGET____&amp;addinfo=\">Man Down<\/a>, an in-game charity event to benefit Child\u2019s Play. To join, team up with other players in co-op, and revive your comrades when they fall. The more players participate in Man Down, the more Ubisoft will donate (which makes the Field Medic class \u2013 with its unique ability to instantly revive downed teammates with a drone \u2013 an especially altruistic choice).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone wp-image-124289 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/GRB_SCRN_PRW_C_Medic-Recovery-Drone_1080_1567526468.jpg?w=940\" alt width=\"940\" height=\"528\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-124289 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/GRB_SCRN_PRW_C_Medic-Recovery-Drone_1080_1567526468.jpg?w=940&amp;resize=940%2C528\" alt width=\"940\" height=\"528\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the closed beta, make sure you check out the post-launch roadmap for <em>Ghost Recon Breakpoint<\/em>. Year 1 will unfold across three episodes, which will begin every four months. The first episode, Operation Greenstone, shares its name with the main story campaign, and will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Project Titan Raid, a replayable endgame challenge that lets players explore an active volcano and push their skills to the limit alongside their co-op squadmates<\/li>\n<li>A new class, Engineer, which specializes in hacking<\/li>\n<li>A special Terminator live event that will last for one month<\/li>\n<li>Updates to the PVP Ghost War mode, including new maps tailored to competitive play<\/li>\n<li>New Faction Missions, which include story-driven missions as well as new daily missions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone wp-image-124287 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/GRB_SCRN_PRW_B_HeavyEnemy_1080_1567526468.jpg?w=940\" alt=\"Ghost Recon Breakpoint\" width=\"940\" height=\"528\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-124287 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/GRB_SCRN_PRW_B_HeavyEnemy_1080_1567526468.jpg?w=940&amp;resize=940%2C528\" alt=\"Ghost Recon Breakpoint\" width=\"940\" height=\"528\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Each subsequent episode will introduce new story-driven adventures, as well as new raids, special events, classes, Faction Missions, PVP updates, and other new content. It all begins with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/p\/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint\/bnmftsgn9k8w\"><strong>Ghost Recon Breakpoint<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s <\/em>launch on October 4 \u2013 or with early access on October 1, if you pre-order the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/p\/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint-gold-edition\/bwspmjrwt5m1?activetab=pivot:overviewtab\"><strong>Gold<\/strong><\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/p\/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint-ultimate-edition\/c2t2zlq4tqzm?activetab=pivot:overviewtab\"><strong>Ultimate<\/strong><\/a> Editions. Auroa is a huge world filled with danger and mystery, so gear up and get ready to deploy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The October 4 launch of Ghost Recon Breakpoint on Xbox One is drawing closer, and eager players can start exploring the Auroa archipelago ahead of schedule in the closed beta. Running from September 5 through September 8, the Ghost Recon Breakpoint closed beta is a chance to venture into several regions of Auroa \u2013 alone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-xbox-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}