Highlights
- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora adds a new 40 FPS mode for players on consoles, a middle ground between 30 and 60 FPS options.
- Title Update 3.2 brings bug fixes, including controller remap resets and NPC disappearances, and new fast travel points.
- Fans can expect two story DLCs, The Sky Breaker and Secrets of the Spires, with release windows in Summer and Fall 2024.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora has received a new update that adds a 40 FPS mode for players on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S. Ubisoft’s latest open world adventure game, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora was released just before the end of 2023 and has mainly been praised for its stunning first-person visuals. Set in the timeline of the blockbuster films, Frontiers of Pandora gives players control of a young Na’vi as they escape and fight back against the RDA.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora launched late last year, giving players on consoles and PC a total of five graphics options to choose from: Ultra Performance, Performance, Balanced, Quality, and Ultra Quality. Like any quality mode, Avatar‘s caps the frame rate at 30 FPS for players who prefer crisper 4K visuals. Its performance mode sacrifices resolution for a higher, smoother 60 FPS gameplay experience. This has become standard practice for almost all AAA video games, and gamers have come to expect to be able to choose their preferred graphics mode.
The Unwritten Rules of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Explained
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora has a vast open world, and there are many unwritten rules that can help players navigate the beautiful Western Frontier.
Ubisoft has now added yet another frame rate option for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora players on consoles. Title Update 3.2 brings a 40 FPS mode to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and even Xbox Series S. This new graphics option serves as an optimal middle ground for players who may not have screens that support 60 FPS but want to upgrade from 30. Avatar‘s new 40 FPS mode will allow players to do this while somewhat maintaining the Quality mode’s crisp resolution.
Frontiers of Pandora‘s 3.2 title update brings more to the table. Some minor bug fixes include players’ controller remap settings resetting each time the game is launched, game crashes, and misspellings. The patch also addresses some larger issues, like the Shadows of the Past quest breaking while in co-op, and NPCs disappearing near the edge of players’ field of view. The update even adds a new fast travel point to Research Station Alpha, helping players get around Avatar’s massive open world a bit easier.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora already has two confirmed story DLCs announced, named The Sky Breaker and Secrets of the Spires. With a Ubisoft Forward set for June 10, fans may learn more about The Sky Breaker DLC there, as it currently has a release window of Summer 2024. As for Secrets of the Spires, with a Fall 2024 window, it’ll be a few months longer before fans can expect to hear more about Avatar‘s second story DLC.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Title Update 3.2 Patch Notes
- PS5 – 2.4 GB
- Xbox Series X/S – 3.1 GB
- PC – 3 GB
NOTABLE IMPROVEMENTS:
- [Xbox Series X/S, PS5] Added a 40 FPS mode.
- [PC] Enabled Intel XeSS Super Sampling.
GLOBAL:
- Added Fast Travel option to Research Station Alpha.
- Controller re-mapping no longer resets on game restart.
- Fixed various crashes.
- Fixed a few misspellings.
- Fixed some voice lines overlapping during dialogue.
TECHNICAL:
- [PC] AMD FSR3 has been temporarily rolled back.
- Dev Note: To prevent visual artifacts impacting the interpolation output of FSR3 Frame Generation we’ve decided to roll back to the previously used version of FSR3. Despite this rollback, we’ve decided to keep certain improvements that we introduced with the upgraded version, such as improvements to UI composition when using Frame Generation.
MAIN QUESTS & SIDE-QUESTS:
- [Main Quest – Shadows of the Past] Fixed an issue that would prevent the quest from updating when done in co-op.
ADDITIONAL BUG FIXES:
- [All Platforms] Rescued Resistance human characters no longer appear back in the Resistance HQ with a mask on.
- [All Platforms] Some NPCs no longer become invisible when at the edge of the Player’s vision.
Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora
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Developed by Massive Entertainment and published by Ubisoft, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is an open-world game set within James Cameron’s popular Avatar universe. The title highlights a new region of Pandora called the Western Frontier.
- Released
- December 7, 2023
- Genre(s)
- Action-Adventure