Hello Far Cry Map builders,

For the next three weeks, we'll be holding a new Map Jam! Using the FC5 Map Editor, we want you to create a single player map using the new Dead Living Zombies assets to create your own undead horror scene.

How to Participate?

• Publish your FC5 map between September 12th – October 3rd.
  
• The name of your map should start with “MJ6 - nameofmap”.
  
• Maps in any Single Player game mode will be accepted.
  
• Third-party Mods are not allowed.
  
• You are free to create on any platform. Note that PC builders and Console builders will be split into 2x separate categories.
  
• Your map should highlight your vision of a zombie apocalypse! Using the new Dead Living Zombies assets will help you, but you can also use all the assets available in the Editor.
  
• You can publish additional screenshots and videos to further promote your map.
  
• If you wish to pro-actively send us links to your images or videos, use Twitter (hashtag #FCMapJam) or email us (farcrycommunity@ubisoft.com).

Rules

• Only ONE map creation can be submitted per person. This includes all platforms (so choose wisely).
  
• Only ONE map creator per map will be taken into consideration. If you choose to collaborate on creating a map, understand that only the player that submits the map will be acknowledge as the creator.
  
• HAVE FUN! – We cannot stress this one enough. This is what Map Jams are about.

How will winners be selected?
We will hold separate selection processes for both PC and Console maps. A selection of Far Cry team members will play and rate each Map Jam submission. Two maps from each platform (PC, PS4 and Xbox 1) will be selected as the best Developer Choice and Player Choice maps, for a total of six winners!

Read the full details here.

Good luck and happy map building!

The Far Cry Community Team

Jess has a job for you in this week’s FC5 live event! Take out Judges to earn the shovel launcher and Jacob’s Hunter outfits.

Personal Reward:

• 4 kills: 50 silver bars, 100 XP
  
• 8 kills: Shovel Launcher, 100 XP

See the full event details and track community progress towards the community outfit here: http://farcrygame.com/liveevents

Friday Arcade Night features 2 new developer maps and three weekly challenges! This week's featured maps include the following new additions on PC:

• Expedition (Bounty Hunt)
  
• Outception (Journey)

Arcade Challenges:

• CO-OP ASSAULTER: Play any Assault maps in co-op (1 map)
  
• RACK 'EM UP: Kill enemy players in any multiplayer map (25 kills)
  
• ASSAULTER: Complete featured Assault maps (3 maps)

As always, feel free to send us your suggestions for community maps to be featured next Friday! Browse the full list of featured maps here: https://far-cry-arcade.ubi.com/

You can join the community team on the Ubisoft Twitch channel as we play through Far Cry Arcade maps and complete this week's challenges at 12pm ET- hope to see you there!

Hello Far Cry Photographers!


Our first Hope County Chronicle Photo Mode contest has reached its exciting conclusion! We’ve been amazed by all of your submissions and it’s been extremely difficult to pick just three photos to illustrate Boomer’s heroic adventures. After careful consideration, we have decided on the following winners:

Oldhammyham


RustyFluger

Fohsahnoh


Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone who took part! Each winner will receive 500 silver bars, a digital shirt to customize your in-game avatar, and a Far Cry 5 poster. If you would like to see the full list of contest submissions, search for hashtag #FC5HopeCountyChronicle. Don’t forget to tag your own screenshots with #FC5PhotoMode so we can see them!



We hope everyone is enjoying Photo Mode as much as we enjoy seeing your screenshots. Stay tuned for more details on upcoming contests- we can’t wait to see more of your photography skills. Until next time, happy shooting! 📸

Light up the local wildlife in this week’s Well Done Far Cry 5 live event! Get creative and take down animals without molotovs or flamethrowers to earn the exclusive Flamebearer flamethrower skin and community outfit.

Personal Reward:

• 5 kills: 50 silver bars, 100 XP
  
• 10 kills: "Flamebearer" flamethrower, 100 XP

See the full event details and track community progress towards the community outfit here: http://farcrygame.com/liveevents

Ever wondered how it would feel to drive around Hope County, enjoying its serene nature and colourful cast of characters, while geared up with your upgraded inventory alongside your favourite Gun for Hire at the best of their capacities from the beginning?

Restarting the Far Cry 5 campaign, solo or in co-op, without losing the gear you’ve collected and upgraded on your way to the story’s finale is now possible: the highly-anticipated New Game+ mode is coming with Title Update 10 on Monday August 27th!

New Game+ will be available to anyone who has already finished the campaign. Accessible via the main menu, it allows you to restart the Far Cry 5 story while keeping your character’s progression from your original save file. That includes:

• Money
  
• Vehicles
  
• Gear
  
• Weapons
  
• Outfits
  
• Prestige items
  
• Unspent Perk Points
  
• Challenges progression
  
• Arcade progression

What’s more, you can replay the campaign in NG+ as many times as you want, progressively upgrading your character with every playthrough!

Aside from these retained items, New Game+ includes a few extras! Some existing perks can be now be stacked, allowing you to make use of spare perk points to further improve your abilities. This applies to ammo bags, so that you never run out when the going gets tough! But you can also reduce the cooldown time for your Guns and Fangs for Hire to make sure they have your back at all times.



But that’s not all! If you’re looking for a tougher challenge from New Game+, we have just the thing for you: Infamous difficulty! In this challenging new setting, the AI will have more health, pack a harder punch and react more quickly to your presence. If you manage to finish your New Game + run on Infamous difficulty, you will unlock the Rook outfit for your character. It will also earn you a Ubisoft Club Badge and trophy/achievement to commemorate your efforts!



Return to enjoy Hope County all over again with New Game +, available with Title Update 10!

Prevent a global zombie outbreak as you come face to face with the undead! Far Cry 5: Dead Living Zombies is now available!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKpsA2fhy_U

Friday Arcade Night features six new community maps and three weekly challenges! This week's featured maps include the following new additions on PC:

• MEZZO by ULTRANEW_B & MEDDIJ (Team Deathmatch)
  
• ICE SHELF (EASY)L by MEXXBOH (Outpost)

Arcade Challenges:

• Licensed to cull: Kill animals in any featured map (25 kills)
  
• Bounty Hunter: Complete featured Bounty Hunt maps (3 maps)
  
• Co-op Journeyman: Play any Journey maps in co-op (1 map)

Check out the full list of featured maps here: http://ubi.li/tmycm

You can join the community team on the Ubisoft Twitch channel as we play through Far Cry Arcade maps and complete this week's challenges at 12pm ET- we hope to see you there!

Grab your tokens for this week’s Arcade Dawn Live Event! Take a break from fighting peggies and play through your favorite Arcade maps to earn the Vector .45 ACP and Arcade Pro Player community outfit.

Personal Reward:

• 15 minutes: 50 silver bars, 100 XP
  
• 30 minutes: Vector .45 ACP, 100 XP

See the full event details and track community progress towards the community outfit here: www.farcrygame.com/liveevents.

If you find any new favorite maps during the event, let us know! We're always looking for new community content to feature on Friday Arcade Night.

The Hope County Chronicle is looking for a new photographer- are you up to the task? The first news story we need your help to illustrate is “Boomer, Our Firedog.” Submit your best screenshots from August 20th – August 27th to enter the #FC5HopeCountyChronicle Contest!

How to participate:

• Qualified photos must be taken in Hope County i.e. the main campaign.
  
• Entry photos must be taken in Far Cry 5’s Photo Mode. Entry photos cannot be altered using 3rd-party tools including, but not limited to, photo editing software.
  
• You must post your entry either using the hashtag #FC5HopeCountyChronicle (on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram) or as a comment underneath the contest announcement post.
  
• All entries must comply with Ubisoft terms and conditions – the full list of which can be found here.
  
• Only one screenshot is allowed per entrant, so choose wisely!

The winners will be chosen by the Far Cry Community Team. Photos will be judged based on originality, style and relevance to the theme of the competition. All winning entries will be rewarded with:

• 500 silver bars
  
• 1 Digital T-shirt for your in-game avatar
  
• 1 Far Cry 5 poster

Read the full details here: http://ubi.li/zyqhq