Far Cry 3, Blood Dragon, and Primal Getting 60 FPS Patches - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 19 January 2026 / 1,772 Views
Ubisoft in a post on social media teased it will be updating three older Far Cry games with 60 frames per second on modern platforms.
The post features emojis, but users replied saying the three games are Far Cry 3, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, and Far Cry Primal. Ubisoft replied saying "that is correct."
Another user asked when the update would be available and Ubisoft stated, "In a few days. January 21."
The official social media account for Far Cry has since posted two videos showing Far Cry 3 and Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon running at 60 frames per second on current generation consoles.
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120fps would have been amazing but 60 is still a nice upgrade
It’s great to see these games maintained, but honestly Far Cry 3 and Blood Dragon could have run at 60FPS on PS4 if they wanted.
Still very happy to see them be maintained and updated.
Primal already runs on 60 fps on Xbox Series. Also, I dont see the point for these patches as already who wanted to play these games they did it until exhaustion and now, may years later, they wont touch them anymore.
Backlogs are a thing these days though. I have... let's see, 1650 unplayed PC games and 40 unplayed PS4 games, among others (i.e. that's excluding other platforms and played but unfinished games on those two platforms). Many of those are free games or games I've got from bundles but don't really care about, but that also includes a ton of stuff I've ended up owning and want to play but haven't got around to playing just yet.
There will probably also be new owners thanks to sales. I can't imagine such old games costing a lot when discounted, so they'll probably attract some players that don't own them yet too. Remember, people are growing up, and a lot of people that might be interested in these games simply weren't around when they were initially released. Far Cry 3 was released on 2012, a little over 13 years ago. That's the age of a teenager!
Cool, I've been wanting to revisit Blood Dragon.
