Ghost Recon Online will be receiving its first expansion in the form of the Arctic Pack which will be released for the free-to-play shooter on September 12, 2012. The contents of this pack include a new map for the game’s Conquest mode, six weapon variants, three headgear variants and 2 body armor variants. In addition, more than three hundred balance changes, improvements and bug fixes will also be comprised in it.
The name of the new map is Tomsk-9, and it has been revealed by Ubisoft to be set in a nuclear reprocessing complex within Russia’s Arctic Circle. Tomsk-9 is claimed to be the title’s largest map yet, featuring indoor as well as outdoor environments along with a symmetrical design. The publisher has also revealed that the many gameplay improvements that make their way into Ghost Recon Online have been influenced by the game’s community which helped the developers identify the flaws.
The L86A1 IW ALP Light Machine Gun, MK 16 CQC ALP Assault Rifle, P90 SD ALP Sub-Machine Gun, M-200 SD ALP Sniper Rifle, NC2000 C ALP Shotgun and the USP 45 ALP Pistol are the six Arctic camouflaged weapon variants that will be added though the expansion. And the three new Arctic camouflaged headgear variants have been revealed to be the OCF-FL2 Helmet ALP (for the Assault class), the ECW-G5 RS Hood ALP (for the Recon class) and the CBRN-L4 Headgear ALP (for the Specialist class).
Lastly, the two Arctic camouflaged body armor variants in the Arctic Pack for Ghost Recon Online will be the HERMES S-03 Mk. II ALP and the TITAN S-03 MK. II ALP. All these will be available to be purchased on September 12 in exchange of both the game’s Requisition Points and its Ghost Coins. While the Arctic weapon variants will only be accessible for 2 weeks, the other content will be permanent.