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Firewatch

Platform(s): Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Genre: Action/Adventure
Developer: Campo Santo
Release Date: Feb. 9, 2016

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'Firewatch' (ALL) Rolls Out Free Roam Mode

by Rainier on Nov. 9, 2016 @ 3:09 p.m. PST

Firewatch is a mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.

In Firewatch you play as a man named Henry who has retreated from his messy life to work as a fire lookout in the Wyoming wilderness. Perched high atop a mountain, it’s your job to look for smoke and keep the wilderness safe. An especially hot and dry summer has everyone on edge. Your supervisor, a woman named Delilah, is available to you at all times over a small, handheld radio — and is your only contact with the world you've left behind.

But when something strange draws you out of your lookout tower and into the world, you’ll explore a wild and unknown environment, facing questions and making interpersonal choices that can build or destroy the only meaningful relationship you have.

If you, like so many others, have finished Firewatch and yearn to return to the Shoshone, then today is your lucky day. Firewatch's free-roam mode gives you an objective-free game world to explore, dynamic 24-hour time of day and miles of trails to hike.

Unlocked when you've finished Firewatch, you can find free-roam in the special features section of the main menu.

Patch Notes:

  • Free Roam mode added (whatever language we're using for that)
  • Fix issue where latest drivers for Xbox One controllers on Windows 10 had non-functional DPad input
  • Various small bug fixes

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