A Plague Tale: Requiem Patch Brings Performance Mode To PS5 And Xbox Series X

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Focus Entertainment and Asobo Studio have revealed a new Performance Mode patch for A Plague Tale: Requiem.

As Focus Entertainment reveals on their latest blog post, this patch adds 60 FPS on Performance Mode, available now for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Focus Entertainment states that this mode will also soon be available on the Nintendo Switch version, which is a cloud gaming version.

This patch will also bring performance improvements and additional performance options on PC. The Xbox Series S did not receive performance updates, but Focus Entertainment notes that it also received bug fixes.

A Plague Tale: Requiem was launched on October 17, 2022. That means it took nearly seven months from the game’s launch before Focus Entertainment could deliver a 60 FPS experience on the latest game consoles.

But of course, if you can remember all the way back, A Plague Tale: Requiem was also one of many recent titles that launched with a litany of performance issues. While these issues did not make it unplayable or embarrassing, to the same degree that the likes of Cyberpunk 2077’s launch was, it was still a detriment for joining that club of games that were not ready for its launch date.

Interestingly enough, a month after its release, Eurogamer analyzed A Plague Tale: Requiem’s performance after its first few patches and made an astute observation: could this game reach 60 FPS if it dropped some pixels?

That is precisely how Focus Entertainment and Asobo Studio did it. In their own words:

“The 60 FPS option entails lower graphical settings. PS5 and Xbox Series X players can thus choose default Resolution Mode settings to fully enjoy the graphical excellence of A Plague Tale: Requiem; or the Performance Mode that scales