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Ubisoft’s creative director Jonathan Morin has said that Watch Dogs will ship with graphics comparable to those seen in the initial E3 reveal in 2012. The assertion comes as Ubisoft continues to tackle perceptions that the game has experienced a graphical downgrading in the many months since its initial debut. …
Read More »‘Watch Dogs will be one of the biggest-selling games of the year’
Watch out EA, Activision and Take-Two, Ubisoft says its new IP will go toe-to-toe with the biggest games of the year. Watch Dogs launches next month and is hotly tipped to be the biggest selling title of 2014 so far. Ubisoft is already preparing future sequels and the firm’s Wayne …
Read More »Division dev says Watch Dogs delay ‘took courage’ and ‘sends important message’
Massive Entertainment’s MD David Polfeldt has heaped praise on publisher Ubisoft for delaying Watch Dogs. "It’s tremendously important for us as a developer studio, to know that the owner and the publisher are ready to take that hit, and [the Watch Dogs delay] was a massive hit. I think their …
Read More »Watch Dogs ultra PC specs detailed
PC gamers who want to run Watch Dogs at the very highest specs will need a pretty beefy rig. As confirmed by creative director Jonathan Morin on Twitter, to hit the ultra spec requirements users will need a multi-threaded four-core Intel i7-4770k CPU and a GeForce 780. The PC trailer …
Read More »VIDEO: Nvidia’s Watch Dogs PC demo dispels graphics concerns
Ubisoft has silenced any niggling doubts regarding the visual prowess of Watch Dogs with a new video of the PC version in action. Voiced by Ubisoft Montreal’s Paul Vlasie, the short below shows off the game in all of its full-spec glory using technical tricks such as Horizon Based Ambient …
Read More »Watch Dogs season pass includes new playable character
Retailer GameStop has outed a still unannounced season pass for upcoming title Watch Dogs. As reported by AllGamesBeta, the $19.99 pass includes access to a unique single player campaign featuring a new playable character plus more missions, weapons, and exclusive content”. All of which is pretty similar to the Freedom …
Read More »Ubisoft "forced" Montreal studio into Watch Dogs E3 2012 reveal
The studio developing Watch Dogs didn’t want to reveal Watch Dogs way back at E3 2012. Speaking to Edge magazine, as reported by Videogamer, creative director Jonathan Morin said Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot was the mean pushing for the early reveal. "They forced us to go at E3 2012," Morin …
Read More »Watch Dogs gets a new set of minimum PC requirements
The creative director of Watch Dogs has revealed a new set of minimum required PC specs for upcoming title Watch Dogs. Creative director Jonathan Morin confirmed on Twitter that the game will require an Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 2.66Ghz or AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0Ghz CPU, a 1024 …
Read More »Watch Dogs’ producer explains the delay
Senior producer Dominic Guay confesses that the game 'could have shipped'
Read More »GameStop reveals Watch Dogs trade-in discount deal
It’s a brave new next-gen world out there, and with it comes a new era in higher-price trade-in prices. GameStop has revealed a part-exchange offer for the PS4 and Xbox One versions of Watch Dogs, but the retailer is asking for an unusually high 14.97 from interested punters. To take …
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