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While most Ubisoft titles over the last couple of years have been Nvidia-focussed, it looks like the sequel to Watch Dogs will see a focus shift over to AMD optimization. We may also see better performance on the PC side in general too as the game will be running on the new DirectX 12 API.
The news comes from AMD's Roy Taylor over on Twitter, where he tweeted out an image showing Watch Dogs 2 next to the DirectX 12 logo, along with the tagline “Watch Dogs 2 features DirectX 12 support; Will be highly optimized for AMD GPUs”.
This also probably means that Watch Dogs 2 will have a big presence at E3 this year as Ubisoft hasn't really shown anything off about the game yet. However, the game is apparently set to launch before the end of March next year.
The original Watch Dogs received mixed reviews and wasn't as impressive on the PC as many had hoped it would be. However, the game did go on to sell nine million copies and Ubisoft does appear to be making a bit more of an effort on the PC side of things so perhaps things will improve in the sequel.
KitGuru Says: I enjoyed most of what I played of Watch Dogs but I didn't really ever have the urge to beat it. Perhaps Ubisoft will spice things up a bit in the sequel. Did any of you play the original Watch Dogs? Will you give the sequel a shot?
watch dogs 2? i can’t even see a dog.
Ubisoft and your careless caresless crap. I gave up purchasing your games since your unity.
This has gotta be better than the original, it was pretty dire!!
Definitely, great game, visually amazing (weather was awesome, and Chicago very realistic).
I want more 🙂
game was awesome
10 bucks says it ends up running better on NV anyways.
10 bucks more, that it ends up being massively over-hyped and lackluster much like the first game.
$10 more that the E3 preview will look better than the final product again.
DX12. definitely gonna check it out. If it has DX11 I expect to see some optimization to AMD with their statement “AMD Optimization”.
Hype, the sequel.
I could hear the whole room of people shouting “OOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
Well done!
Someone should make a parody game of this, a game where you just watch dogs! Would probably be more fun then ubi’s game!
I’m actually a little grateful for the graphics downgrade; the R9 290 really kicks the heat out when trying to run the fucker as it is!
at least it will run better than the last game did on both platforms. since the ”way its meant to be played” on the last one was a horrible experience.
at least it will run better than the last game did on both platforms. since the ”way its meant to be played” on the last one was a horrible experience.