14 DAY TRIAL // Ubisoft and Nvidia have confirmed that they're extending their partnership and will implement Nvidia GameWorks technologies like TXAA, HBAO+, or PhysX into upcoming games like Assassin's Creed Unity, Far Cry 4, The Crew, or The Division.
Ubisoft is set to publish a lot of great games in the following years across all major platforms, including the PC. For the computer editions of many recent games, like Watch Dogs, it partnered with Nvidia to deliver specific features that are possible only on the graphics cards made by the company.
Now, the two corporations have confirmed that they'll be extending the existing partnership for major upcoming titles, in the form of Assassin's Creed Unity, Far Cry 4, The Crew, and The Division.
All the aforementioned games will make use on the PC platform of Nvidia's GameWorks technology suite, which includes special features like TXAA, HBAO+, soft shadows, tessellation, or PhysX.
"Nvidia's GameWorks Team is working closely with Ubisoft’s development studios to incorporate cutting edge graphics technology and gaming innovations to create game worlds that deliver unprecedented realism and immersion," the company said.
"Nvidia's GameWorks technology includes TXAA antialiasing, which provides Hollywood-levels of smooth animation, soft shadows, HBAO+ (horizon-based ambient occlusion), advanced DX11 tessellation, and Nvidia PhysX technology."
Previous Ubisoft titles that used Nvidia GameWorks include Watch Dogs, Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, or Splinter Cell: Blacklist, and it's clear that the French publisher together with the American hardware maker wants to add to this roster.
"We’re excited to continue our long-term partnership with Ubisoft in bringing our latest PC technology to their games," said Tony Tamasi, senior vice president of Content & Technology at Nvidia. "Through GameWorks, we have been able to add unique visual and gameplay innovations to deliver amazing experiences for these stellar Ubisoft games. I can’t wait to play them myself."
With Watch Dogs, which just came out last week, a big controversy arose surrounding the implementation of Nvidia's GameWorks, with rival AMD accusing the company of deliberately making it hard for the game to work well on PCs with AMD graphics cards.
Nvidia made it clear it had no such plans but, at least for now, Watch Dogs runs noticeably poorer on AMD cards than on Nvidia ones.
It's going to be interesting to see if Assassin's Creed Unity, Far Cry 4, The Crew, or The Division will perform well on AMD cards even if they won't be able to use the Nvidia exclusive features.