{"id":62524,"date":"2014-03-11T20:01:05","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T18:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=62524"},"modified":"2014-03-11T20:01:05","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T18:01:05","slug":"watch-dogs-pc-requirements-will-make-you-cringe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/62524-watch-dogs-pc-requirements-will-make-you-cringe","title":{"rendered":"Watch Dogs PC requirements will make you cringe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posting on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Design_Cave\/status\/441672868569821184\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, Watch Dogs creative director Jonathan Morin has revealed the game&#8217;s<strong> minimum PC requirements.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, due to the nature of Twitter, Morin presumably couldn&#8217;t cram in minimum supported GPU models. We expect a more formal announcement soon.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 2.66Ghz or AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0Ghz<\/li>\n<li>RAM: 6GB<\/li>\n<li>GPU: 1024MB VRA, DirectX 11 Shader 5.0<\/li>\n<li>Sound processor: DirectX 9 compatible<\/li>\n<li>Disk space: 25 GB<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Those are some pretty scary minimum requirements. The recommended specs have yet to be officially revealed, but Morin said the game will look stunning on &#8220;Ultra&#8221; settings and be able to handle loads on-screen stuff, such as pedestrians and vehicles going about their virtual lives.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a title=\"GameSpot\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/watch-dogs-for-pc-looks-stunning-on-high-settings-ubisoft-says\/1100-6418228\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gamespot<\/a>, rumour has it that the recommended settings are as follows (although not confirmed):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K or AMD FX-9370<\/li>\n<li>RAM: 8GB+<\/li>\n<li>GPU: Nvidia GTX 670 or Radeon HD 7970<\/li>\n<li>OS: 64-bit Windows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Watch Dogs will see a <strong>world-wide launch on 27 May 2014<\/strong> for PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and Windows PC. The Nintendo Wii U version will be getting a later release.<\/p>\n<p>Ubisoft said that players who purchase Watch Dogs on either PlayStation 3 or PlayStation 4 will have exclusive access to 60 minutes of additional gameplay via the PlayStation Network.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Dogs is poised to be Ubisoft&#8217;s next ground-breaking IP, featuring all manner of open-world hacking exploits in a lovingly crafted futuristic Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>A lot is riding on the success of the open-world hacktion-adventure game, which was delayed from its previous November 2013 launch, harming Ubisoft&#8217;s financial results and worrying investors at the time. Ubisoft said that the game needed more polish.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NuAbH8Z8iwk?rel=0\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/62472-ssd-prices-in-sa-what-to-expect.html\">SSD prices in SA: what to expect<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/62489-dark-souls-ii-the-verdict-is-out.html\">Dark Souls II \u2013 the verdict is out<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/62383-dstv-versus-gaming-which-is-cheaper.html\">DStv versus gaming: which is cheaper?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch Dogs&#8217; minimum PC requirements have been revealed, and they are pretty steep<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":56484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[21,733,4771],"class_list":["post-62524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-headline","tag-ubisoft","tag-watch-dogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}