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Ubisoft and Nvidia announce strategic alliance

Ubisoft and Nvidia have announced a collaboration to deliver an enhanced experience on PC for recent and upcoming titles like Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Assassins Creed 4: Black Flag, and Watch Dogs. According to Nvidia boss Tony Tamasi, the company has worked closely with Ubisoft's development teams to incorporate Nvidia "technologies and deliver the most immersive and visually spectacular game worlds imaginable", including "the best resolutions, the smoothest frame rates and the latest gaming breakthroughs". More specifically: TXAA antialiasing, which provides Hollywood-levels of smooth animation, soft shadows, HBAO+ (horizon-based ambient occlusion) and advanced DX11 tessellation. You can rea dup on how this has been applied to Splinter Cell in particular on Nvidia's blog.

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Splinter Cell: Blacklist

PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii U, PC

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Watch Dogs

PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii U, PC

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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