Assassin’s Creed Shadows celebrated its first anniversary on March 20th, and Ubisoft is marking the occasion with a wave of gifts for the community, while the franchise’s future quietly takes shape behind the scenes. But before we get there, Ubisoft Québec has a few more surprises in store for its latest entry, starting with a substantial free update landing on PS5 Pro on April 7th.
A PS5 Pro update is coming to Assassin’s Creed Shadows
The studio was never going to pass up the opportunity to make Assassin’s Creed Shadows even more visually stunning with PSSR 2, which rolled out on Sony’s premium console last month. And players can already expect the improvements to be meaningful. « The upgraded PSSR significantly enhances Assassin’s Creed Shadows by delivering sharper pixel quality and exceptional image stability, effectively eliminating distracting visual artifacts caused by motion and vibration, and creating a smoother, more immersive experience that allows players to stay fully engaged in the world without interruption, » explained Robert Foriel, technical art director, in a post on the PlayStation Blog.
Regardless of which performance mode players prefer, Ubisoft is promising improved image quality across the board, alongside a smoother, more stable, and more immersive experience overall. The PSSR 2 integration has also enabled significant enhancements to environments and lighting techniques, making Shadows’ already stunning world even more impressive, dynamic vegetation, particle and transparency effects, and ray-tracing all benefit from the upgrade.
“Integrating the upgraded PSSR into Assassin’s Creed Shadows was straightforward. The code changes were minimal, almost identical to the original PSSR integration,” revealed Nicolas Lopez, technical architect. “Yet the upgrade brings a noticeable improvement in image quality across the board. It’s rare to get such a significant visual boost with so little tuning required.” Hard not to be excited by that. The update goes live on PS5 Pro on April 7th.
Source : PlayStation Blog
