Digital Foundry | Assassin's Creed Shadows Gameplay Trailer Breakdown: RT, 30FPS, Virtualised Geometry + More @DigitalFoundry | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
Ubisoft Forward offered us our first chance to look at actual gameplay from Assassin's Creed Shadows, along with an initial taste of the latest revision of the series engine - presumably a new version of Anvil. Oliver Mackenzie breaks down the trailer, offering thoughts on the technological innovations Ubisoft delivers with the first next-gen only AC title.

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00:00 Overview
00:45 Ray Traced Global Illumination
03:19 Shadows and Reflections
05:09 Virtualised Geometry and Destruction
07:04 Performance and Image Quality
09:14 Conclusion