(PR) Assassin’s Creed Shadows is launching March 20, inviting you to experience the intertwined stories of Naoe, an adept shinobi Assassin, and Yasuke, a powerful African samurai. Today, you can preorder the game on console and PC, and read up on Shadows’ upcoming expansion on our website page, Claws of Awaji, which brings 10 hours of additional content free with your preorder.
For those of you playing on PC, we’ve got all of Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ recommended PC specs further down this article. Assassin’s Creed Shadows will support raytraced global illumination and reflections, and will feature an in-game benchmark tool for performance analysis, ultra-wide resolutions, an uncapped framerate, and more.
PC Specifications
SELECTIVE RAY TRACING
MINIMUM
- Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 1080P at 30 FPS
- Visual Settings: Low
- CPU: Intel Core i7 8700k/ AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 8GB/ AMD Radeon RX 5700 8GB/ Intel Arc A580 8GB (REBAR ON)
RECOMMENDED
- Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 1080P at 60 FPS
- Visual Settings: High
- CPU: Intel Core i5 11600k/ AMD Ryzen 5 5600x
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060Ti 8GB/ AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB/ Intel Arc B580 12GB (REBAR ON)
ENTHUSIAST
- Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 1440P at 60 FPS
- Visual Settings: High
- CPU: Intel Core i5 11600k/ AMD Ryzen 5 5600x
- GPU: Nvidia® GeForce RTX 2070 8GB/ AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB/ Intel Arc B580 12GB (REBAR ON)
- Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 4K at 60 FPS
- Visual Settings: High
- CPU: Intel Core i7 12700k/ AMD Ryzen 7 5800x3D
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB/ AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB
STANDARD RAY TRACING
MINIMUM
- Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 1080P at 30 FPS
- Visual Settings: High
- CPU: Intel Core i7 8700k/ AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 8GB/ Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 8GB/ Intel Arc B580 12GB (REBAR ON)
RECOMMENDED
- Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 1440P at 60 FPS
- Visual Settings: High
- CPU: Intel Core i5 11600k/ AMD Ryzen 5 5600x
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB/ AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB
EXTENDED RAY TRACING
ENTHUSIAST
- Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 1440p at 60 FPS
- Visual Settings: Ultra
- CPU: Intel Core Intel i7 13700k/ AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3D
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 16GB
EXTREME
- Resolution/FPS Using Dynamic Resolution and Upscaling: 4K at 60 FPS
- Visual Settings: Ultra
- CPU: Intel Core Intel i7 13700k/ AMD Ryzen 7 7800x3D
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 24GB
On PC, Assassin’s Creed Shadows will feature:
- Raytraced Global Illumination and Reflections
- In-Game Benchmark Tool for Performance Analysis
- Ultra-Wide Resolution Support
- Upscaler and Frame Generation: Intel XeSS 2, NVIDIA DLSS 3.7, AMD FSR 3.1
- Uncapped Framerate
- In-Depth Customization Options
- Dynamic Resolution Support
- HDR Support
- AMD Eyefinity and NVIDIA Surround Compatible
Of course, you’ll be able to customize many aspects of your experience: configuration, controller layouts, keyboard and mouse configuration, a large variety of language options and more.
We know you have been patiently waiting, and we’re grateful you’re still on this journey with us. We can’t wait for you to get your hands on Assassin’s Creed Shadows when it launches March 20 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, Ubisoft+, Amazon Luna, Macs with Apple silicon via the MacApp Store as well as Windows PC through the Ubisoft Store, Steam and the Epic Games Store.