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Revision as of 15:30, 2 June 2014

Watch Dogs
Watch Dogs cover
Developers
Ubisoft Montreal
Publishers
Ubisoft
Engines
Disrupt
Release dates
Windows May 27, 2014
Watch Dogs on Wikipedia

Key points

PC Report
Generally poor performance.[citation needed]

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Ubisoft Forums - Watch Dogs PC Discussion

Availability

Template:Availability Table

All versions require Uplay.

Version differences

Watch Dogs has six special editions, each with varying DLC. Refer to the UPlay Pre-Order Edition Comparison for details.

Game data

Configuration file location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/243470/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/243470/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

Video settings.
Advanced video settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

The keyboard controls menu.

Template:Input settings

Mouse smoothing

Instructions

Audio settings

Language, subtitles and volume control settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Brazilian Portuguese
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Traditional Chinese

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
1-8 Drop in and drop out invasion mode for the singleplayer.

Issues fixed

Low framerate

Instructions
Instructions

Performance issues on AMD and Nvidia GPUs

Doing such will not fix the current struttering issues, the framerate gain from the latest drivers is relatively minor.
Instructions

Audio

Voice audio not playing during cutscenes

Instructions

Gameplay

Minimap icons and crosshair dissapearing

Instructions

Frosting effect

Instructions

Multiplayer

Unable to connect and play multiplayer

Instructions

Frequent Crashes

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista SP2
Processor (CPU) AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0 GHz
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 2.66 GHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 25 GB
Video card (GPU) AMD Radeon HD 5770
Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Shader model 5.0 support
64-bit Windows OS required.
Supported Nvidia chipsets: GTX 460 and better, GT 500 series, GT 600 series, GT 700 series.
Supported AMD chipsets: Radeon HD 5850 or better, HD 6000 series, HD 7000 series, R7 and R9 series.
Supports the Intel Iris Pro HD 5200 chipset.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References