Tom Clancy’s The Division: “PC is incredibly important to us”

PC is incredibly important to us. There are plenty of incentives to do a good PC version. Personally it’s important – a I play on PC whenever I can and I want the thing they play at home to be the best possible version. That is not to be underestimated as a driving force. Secondly, both of the studios, Massive and Red Storm started out on PC so it’s a matter of pride, or heritage and pedigree if you will. We feel kind of ashamed if we don’t do the PC version really well. It really is something that we care about.

We’re a very technical studio as well. Sweden is a very technical country – we’re good at infrastructure and design, and a lot of our staff come from the old demoscene as well. There’s a lot of that heritage in the Swedish dev community and that is true here at Massive as well. It comes very natural to us. The engine, Snowdrop, enables the artists to do all of that great UI work and makes it relatively easy to expose all of those options on PC.

With the above words from Ubisoft Massive’s Creative Director, Magnus Jensen, it is safe to say that the PC version of The Division will be a proper PC optimized game. Do note that if you have a 4 year old system, you may want to upgrade your gaming rig now to be able to enjoy this game.

Minimum Requirements

• Supported OS: Windows® 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only).
• Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 | AMD FX-6100, or better.
• RAM: 6GB
• Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 with 2 GB VRAM (current equivalent NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760) | AMD Radeon HD 7770 with 2 GB VRAM, or better.
• Notebook support: Laptop models of these desktop cards may work as long as they are on-par in terms of performance with at least the minimum configuration.
• DirectX: Version 11
• Hard Drive Space: 40 GB available space.
• Optical Drive: DVD-ROM Dual Layer.
• Peripherals Supported: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, headset, optional controller.
• Multiplayer: Broadband connection with 256 kbps upstream, or faster.

Recommended Requirements

• Supported OS: Windows® 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)
• Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 | AMD FX-8350, or better.
• RAM: 8GB
• Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | AMD Radeon R9 290, or better.
• Notebook support: Laptop models of these desktop cards may work as long as they are on-par in terms of performance with at least the minimum configuration.
• DirectX: Version 11
• Hard Drive Space: 40 GB available space.
• Optical Drive: DVD-ROM Dual Layer.
• Peripherals Supported: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, headset, optional controller.
• Multiplayer: Broadband connection with 512 kbps upstream, or faster.

Ubisoft Massive also released a fact sheet on what to expect in The Division for PC, some of which are nice to have, while some are just plain basic necessities of a PC game. In any case, it shows that Massive cares enough about PC gamers to publish a fact sheet detailing the extra features we will be getting.

• Flexible user interface: move, scale and adjust the opacity of the HUD.
• Intuitive controls: navigate easily through the interface, inventory panels and map designed specifically to be used with a mouse or a controller.
• Full mouse & keyboard support: opt for the high precision mouse and keyboard experience and switch to a controller in the middle of any encounter without interruption.
• Text chat: team up with more agents of The Division by using the in-game text chat.
• Optimized graphic settings & customised GPU effects: adjust a vast variety of technology treats, from realistic lighting, shading, snow particles, local reflection, fog volumetric scattering, depth of field and much more…
• Multi-GPU support: unleash the graphic power of the best computer set ups for jaw-dropping graphics powered by Massive Entertainment’s game engine Snowdrop.
• Multi-screen support: play with up to three screens for the most immersive and stunning experience of The Division.
• Multi-resolutions: opt for 1080p or 4k and automatically adapt the resolution to fit multi-screen configurations with FOV correction.
• Unlocked framerate: let the most powerful computer reach the highest framerate.
• HBAO+: enjoy the most realistic shadowing, lighting algorithm and ambient occlusion.
• NVIDIA PCSS:  contact-hardening, realistic soft shadows, to improve realism.

According to Rock, Paper, Shotgun, the difference between PC and console graphics are massive this time, and they were suitably impressed by their preview of the PC version of this game. We are hopeful that we will be able to share their awe for The Division when it launches on 8th of March 2016.

SOURCE: WCCFTech