Assassin’s Creed III PC Requirements Revealed

Hot on the heels of Far Cry 3’s minimum specs earlier today, Ubisoft has revealed the minimum system requirements for Assassin’s Creed III. According to a post on Ubisoft’s customer support site, the following specs will be required to run Assassin’s Creed III properly:

Supported OS: Windows Vista (SP2) / Windows 7 (SP1) / Windows 8

Processor: 2.66 GHz Intel Core2 Duo E6700 or 3.00 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ or better recommended

RAM: 2 GB (4 GB recommended)

Video Card: 512 MB DirectX 9.0c-compliant with Shader Model 4.0 or higher (see supported list)*

Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c-compliant (5.1 surround sound recommended)

DVD-ROM: Dual-layer drive

Hard Drive Space: 17 GB

Peripherals Supported: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, optional controller (Xbox 360 Controller for Windows recommended)

Multiplayer: 256 kbps or faster broadband connection

Supported Video Cards at Time of Release:

AMD Radeon HD 3870 / 4000 / 5000 / 6000 / 7000 series or better

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT / 9 / 100 / 200 / 300 / 400 / 500 / 600 series or better

Ubisoft notes that “laptop versions of these cards may work, but are not supported. These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game.”

Assassin’s Creed III will launch on consoles on October 30th, and the PC version will follow on November 23rd. Ubisoft recently confirmed that it will no longer use always-on DRM for its PC titles.

For more on Assassin’s Creed III, check out our hands-on impressions from earlier this week, plus what the game’s achievements tell us about the plot. For all the other details we know so far, look no further than our Assassin’s Creed III wiki guide.

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Wikipad Gaming Tablet Coming October 31

Last we heard, the Wikipad gaming tablet had just announced its technical specs, with a launch timeline vaguely projected for later this year. Now it's official: the Wikipad will be released on Halloween this year, and starting tomorrow you can pre-order it from Gamestop for $499.

Here's a quick run-down of the tablet between those snap-on game pads: The Wikipad runs on a 1.4 GHz Tegra 3 T30 with 1GB of RAM. It's only got 8GB of flash storage, but it's microSD compatible so that's not a huge problem. A 10.1-inch HD (1200 x 800) display isn't really pushing the envelope, but it looks clean and crisp and the tablet will run the latest version of Android right out of the gate.

But what about games? The Wikipad will of course play just about everything developed for Android - and when the Ouya ships next march that library could begin growing in earnest. Wikipad's partnership with Gaikai is still on, and the device is Playstation Certified, which means at some point it should get Playstation Mobile games. Before the business restructuring, we heard Onlive support was a sure thing, but for now we'll just have to wait and see. Pre-orders from Gamestop will reportedly include "exclusive free, full-length game titles."

That's all good news; but up against handhelds like the Playstation Vita and the Nintendo 3DS, and tablets like The Nexus 7, the Archos GamePad and the Kindle Fire HD - all of which will be priced below $250 - the Wikipad will have its work cut out to earn that $499 price tag.

Does the Wikipad seem worth the price to you? Let us know in the comments.

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