God of War coming to PC in full 4K 60fps glory — what you need to know

God of War coming to PC in full 4K 60fps aureole — what you pauperism to know

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God of Warfare, which currently ranks second place on our high-grade games of the decade list, is making its way over to PC in January, bringing with it full 4K 60fps visuals and Nvidia DLSS support.

Sony ready-made the announcement in a PlayStation Blog post. In information technology, the society touted that the PC variation of God of War will give birth a echt 4K resolve. While the game is playable on PS5 in 4K, it's done via checker board rendering, which is a proficiency that runs a game at half the intended resolution and uses software interpolation to furnish the other half. The technique is often a great way of getting a 4K image out of lesser hardware, as seen on many PS4 Pro games, but it does come with some odd graphical artifacts. Sony is also touting that on PC, gamers will accept the option for 60fps support likewise atomic number 3 Nvidia's DLSS.

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On Personal computer, gamers bequeath ingest the pick for improved shadows, screen space reflections and enhancements to ambient occlusion (more hardheaded ignition) techniques such as GTAO and SSDO.

Nvidia's Deep Learning Super Sample (DLSS), an AI-based upscaling technique, is also available to Microcomputer gamers with RTX cards. The method can countenance for lower-steam-powered GPUs to upscale smartly into 4K. Information technology will besides include Nvidia's Reflex low latency tech, which makes games more responsive, a nice addition to an action-combat game like God of War.

Happening PC, those with ultrawide displays will besides be able to enjoy the game at 21:9 framing. Unfortunately, it does not seem that comprehensive ultrawide displays with a 32:9 face ratio bequeath be supported. Given, the ultrawide gambling community normally works up mods to sum up the support afterward on.

Sony also inveterate that the PC version of God of Warfare will support some the PS4's DualShock 4 and the PS5's DualSense wireless controllers, also as "past gamepads." While Sony didn't elaborate, we wouldn't be surprised if Xbox Series X controllers work as well. Lastly, the PC version of God of Warfare wish include the following additional digital content:

Death's Consecrate Armor Sets for Kratos and Atreus
Exile's Guardian Shield Skin
Buckler of the Forge Shield Skin
Shining Elven Soul Shield Bark
Dökkenshieldr Shield Scrape

God of War on PC is set to arrive on Jan 14, 2022. Sony did not foretell a price, just the game will likely cost $59.99.

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