Watch Dogs launches with crashes and performance issues

Watch Dogs, the highly anticipated game from Ubisoft, launched today with many problems. Users are reporting problems logging into Uplay, Ubisoft’s digital rights management software as well as various performance issues.

Ubisoft is aware of the Uplay connection issues and is working on a fix. That doesn’t stop gamers from feeling slighted that their $60 game doesn’t work.

There are other reports of performance issues like dropped frames and the blue screen of death. Ubisoft worked closely with NVIDIA to release updated drivers for its graphics cards. PC gamers with NVIDIA cards should update to the 337.88 drivers before trying to play the game. You can get the drivers here.

AMD Radion card owners will have to wait a while longer for updated Catalyst drivers. AMD is releasing beta drivers today, which have been optimized for Watch Dogs. Since the drivers are in beta, expect some (more) bugs.

For more fixes, check out the guide on Game Debate for fixing various issues with Watch Dogs on PC.

Console gamers seem to be exempt from these issues but let us know in the comments if you’re having problems playing Watch Dogs.

Source: vg247 | Polygon

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