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too bad no PC version, the display of information and everything looks very slick, but I don't think their last two installments did very well on the PC anyway.

I always thought the running felt awkward in GRAW 2.

too bad no PC version, the display of information and everything looks very slick

For those wondering: We will tell more about the PC version later

Ghost Recon Online producer Sébastien Arnoult says that free-to-play games are a response to piracy – and an alternative to the restrictive DRM that’s annoyed PC gamers in so many recent Ubisoft games.

“We are giving away most of the content for free because there’s no barrier to entry. To the users that are traditionally playing the game by getting it through Pirate Bay, we said, ‘Okay, go ahead guys. This is what you’re asking for. We’ve listened to you – we’re giving you this experience. It’s easy to download, there’s no DRM that will pollute your experience.’”

While Ghost Recon Online is exclusive to PC, Ubisoft’s other Ghost Recon game, Future Soldier, uses a traditional payment model and will only be available on console.

“We’re adapting the offer to the PC market. I don’t like to compare PC and Xbox boxed products because they have a model on that platform that is clearly meant to be €60’s worth of super-Hollywood content. On PC, we’re adapting our model to the demand.”

The perceived value of PC games is heavily affected by piracy, Arnoult says – both for players and publishers.

Hi Ghosts,
In addition to all the great features of Ghost Recon Future Soldier on Xbox 360 and PS3, we are working on several improvements in order to take full advantage of the PC platform. Here are the new features:

• Improved visuals: new Hi-Quality textures, new Post Processing Effects, multi-screen support, TriDef stereoscopic 3D display support.
  
• DirectX 11 features: Tessellation (for soft 3D models), Shaders-based realistic lighting (for Global Illumination), volumetric fog.
  
• Online Widget: Party, Friends and Ghost Feed functionality can be accessed at any moment from any screen.
  
• Extended party functionality: simplified and more flexible invitation system. Party text chat.
  
• Uplay Friends system
  
• Fully customizable controls for localized keyboards

For those of you wondering about the Digital Rights Management (DRM) system for the game, here is the answer. A temporary broadband connection will be required for a one-time product registration at first launch using the player’s Uplay account. From that point on, no permanent connection is required, except for online modes.
If you have question or want to discuss this announcement further, we recommend you to visit our official forums!
Hardware requirements for the game:
Recommended Configuration:

• CPU: Intel Core2 Quad Q9450/ AMD Phenom II X4 940 or higher
  
• RAM: 2 GB Windows® XP / 3 GB Windows Vista® & 7®
  
• Graphics Card: 1024 MB DirectX–compliant, Shader 4.0–enabled video card based on nVidia *GeForce GTX 460 or AMD/ATi HD 5850 or better

Minimum Hardware Requirements:
Supported Operating Systems: Windows® XP (with Service Pack 3)/Windows Vista® (with Service Pack 2) / Windows 7® (with Service pack 1), both 32 bit & 64 bit versions.

• PROCESSOR: Intel Pentium D 3.0 Ghz or AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+ 2.2Ghz
  
• RAM: 1GB Windows XP / 2GB Windows Vista or Windows 7
  
• VIDEO CARD: 256 MB DirectX–compliant, Shader 4.0–enabled video card
  
• DIRECT X®: DirectX 9.0c
  
• DVD-ROM DRIVE: DVD-ROM speed 4x, dual-layer drive
  
• SOUND CARD: DirectX 9.0c – compliant sound card
  
• HDD space : 25 GB