Hi all,

We have just published some news regarding the removal of DirectX 10.1
from Assassin's Creed, in which we talk with AMD, Nvidia and Ubisoft -
if you could post a link on your site that would be very much appreciated.

*Link:*
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/05/12/ubisoft-caught-in-assassin-s-creed-marketing-war/1


*Quote:*
"I spoke to Richard Huddy, AMD's head of developer relations, on Friday
in an attempt to find out when we can expect to see the path implemented
again, because I'm sure that owners of Radeon HD 3000-series graphics
cards aren't too happy that they're missing out on a 20 percent
performance increase (when AA is enabled). Huddy said that he is working
hard with his team to get DirectX 10.1 support back into the title for
Radeon HD 3000 graphics card owners.

I pressed this point further on Saturday during a call with Nvidia
spokesperson Ken Brown, and asked him if Nvidia had requested for
DirectX 10.1 content to be removed from the game. "/We aren't in the
business of stifling innovation - it's ludicrous to assume otherwise.
Remember that we were the first to bring DirectX 10 hardware to the
market and we invested hundreds of millions of dollars on tools,
engineers and support for developers in order to get DirectX 10 games
out as quickly as possible,/" said Brown.

That response was to the point, but I felt it was worth pushing from
another angle. I asked him if Nvidia ever signs exclusive deals with
developers. "/Every developer we've worked with on TWIMTBP has not been
part of an exclusive arrangement - we do not prevent any developer from
working with other hardware vendors,/" responded Brown. "/Assassin's
Creed is a great example of this because both Nvidia and ATI developer
relations teams worked with Ubisoft to help during the development
phase./""*

*Cheers guys!

Tim Smalley
www.bit-tech.net