Inside Assassin's Creed Shadows - The NEW Anvil Engine Deep Dive

Channel:

Digital Foundry

Subscribers:

1,480,000

Published on March 22, 2025 2:49:53 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhFkw5CqMN0

Game:

Assassin's Creed Shadows (2025)

Duration: 0:00

193,395 views

10,169

We had the chance to spend a couple of hours discussing Assassin's Creed Shadows with three of its rendering engineers and in this video, Alex shares some of the info he learned along with debug visualisations that show several of the new Anvil Engine features. It's a fantastic opportunity to take a look at the game from the inside out as opposed to 'visually reverse-engineering' the final game - and we hope you enjoy the coverage.

Join the DF Supporter Program for pristine video downloads, behind the scenes content, early access to new videos, early access to DF Direct Weekly and much, much more: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx

Go here to check out DF merch!

Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe

00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:12 New Ray Traced Lighting
00:11:21 Dynamic Weather, Fluid Simulations
00:13:30 New Physics Simulations
00:15:06 Micropolygon Geometry (MPH)
00:18:57 Conclusion