Social media analyst MasteroftheTDS accused Lucasfilm Games and The Walt Disney Company of using bots to promote the upcoming Ubisoft game, Star Wars Outlaws.
Key art for Star Wars Outlaws (2024), Ubisoft
MastersoftheTDS posted to X, “Ubisoft has teased a new story trailer will be dropping tomorrow, April 9th, for their upcoming Star Wars game, Star Wars: Outlaws. The game is said to be set in a gritty underworld setting, deviating from traditional Jedi-focused Star Wars stories.”
He continued, “However, it would seem Disney and Lucasfilm might not be too confident in the game, as the bots are once again out in force running interference for the game. The bots seem to be claiming that enhanced graphics and Nvidia’s advanced AI technology will make the game worth playing. Will the force be strong with this one?”
Ubisoft has teased a new story trailer will be dropping tomorrow, April 9th, for their upcoming Star Wars game, Star Wars: Outlaws.
The game is said to be set in a gritty underworld setting, deviating from traditional Jedi-focused Star Wars stories.
However, it would seem… pic.twitter.com/cqWTszNxXN
— MasteroftheTDS (@MasteroftheTDS) April 8, 2024
As seen in the post above, he also shared 26 separate posts from different accounts that posted between March 15th and 16th about the game using Nvidia’s DLSS 3 and RTX technology.
These posts were made after NVIDIA GeForce announced on March 14th that “Star Wars Outlaws is launching with performance multiplying NVIDIA DLSS 3, Ray Tracing and Reflex.
The galaxy is full of opportunity.
Star Wars Outlaws is launching with performance multiplying NVIDIA DLSS 3, Ray Tracing and Reflex, and streaming soon via GeForce NOW.#RTXOn https://t.co/ZllOkUJhIf
— Star Wars Outlaws (@StarWarsOutlaws) March 14, 2024
The linked press release in the post from NVIDIA GeForce detailed, “NVIDIA has collaborated with Ubisoft and LucasFilm Games to deliver the definitive PC experience for Star Wars™ Outlaws players, leveraging the game-changing technologies of GeForce RTX GPUs to enhance graphics, accelerate performance, and make gameplay even more responsive. From day one, GeForce RTX gamers can activate NVIDIA DLSS 3, multiplying performance with DLSS Frame Generation on GeForce RTX 40 Series graphics cards, and boosting performance considerably with DLSS Super Resolution on all other GeForce RTX GPUs.”
It continued, “Powered by new hardware capabilities of the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture used in GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs, DLSS 3 generates entirely new high quality frames, rather than just pixels. Through a process detailed in full in our NVIDIA DLSS 3 article, DLSS 3 combines DLSS Super Resolution technology and DLSS Frame Generation to reconstruct 7 out of every 8 of the displayed pixels, multiplying performance even in CPU-bound scenarios.”
“Additionally, all GeForce RTX gamers can activate NVIDIA Reflex, reducing system latency in Star Wars™ Outlaws. System latency affects the time it takes for actions to occur in-game – the lower your latency, the more responsive a game becomes, and the better the gameplay feels. Available in over 100 games, Reflex is used by over 50 million users each month, and with there being no downsides to the tech whatsoever, it’s a must-have for gamers wanting the most responsive experience possible,” it stated.
Concept art for Star Wars Outlaws (2024), Ubisoft
The press release also added, “As part of our collaboration, Star Wars™ Outlaws on PC is also being enhanced with NVIDIA RTX Direct Illumination (RTXDI) and ray-traced Global Illumination lighting, taking visuals to the next level. RTXDI figures out the most important light samples in Star Wars™ Outlaws to cast physically accurate ray-traced shadows. Performance remains fast thanks to RTXDI’s innovative design, and on GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs ray tracing gets even faster thanks to each card’s fourth generation, super fast Ray Tracing Cores.
“Even if you don’t have a GeForce RTX PC or laptop, you can still enjoy Star Wars™ Outlaws by streaming it from the cloud with the same technologies as GeForce RTX 40-Series owners, including DLSS 3 and Reflex, thanks to NVIDIA GeForce NOW Ultimate. Members can play over 1,800 of the real and full PC versions of games they already own from Steam, Epic Games Store, Xbox, Ubisoft Connect, and GOG.com. Head over to the GeForce NOW website to learn more,” it concluded.
Key art for Star Wars Outlaws (2024), Ubisoft
It’s possible that it might not be Disney or Lucasfilm Games using bots to promote the game, but it could be Nvidia trying to get PC gamers to purchase their various graphic cards in order to enhance gameplay for the game.
There’s also the possibility it could be a collaboration between all the players as they would all be benefitting. Nvidia gets to sell their hardware, Ubisoft sells their software, and Lucasfilm and Disney sell their IP.
A screenshot from Star Wars Outlaws (2024), Ubisoft
What do you make of these accusations?
