Total War: Warhammer delayed; PC requirements revealed

According to the developers, Total War: Warhammer might be the best game in the series.

Creative Assembly informed the fans that they will have to wait for Total War: Warhammer a month longer – instead of April, the next installment in the popular strategy game series will come out for PC on May 24, 2016. Those who remember the rough start of Total War: Rome II will probably applaud what Mike Simpson, the creative director, said: “This could be the best Total War game we've ever made. We don't want to rush it”. He also added that because of the enormous size of the game, the studio wants to give reviewers enough time to play it through.

In the meantime you can check if you are prepared for the release by examining the newly announced PC system requirements:

Minimum Specifications

“Expected around 15-25 FPS on campaign map and in a 1v1, 20 units vs 20 units battle, default graphics preset set to Low.”

1. CPU: Core 2 Duo 3.0Ghz
2. RAM: 3GB (PC integrated graphics chipsets require 4GB RAM, e.g. Intel HD series)
3. Video Card: (DirectX 11) Radeon HD 5770 1024MB/ GTS 450 1024MB/ Intel HD4000 @720P
4. Hard Drive: 35 GB
5. OS: Windows 7 64Bit

Recommended Specifications

“Expected around 45-55 FPS on campaign map and in a 1v1, 20 units vs 20 units battle, default graphics preset set to High.”

1. CPU: Core i5-4570 3.20GHz
2. RAM: 8 GB
3. Video Card: (DirectX 11) Radeon R9 270X 2048MB/ GeForce GTX 760 2048MB @1080P
4. Hard Drive: 35 GB
5. OS: Windows 7/8.1/10 64Bit

60FPS+ Specifications

“Expected 60 FPS+ on campaign map and in a 1v1, 20 units vs 20 units battle, default graphics preset set to Ultra.”

1. CPU: Core i7-4790K 4.0 GHz
2. RAM: 8 GB
3. Video Card: (DirectX 11) AMD Fury X or Nvidia GTX 980 @1080P
4. Hard Drive: 35 GB
5. OS: Windows 7/8.1/10 64Bit

Total War: Warhammer is the first non-historical installment in the very successful series of grand-scale strategy games. This time we will be leading one of the races from the Warhammer lore, whose individual traits will heavily impact the gameplay and victory conditions. If you want to find out more, read our latest preview. You may also want to watch the gameplay video featuring the Dwarf campaign, released a couple of days ago:

Total War: Warhammer

May 24, 2016

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