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Here’s the system requirements for the PC version of The Witcher 3
CD Projekt isn’t quite asking for your little dog too, but they are requiring that you own a pretty hefty system if you want to run The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on your PC:
Minimum System Requirements
- Intel CPU: Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz
- AMD CPU: Phenom II X4 940
- Nvidia GPU: GeForce GTX 660
- AMD GPU: Radeon HD 7870
- RAM: 6 GB
- OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1)
- HDD Space: 40 GB
- DirectX 11
Recommended System Requirements
- Intel CPU: Core i7 3770 3,4 GHz
- AMD CPU: AMD FX-8350 4 GHz
- Nvidia GPU: GeForce GTX 770
- AMD GPU: Radeon R9 290
- RAM: 8 GB
- OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1)
- HDD Space: 40 GB
- DirectX 11
The PC version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be released on May 19. The game will also be available for the PS4 and Xbox One on the same day.
Posted in News, PC
Tagged The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires delayed to February 24
Koei Tecmo has announced that Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires has been delayed and will now be released in February. Originally set for release at the end of this month, the PS4 and Xbox One game will be available in stores on on February 24. The game will also be released for the PS3, exclusively via the PlayStation Store, on the same day. Steam will begin selling the PC version on February 27, three days later.
In the meantime, you can check out the game’s “epic” opening movie, which was recently posted online by Koei Tecmo.
Broken Age: Act 2 will be available this Spring alongside retail version
Double Fine Productions and Nordic Games have announced that they’re bringing both halves of Broken Age to retail stores this Spring. The retail version of the PC adventure will be released at the same time as the digital launch of Broken Age: Act 2. A PS4/Vita version of the game is also in the works, but its release date is still “To Be Announced.”
If you were wondering why Double Fine would release Broken Age as a retail game, would you believe its to protect their game from solar flares?
“I am very excited about the retail version of Broken Age,” said Double Fine President and CEO Tim Schafer, “And also relieved, as having a widely distributed, physical copy of the game will make it more safe from solar flares and EMP bombs and stuff like that. As long as people store their disks in fire proof safes. People do that, right?”
“Not really” replied COO Justin Bailey, “But people who purchase the physical copy can get to playing the exciting conclusion without having to wait for the game to download!”
The retail version will also add a German language option when its released this Spring.
Posted in Mobile, News, PC
Tagged Broken Age
Duke Nukem 3D, Woah Dave! Vita, The Interview added to PS Store
Duke Nukem is back as Devolver Digital and 3D Realms have teamed up to bring Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition to the PlayStation Store as a PS3/Vita Cross-Buy game. The Megaton Edition includes the original game and three expansion packs (Duke It Out In D.C., Duke Caribbean: Life’s a Beach, and Duke: Nuclear Winter) for all your Duke needs. Who wants some?
Also available this week is Woah Dave!, a Mario Bros.-like arena platformer for the Vita. A PS4 version of Woah Dave! is in the works and will be offered as a Cross-Buy bonus to owners of the Vita version once its given the OK by Sony. If you’re signed up for PlayStation Plus, you’re in luck, both Woah Dave! and Duke Nukem 3D are available for free as part of the Instant Game Collection.
Finally, Sony has added The Interview, the movie that North Korea doesn’t want you to see, to the PlayStation Store’s Video Unlimited service.
More information on this week’s pair of releases is available after the break and a full rundown of this week’s new game add-ons and discounts can be found at the PlayStation Blog. (more…)
Assassin’s Creed: Unity’s Dead Kings expansion will be available next week
Ubisoft has announced that Dead Kings, the downloadable expansion for Assassin’s Creed: Unity, will be released on January 13. As a way of apologizing for the bugs that still continue to plague the game, Dead Kings will be available as a free download for everyone who purchased a copy of Unity on the PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Unlike the spinoff settings of previous Assassin’s Creed DLC, Dead Kings will expand the main game’s campaign in new directions:
After the events of Assassin’s Creed: Unity, Arno leaves Paris for Saint Denis, a mysterious city that holds the crypts of deceased French kings. Sent on a mission to the extensive underground of the Basilica, Arno will face a faction of new foes, the Raiders, populating its catacombs. Equipped with a lantern and a new powerful weapon, the Guillotine Gun, Arno will have to navigate the dangerous passageways to uncover the darkest secrets of the city.
Don’t forget to check out the DLC’s debut trailer above and you can find more information about its content at the UbiBlog.
Posted in News, PC, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Assassin's Creed: Unity
Tony Hawk talks up Pro Skater 2015 at CES 2015
Tony Hawk wants to remind all of us that Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2015 is still in development. Taking the stage during Sony’s CES 2015 keynote, the famed skateboarder confirmed that the next Tony Hawk game is currently in development for the PS4.
But if you’re an Xbox One owner, fear not, Hawk told TMZ that the game is also in the works for Microsoft’s new-gen console back in November.
Hawk will once again be working with Activision to develop the console game, as well as a currently unnamed mobile spinoff to replace the previously announced Tony Hawk’s Shred Session, which was recently canceled (excuse me, “indefinitely postponed”). The last Tony Hawk game for consoles, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD, was released in 2012.
[Source: CVG]
Posted in News, PS4, Xbox One
Tagged Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5
Sony has sold more than 18.5 million PS4 consoles worldwide
With the book officially closed on 2014, Sony has revealed that they have sold more than 18.5 million PlayStation 4 consoles across the world since the system launched in November 2014. According to Sony, this officially makes the PS4 the fastest-selling system in PlayStation history.
In addition to nearly 19 million consoles, Sony also announced that more than 81.8 million PS4 games have been sold since the system launched. This number includes digital downloads as well as retail releases. For those who love the “attach rate” statistic, that means that every PS4 owner has purchased approximately 4.42 games.
“We are absolutely delighted that so many customers around the globe have continued to select PS4 as their console of choice throughout this holiday season,” said Andrew House, President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment. “We will continue to reinforce and deliver additional value on PS4 as the best place to play, by bringing even more exciting content and by enriching our wide array of service offerings.”
Finally, Sony announced that their PlayStation Plus service currently has 10.9 million subscribers. That likely means that they’ve distributed a lot of free games through the service’s “Instant Game Collection.”
Miyamoto: Unannounced Wii U games to arrive in 2015 and Star Fox Wii U will be playable at E3
Shigeru Miyamoto recently sat down with Smosh Games to play a round of Mario Kart 8 and answer a few questions about Nintendo’s upcoming release calendar.
With the subject of racing games fresh in their minds, the Smosh Games guys asked Miyamoto about the future of the F-Zero franchise. Once again, the developer said that he wasn’t sure what to do with the franchise, but if it were to come back, it would feature a new controller interface:
“We see a lot of other designers making more traditional racing style of games, so we’ve tried to focus on something that feels a little bit more ‘gamey.’ Maybe if we create a new kind of controller interface and if we find one that’s particularly suited for F-Zero, maybe we’ll do something with it in the future.”
Miyamoto also said that one of the reasons the F-Zero series is on hiatus is because he and Character Designer Takaya Imamura are currently hard at work on Star Fox Wii U. The next adventure starring Fox McCloud will be released sometime this year, but Miyamoto would only confirm that the game will be playable at this year’s E3 Expo. That doesn’t preclude an early Summer for the game, but late Summer is more likely.
But finally, the big bombshell (or should that be Blue Shell?) from the interview came near the end. When discussing Nintendo’s Wii U lineup for 2015, Miyamoto mentioned that the consolemaker has a large number of games in the pipeline including the aforementioned Star Fox Wii U, as well as The Legend of Zelda Wii U, Mario Maker and Yoshi’s Woolly World. But he also admitted that several unannounced games are currently in the works: “There’s more, but I don’t think I can talk about them right now.”
Nintendo is a company that knows how to keep a secret, so it’s unlikely that we’ll learn more about these unannounced games until Nintendo is ready to actually announce them. But who knows, perhaps Miyamoto was referring to the mysterious Project Guard and Project Giant Robot, which were shown behind closed doors during last year’s E3 Expo.
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged E3 2015, Star Fox Zero