Creative Assembly, the creators of the ‘Total War’ series, have announced that the latest entry in the series, Total War: Warhammer, has been delayed until 24th May.
Explaining the delay, Creative Director Mike Simpson said the following:
“This could be the best Total War game we’ve ever made. We don’t want to rush it, It’s an enormous game and we also want to make absolutely sure reviewers have enough time to play it thoroughly before launch.”
Alongside this statement, the studio released the minimum and recommended specs for the game.
PC Minimum Specifications: [Expected around 25-35 FPS on campaign map and in a 1v1, 20 units vs 20 units battle, default graphics preset set to “Low”]
- Operating System: Windows 7 64Bit
- Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 3.0Ghz
- RAM: 3GB
- Hard Drive: 35 GB
- Video Card: (DirectX 11) AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB | NVIDIA GTS 450 1024MB | Intel HD4000 @720P
*PC integrated graphics chipsets require 4GB ram, e.g. Intel HD series
PC 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”]
- Operating System: Windows 7/8.1/10 64Bit
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4570 3.20GHz
- RAM: 8 GB
- Hard Drive: 35 GB
- Video Card: (DirectX 11) AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB @1080P
PC 60fps+ Specifications: [Expected 60 FPS+ on campaign map and in a 1v1, 20 units vs 20 units battle, default graphics preset set to “Ultra”]
- Operating System: Windows 7/8.1/10 64Bit
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K 4.0 GHz
- RAM: 8 GB
- Hard Drive: 35 GB
- Video Card: (DirectX 11) AMD Fury X or Nvidia GTX 980 @1080P
It is also worth mentioning that this will be the first in the Total War series to operate at 64bit.
Total War: Warhammer will be released on the 24th May on PC, are you ready to wage WAAAAARR!?