Firaxis Games, the team behind the upcoming XCOM 2, has announced the required PC specs for the upcoming title. Set for a February 5, 2016 release date, XCOM 2 requirements are actually pretty mild and most PC’s will be easily able to play this next chapter of the rebooted XCOM series.
Minimum Specs:
- CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4700 (2.6 GHz) or AMD Phenom 9950 Quad Core (2.6 GHz)
- GPU: ATI Radeon HD 5770 (1 GB), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 (1 GB) or better (DirectX 11 Required)
- Memory: 4 GB
- Storage: 45 GB
- Sound: DirectX compatible sound card
- OS: Windows 7, 64-bit
Recommended Specs:
- CPU: 3Ghz quad core CPU or better (Intel or AMD)
- GPU: ATI Radeon HD 7970 (2 GB), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 (2 GB) or better (DirectX 11 Required)
- Memory: 8GB
- Storage: 45GB
- Sound: DirectX compatible sound card
- OS: Windows 7, 64-bit
So there you have it, but are you ready for XCOM 2? Well you better be as February 5, 2016 will be here sooner than you think! I enjoyed the first reboot of the loved XCOM series, so here’s to hoping that part two will be just as good.