System requirements articles

Cinder City becomes the first PC game to recommend 64GB of RAM, and at the worst time

The Halo remake launches July 28 with new missions, four-player co-op, and Unreal Engine 5 visuals

Onimusha: Way of the Sword releases September 25 with surprisingly modest system requirements

Gears of War: E-Day PC requirements are surprisingly forgiving, apart from the 130GB SSD demand

Nvidia adds GeForce RTX 5060 Ti to 007 First Light game bundle

Witcher 3 director's Blood of Dawnwalker launches September 3 with steep system requirements

Something to look forward to: Development studio Rebel Wolves, largely comprised of CD Projekt Red veterans, has spent the past year showcasing its upcoming open-world RPG, The Blood of Dawnwalker. This week, the company outlined the game's unique structure and release details, including the full system requirements.

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced adds ray tracing, reworked combat, and handheld support

Steam could soon show estimated FPS based on crowd-sourced player data

The takeaway: Valve appears to be preparing a new feature that could make one of PC gaming's biggest uncertainties – performance – more transparent. Newly uncovered code in the Steam client suggests players may soon see estimated frame rate data for each game derived from real-world gameplay metrics shared by other users.

Playing Forza Horizon 6 with ray tracing won't require high-end GPUs

Crimson Desert hits 4K 60fps with ultra settings, ray tracing, and no upscaling on a Radeon 9070 XT or GeForce 5070 Ti

Something to look forward to: Developer Pearl Abyss has spent six years showcasing screenshots and videos from its upcoming open-world fantasy game, Crimson Desert, which many suspect are too good to be true. With the game's launch just over a week away following repeated delays, newly published full technical spec sheets indicate performance metrics just as ambitious as the game.

Windows 11 hits 72% share as Windows 10 fades, but not everyone is happy

Connecting the dots: Windows 11 finally takes over the desktop, but maybe not on Microsoft's preferred terms. StatCounter's latest numbers show Microsoft's latest OS running on nearly three-quarters of Windows desktops worldwide, with Windows 11 at 72.78% and Windows 10 down to 26.27%. It is a sharp swing from only late 2025, when Windows 11 hovered above the 50% mark and Windows 10 still powered nearly half of all machines.

Death Stranding 2 on PC adds Guerrilla's Pico upscaler alongside DLSS and FSR

Lords of the Fallen 2 PC requirements unveiled: RTX 3080 recommended for UE5-powered sequel

Star Wars: Galactic Racer gameplay trailer revealed alongside PC system requirements

Forza Horizon 6 PC requirements include the Intel Arc B390 iGPU

The wildly ambitious Crimson Desert goes gold ahead of March 19 release

Highly anticipated: Crimson Desert's impressive visuals and wide array of gameplay features have led some to question whether the Black Desert Online developer's open-world RPG is simply too good to be true. After several years of trailers and repeated delays, players will finally be able to find out in March.

Bungie's Marathon launches March 5 with modest system requirements

007 First Light has modest system requirements – if you have 32GB of RAM

Microsoft shares their hardware recommendations for gaming PCs at any budget

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 bumps up system requirements but still runs lighter than most 2025 titles

You won't need a monster PC to run Resident Evil Requiem

Battlefield 6 PC specs revealed: 32GB RAM for 4K, 6GB GPU minimum for 1080p

Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford tells Borderlands 4 critics to "code your own engine," calls it a game for "premium gamers"

A hot potato: Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford is not known for his tactful, well-thought-out responses to controversial topics. The latest PR disaster he's waded into is the Borderlands 4 performance nightmare. He's claimed that it's "a premium game made for premium gamers," suggesting the fault lies with those lacking high-end hardware. The exec also said "less than one percent of one percent" of players are filing customer service tickets about performance issues, and asked people to "code your own engine and show us how it's done, please."