From SEGA and Creative Assembly:
Today SEGA and Creative Assembly announced a change to the release date for Total War: Warhammer, moving the launch of the game back by a month to the 24th May 2016.
“This could be the best Total War game we’ve ever made. We don’t want to rush it.” said Mike Simpson, Creative Director for Total War, “It’s an enormous game and we also want to make absolutely sure reviewers have enough time to play it thoroughly before launch.”
“Many thanks to the huge number of people who have pre-ordered and are eagerly awaiting release day. We’re pulling out all the stops for you.”
With the game now set to release worldwide on the 24th May, the minimum and recommended specs have been finalised, revealing that Total War: Total War: Warhammer will be the first 64Bit Total War title. CA is also releasing an additional ‘60fps+ Spec’ for those gamers looking to hit that threshold during battles, and has added additional detail on the frame rate performance you can expect from each specification.
A fantasy strategy game of legendary proportions, Total War: Total War: Warhammer combines an addictive turn-based campaign of conquest and empire-building with explosive, colossal, real-time battles, all set in the vivid and incredible world of Warhammer Fantasy Battles. Total War: Total War: Warhammer will release on May 24th 2016 and is available now to pre-order on Steam.
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Total War: Warhammer – Official Specifications:
All systems perform differently. The framerates below are based on PCs using the quoted specs with fresh OS installs, no major background programs running, and should be taken as a guide rather than an absolute. Total War: Warhammer is still in development and undergoing optimisation and compatibility testing and these specs are subject to change.
Further details on graphics settings under each preset can be found here.
PC 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”]
- 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 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
