Total War: Warhammer release date pushed back to May 2016; PC specs revealed

At least this gives you a month to update your PC to meet the game's 60fps+ specs.

March 8, 2016 9:40 AM

SEGA and Creative Assembly have announced it is moving the launch of Total War: Warhammer back a month, from April 28, to its new May 24, 2016 release date.

Creative director for the Total War series Mike Simpson admits the studio doesn’t want to rush the game, hoping to deliver the best Total War game it has ever created. “It’s an enormous game and we also want to make absolutely sure reviewers have enough time to play it thoroughly before launch,” he shares in a statement submitted to Shacknews.

It isn’t all bad news today as Creative Assembly has revealed the official system requirements for Total War: Warhammer. Here’s what you’ll need to run it at its minimum settings:

[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 integrated graphics chipsets require 4GB ram, e.g. Intel HD series

Here are its 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

Here are its recommended specs if you want to achieve 60fps or more:

[Expected 60 FPS+ on campaign map and in a 1v1, 20 units vs 20 units battle, default graphics preset set to “Ultra”]