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Total War: Warhammer delayed a month, PC specs revealed

Creative Assembly push the launch into May.
Ricardo C. Esteves Editor-in-Chief Portugal 8 March 2016

If you're waiting to get your hands on the promising Total War: Warhammer, you will now have to wait a month longer than expected. Creative Assembly has announced it will no longer meet the original release date of April 28, instead postponing the launch until May 24.

Mike Simpson, creative director of Total War, added that Total War: Warhammer "could be the best Total War game we've ever made. We don't want to rush it."

In addition to the postponement, Creative Assembly also revealed the minimum, recommended and ultra 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

Editor-in-Chief Portugal Ricardo C. Esteves was editor-in-chief of Gamereactor Portugal, writing for the site from 2013. He covered video games across news, previews and reviews, and also wrote on film and television.
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