September 24, 2011

Battlefield 3 Beta - Under a week to go! + More

Now that DICE has finally pulled their finger out, the Battlefield 3 Beta will be out on Thursday 29th of September, or Tuesday the 27th for those who have pre-ordered Battlefield 3 through origin/brought medal of honor limited edition.

The beta news came with some system requirements too, and wow, this game is demanding.


MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTSOS: WINDOWS VISTA (SERVICE PACK 2) 32-BIT
PROCESSOR: 2 GHZ DUAL CORE (CORE 2 DUO 2.4 GHZ OR ATHLON X2 2.7 GHZ)
MEMORY: 2 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD (AMD): DIRECTX 10.1 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (ATI RADEON 3000, 4000, 5000 OR 6000 SERIES, WITH ATI RADEON 3870 OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE)
GRAPHICS CARD (NVIDIA): DIRECTX 10.0 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 OR 500 SERIES WITH NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GT OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE
RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTSOS: WINDOWS 7 64-BIT
PROCESSOR: QUAD-CORE CPU
MEMORY: 4 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD: DIRECTX 11 COMPATIBLE WITH 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 OR ATI RADEON 6950)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE

Its an open beta, meaning most people will qualify to play. It only lasts 10 days.

In other news:
- Minecraft 1.9 pre-release has been leaked, and is available for download here.
- Skyrim is under 50 days away. New footage has been released by Bethesda in 3 parts: Part One (Other parts available on that youtube page)
- Gears of War 3 has been released. Check out the review here.

Thanks!

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