Microsoft Sets 130GB PC Requirement for Gears of War: E-Day Ahead of Oct. 6 Launch
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Updated · DSOGaming · Jun 13
Microsoft Sets 130GB PC Requirement for Gears of War: E-Day Ahead of Oct. 6 Launch
3 articles · Updated · DSOGaming · Jun 13
Summary
Gears of War: E-Day will hit PC on Oct. 6, with Microsoft now listing a 130GB install, DirectX 12 and an SSD as required.
Minimum specs call for a Ryzen 5 2600X or Intel i7-6850K/i5-10400, 12GB RAM, and GPUs including an RTX 2060, RX 6600 or Intel A580.
Recommended hardware rises to a Ryzen 5 5600 or Intel i5-11600K, 16GB RAM, and cards such as an RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 5060, RX 6700 XT or Intel B580.
The Coalition did not say what resolution, graphics settings or frame rates those targets are meant to deliver for the Unreal Engine 5 title.
Set 14 years before the first Gears of War, E-Day brings back Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago with modernized movement layered onto the series' cover-based combat.