Relic Entertainment has announced that the Definitive Edition of Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War will be released on August 14th. To celebrate this announcement, the team shared a new trailer, as well as the game’s PC minimum requirements.
As Relic noted, the Definitive Edition will include everything from Dawn of War and all its standalone expansions. Players will get 4 classic campaigns, 9 different armies, and over 200 maps.
The game will have better graphics, including 4K support and upgraded textures that will be 4 times better than the original ones. Players can also expect new lighting effects that make everything look more realistic while keeping the original style. World lighting, reflections, and shadows will all be improved. Units will also shine better and have glowing parts that stand out during battles.
A new and better gameplay camera will let you see the battlefield more clearly, and the HUD will now be better for widescreen monitors. Not only that, but the game now runs on a 64-bit system. It will also work with over 20 years’ worth of community-made mods.
To run this new Definitive Edition, PC gamers will at least need an Intel i5 6th-gen or AMD Ryzen desktop processor with 4 cores @3GHz. They will also need 8GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 or an AMD Radeon R9 370. The game will still be using the DX9.0c API. It will also require 25GB of free disk space.
Sadly, Relic has not shared the recommended PC requirements. For what it’s worth, the above PC minimum specs are higher than those of the original Dawn of War. Still, the Definitive Edition won’t need a high-end PC system. My guess is that it will run on a huge range of PC configurations. At the same time, I don’t see any MAJOR visual improvements in the trailer. So, make sure to temper your expectations.
Enjoy and stay tuned for more!
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