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Dark Souls II, premiered on 11.03.2014 (world premiere), on 14.03.2014 (in Europe), for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Personal computer players will be able to play the game on the 25th of April this year. In accordance with the official requirements, the game should have be easily run and computers with Windows 7, 4 GB RAM and Intel Pentium i3 processor. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 GPU should also be enough to process the graphics without any problems. When it comes to the console versions, in accordance to the specialists of Digital Foundry the Xbox 360 version runs more smoothly than the one for PlayStation 3.

Game modes

Singleplayer: Yes

Offline co-op (split screen/hot seat): No

Co-op over the internet: Yes, you can summon the other players to help you

Multiplayer: Yes, although unique. You can visit another player in his world and attack him. This also works the other way around.

Our computer

The guide was drawn up basing on the Xbox 360 version of the game, which ran very smoothly. The lighting, especially of the Majula location, is impressive. Also, issues known from Dark Souls, when the frame rate dropped in Blighttown, do not happen here.

PC - system requirements

Minimum system requirements

• OS: Windows XP SP3, Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8
• CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 555 3.2Ghz or Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo E8500 3.17Ghz
• RAM: 2 GB
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT, ATI Radeon HD 5870
• DirectX: ver. 9.0c
• HDD: 14 GB of free space
• Additionally: Microsoft Xbox 360, or equivalent, gamepad is recommended

Recommended system requirements

• OS: Windows 7 SP1
• CPU: Intel CoreTM i3 2100 3.10GHz or AMD A8 3870K 3.0GHz
• RAM: 4 GB
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 or better, ATI Radeon HD 6870 r better
• DirectX: ver. 9.0c
• HDD: 14 GB of free space
• Additionally: Microsoft Xbox 360, or equivalent, gamepad is recommended

Dark Souls II

March 11, 2014

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