Nier: Automata PC release date announced alongside minimum and recommended specs
Thanks to an update on the Square Enix Japan website, we now know when Nier: Automata will be released on PC.
Originally thought to be releasing alongside the PS4 version of Nier: Automata in Europe March 10, thanks to a video posted for the game, the PC version will instead hit Steam March 17.
That's not a bad wait at all, really.
Along with the release date, the minimum and recommended PC specs were also released, Those are listed below (thanks, Gematsu).
Minimum
- OS: Windows 7 64-bit / Windows 8.1 64-bit / Windows 10 64-bit (32-bit OS not supported)
- CPU: Intel Core i3 2100 or higher, AMD A8-6500 or higher
- Memory: 4GB or higher free space
- Hard-Disk / SSD: 50GB or higher
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 VRAM 2GB or higher / AMD Radeon R9 270X VRAM 2GB or higher
- Sound Card: DirectX 11 or higher
- Communication Environment: Broadband or higher
- Screen Resolution: 1280×720
- DirectX: DirectX 11
- Other: Mouse, Keyboard, Gamepad (XInput-only)
Recommended
- OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit / Windows 10 64-bit (32-bit OS not supported)
- CPU: Intel Core i5 4670 or higher, AMD A10-7850K or higher
- Memory: 8GB or higher free space
- Hard-Disk / SSD: 50GB or higher
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 VRAM 4GB or higher / AMD Radeon R9 380X VRAM 4GB or higher
- Sound Card: DirectX 11 or higher
- Communication Environment: Broadband or higher
- Screen Resolution: 1920×1080
- DirectX: DirectX 11
- Other: Mouse, Keyboard, Gamepad (XInput-only)
Nier: Automata is out now in Japan and will be released on PlayStation 4 with PS4 Pro support March 7 in North American and March 10 in Europe.