'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt' Release Date, PC Requirements, Game Latest News: More Than Just Disc and Manual

Mercy Soriano Saturday, March 07, 2015

A screenshot from 'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.' | YOUTUBE

"The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt," one of this year's most anticipated role-playing games, has been scheduled for release for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox One on May 19, 2015.

The game is the third in a series, following "The Witcher" and "The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings", which are all based on the series of fantasy novels of the same title by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.

As soon as the game was announced, the question on every gamer's mind was: Can our current systems handle the game? For the answer, here are the minimum and recommended system requirements:

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz

AMD CPU Phenom II X4 940

Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660

AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870

RAM 6GB

OS 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1)

DirectX 11

HDD Space 40 GB

RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Intel CPU Core i7 3770 3.4 GHz

AMD CPU AMD FX-8350 4 GHz

Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 770

AMD GPU Radeon R9 290

RAM 8GB

OS 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1)

DirectX 11

HDD Space 40 GB

System specifications have been ramping up lately, as we start to leave last-generation consoles behind. The 64-bit OS is becoming a mandatory requirement, and GTX 660s are becoming the minimum spec for the more graphical games. The above would be a good baseline for the next couple of years of gaming.

According to buy.thewitcher.com, the game is dedicated to gamers who want more from physical box editions of games than just the disc and manual.

The game contains premium items prepared by the developers.

This edition of "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt" is said to be the definitive answer for gamers who want to enter the Witcher universe with style.

The package contains: Blu-ray Disc with the game; an exclusive CD with the official soundtrack; the official, developer-created "The Witcher Universe: Compendium"; a beautiful, detailed map of the in-game world; aset of unique Witcher 3 stickers; and a stylish, protective sleeve.