Seemly out of nowhere, Namco Bandai has put Dark Souls 2 up on Steam for pre-purchase. Not only that, but they’ve also announced the release date for the PC version as well. The PC version of Dark Souls 2 will be coming out on April 25th!
To top off all this great news, the system requirements for the game were also released
Minimum:
- OS: Windows XP SP3, Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8
- Processor: AMD® Phenom II™ X2 555 3.2Ghz or Intel® Pentium Core ™ 2 Duo E8500 3.17Ghz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600GT, ATI Radeon™ HD 5870
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 14 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 9 sound device
- Additional Notes: Controller support: Microsoft Xbox 360® Controller for Windows® (or equivalent) recommended
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 7 SP1
- Processor: Intel® CoreTM i3 2100 3.10GHz or AMD® A8 3870K 3.0GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 465 or higher, ATI Radeon™ HD 6870 or higher
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 14 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 9 sound device
- Additional Notes: Controller support: Microsoft Xbox 360® Controller for Windows® (or equivalent) recommended
The burning question is whether or not this version of this version of the game will be a better port to the PC than the first was. Though, From Software has stated from the beginning that the PC version is the lead development platform.