Aliens: Colonial Marines PC system requirements revealed

15 January 2013

Gearbox’s much anticipated and long overdue Aliens FPS is set to drop on 12 February 2013, and we’ve finally got a look at what is needed from your PC rig to run the game.

The specs don’t appear to be too taxing on a modern day system – check them out below:

  • Minimum Specs: Operating System: Windows XP SP3. Processor: 2 GHz Intel Dual Core Processor. RAM: 2GB RAM (XP),2GB RAM (Vista). HD: 20GB free hard disk space. Optical Drive: DVD. Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible. Video Card:NVIDIA GeForce 8500/ATI Radeon HD 2600 (256 minimum).
  • Recommended Specs: Operating System: Windows XP SP3/Vista/Windows 7. Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel Quad CoreProcessor. RAM: 2GB RAM. HD: 20GB free hard disk space. Optical Drive: DVD. Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible. VideoCard: NVIDIA GeForce GTX560/ATI Radeon HD 5850 (512 minimum).
  • Other Requirements: Initial installation requires one-time internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include Steam Client, DirectX 9, Microsoft .NET 4 Framework, Visual C++ Redistributable 2005, Visual C++ Redistributable 2008, Visual C++ Redistributable 2010, and AMD CPU Drivers (XP Only/AMD Only).

Aliens: Colonial Marines is also now available for pre-purchase on Steam.

Source: AVPGalaxy 

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  1. Sou1Co11ector
    15.01.2013 at 15:41

    Woot medium spec gameplay here I come!!!

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