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God of War: Ragnarok PC Specs Revealed by PlayStation

PlayStation has revealed the PC requirements for the highly anticipated God of War Ragnarok ahead of its September 19 release date.

A breakdown on the PlayStation Blog revealed God of War: Ragnarok will require a hefty 190GB of SSD storage. Running the game on recommended settings will otherwise require an Nvidia RTX 2060 Super or AMD RX 5700 equivalent GPU, an Intel i5-8600 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 equivalent CPY, and 16GB of RAM.

Minimum settings, high settings, performance settings, and ultra settings were also revealed. Running God of War: Ragnarok at the bare minimum (1080p resolution and 30 frames per second on average) requires an Nvidia GTX 1060 or AMD RX 5500 XT equivalent GPU and an Intel i5-4670k or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 equivalent CPU alongside 8GB of RAM.

Ultra settings demand quite a bit more, with players needing an Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti or AMD RX 7900 XT equivalent GPU, and an Intel i5-11600K or AMD Ryzen 7 3700X equivalent CPU alongside 16GB of RAM. Running the game at all requires a PSN account too.

God of War: Ragnarok supports all major graphics card manufacturer technologies including Nvidia DLSS 3.7, AMD FSR 3.1, Intel XeSS 1.3, and frame generation for all technologies utilizing that feature.

In IGN’s 10/10 review of the PlayStation 5 version, we said: “God of War: Ragnarok is an almighty achievement and creates a new high that makes many of its peers look mortal by comparison.”

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.

Splitgate 2 will add bum slides and time-altering bubbles to its portal-hopping shootsing

The first Splitgate was a cracker mash-up of Halo multiplayer gunfights and Portal‘s nifty spacetime windows. It was a gimmick that made flanking fun again, at least until you died to a distant rifle that was right next to you all along. Its sequel, Splitgate 2 is continuing that gimmick but is also sprucing up the free-to-play arena shooter with a few modern additions, like bum-sliding around corners and big deployable bubbles called “time domes” that slow down your enemies yet speed up your allies. All this and more comes from a gameplay trailer that went up yesterday.

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Deals: More LEGO Zelda Deku Tree Pre-Orders Appear With Tempting Bundle Discount (UK)

Here’s how to save £26!

The very first Legend of Zelda LEGO set is just weeks away from release, with the Great Deku Tree 2-in-1 shipping from 1st September. After initially selling out rather quickly, pre-orders are once again available with some new options appearing courtesy of the My Nintendo Store UK & Ireland.

The set – which contains 2,500 pieces and four brand-new Minifigures – can be bought on its own from the My Nintendo Store at its regular retail price of £259.99 / $299.99. However, should you also want a copy of the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, which we imagine most Zelda fans probably do, you can order both to take 10% off the Great Deku Tree’s cost.

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I hope you’ve got a spare 190GB kicking about for God Of War Ragnarok on PC

The new God Of War duology has my favourite snow in gaming. I can take or leave about 60% of everything else in them, but lawdy, that snow! In God Of War Ragnarok, the action kicks off a during the apocalyptic fimbulwinter, which is probably bad for some characters I don’t care about, but it is good for me personally, because there’s a lot of snow to play with.

How much snow, you ask? 190 flippin’ gigs worth, apparently, according to Sony’s system requirements.

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Sega’s Gamescom 2024 Line Up Includes ‘Global Premier’ Of Unannounced Project

Sonic X Shadow Generations will also be playable.

Sega has announced its video game line up for this year’s Gamescom, which is taking place in Germany later this month.

It will lead with the October 2024 release Sonic X Shadow Generations. This game will be publicly playable in Europe for the first time and is being joined by the Atlus fantasy RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio which also makes its public debut.

Read the full article on nintendolife.com

DOOM Eternal Finally Adds Official Mod Support on Steam, With Microsoft Store Support Coming ‘Soon’

DOOM Eternal is finally getting official mod support some four years after its initial release, id Software announced during today’s QuakeCon 2024 livestream.

According to a post on Bethesda’s Slayers Club blog, DOOM Eternal Update 6.66 Rev 3 adds the ability to opt into mod support via Steam’s beta branch. Support for the Microsoft Store version will be added “soon,” with no mention of a console version.

Those who opt into the beta branch will be able to create and publish original mods via the idStudio Beta program, which you can see above. You can find idStudio tutorials as well as an installation guide right here.

The addition of mods should add some more life to DOOM Eternal, which continues to enjoy a robust post-launch community. First released in 2020, DOOM Eternal received praise for its extensive single-player campaign and customarily amazing shooting action.

We wrote in our review at the time, “Eternal tips its cap to DOOM 2 specifically while also building off of what made the modernized reboot a breath of fresh air for the genre. Whether you’ve been playing DOOM for a few years or a few decades, DOOM Eternal demands your attention.

Fans have been expecting official mod support for DOOM Eternal ever since game files uploaded on Steam’s backend made reference to the feature, eagerly anticipating the ability to add new maps, levels, and weapons.

“This is the first time idtech has been officially moddable in how many years now? Holy shit. They talked about it years ago but I thought I’d never see it happen. Eternal’s engine has so much potential and now the modding community can fully tap into it instead of being restricted,” one enthusiastic fan wrote in response to the announcement. “We saw hints of this coming in SteamDB, but I didn’t expect them to give us tools as well. It’s like a feverdream.”

Mod support wasn’t the only news to come out of QuakeCon. Bethesda also announced updated versions of DOOM and DOOM 2 with expanded multiplayer support, new content, and much more. For more, check out all of the biggest games releasing in 2024.

Kat Bailey is IGN’s News Director as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Send her a DM at @the_katbot.

Surprise! DOOM + DOOM II Get Newly Enhanced Release On Switch eShop

Rip and tear again, right now.

With Quakecon starting today, most people were probably expecting some announcements from id Software. But was anyone expecting enhanced versions of Doom and Doom II to land, today, without warning? Nope, not us. But that’s exactly what’s happened.

DOOM + DOOM II is an enhanced rerelease of the first two DOOM games, bringing plenty of new features and updates. And it’s out right now!

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DOOM Eternal: PC Mod Preview Is Now Available to Join!

Xbox Insiders on Windows PC are invited to join the DOOM Eternal: PC Mod Preview. Joining today will give you early access to the new PC mod support feature. To participate in the DOOM Eternal: PC Mod Preview, you will need to either own DOOM Eternal (BATTLEMODE – PC) OR have access to the title via an active Game Pass subscription.

What’s New:

The preview will include mod support! Xbox Insiders will be able to easily browse and play a growing list of community mods in DOOM Eternal. We’d love to get your feedback!

About the Game:

Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity.

The only thing they fear… is you.

Experience the ultimate combination of speed and power in DOOM Eternal – the next leap in push-forward, first-person combat.

How to Participate:

  1. On Windows PC, launch the Xbox Insider Hub app (or install the Xbox Insider Hub from the Store first if necessary)
  2. Navigate to Previews > DOOM Eternal – PC Mod Preview
  3. Select Join
  4. Wait for the registration to complete and be directed to the Store and install DOOM Eternal (BATTLEMODE – PC)

NOTE: To participate in the DOOM Eternal – PC Mod Preview, you will need to either own DOOM Eternal (BATTLEMODE – PC) OR have access to the title via an active Game Pass subscription.

NOTE: This playtest is only available on Windows PC.

NOTE: If you already have DOOM Eternal (BATTLEMODE – PC) installed, please restart your PC after the registration has completed to ensure you get prompted to update to the PC Mod Preview version.

NOTE: If you wish to revert to the publicly available version of DOOM Eternal (BATTLEMODE – PC), you will need to leave the DOOM Eternal – PC Mod Preview via the Xbox Insider Hub. This will prompt an update reversion to occur.

Running into issues?

If you experience any issues while playing DOOM Eternal, please report it so Bethesda can investigate. You can report your issues by going to https://beth.games/3uc0ojW. Your feedback drives us to build the best experience for the Xbox community.

If you are having any issues downloading the Xbox Insider Hub app or joining the preview within the app, please refer to the following support links below.

For more information: follow us on X/Twitter at @XboxInsider and this blog for announcements and more. And feel free to interact with the community on the Xbox Insider SubReddit.

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