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Written by Blade MooreHere Are The Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare III PC Specs And System Requirements
Written by Wesley LeBlanc
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, the latest in the long-running FPS franchise and the first back-to-back sequel in years, is due out later this week, kind of. If you preorder a digital version of the game, you can play through its campaign early, starting November 2. That's eight days before the full game's release on November 10, which is when its multiplayer suite goes live. Ahead of that early campaign launch, publisher Activision Blizzard has released the PC specs and system requirements to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III.
If you've played recent Call of Duty entries, you likely already know what you're in for, and this year's is not all that different. But if you're new, or curious if you need to upgrade before this year's entry, we've got you covered.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III PC Specs And System Requirement
Below, we'll list the minimum, recommended, and 4K Ultra requirements alongside the different OS', CPUs, and more needed to run the game.
Minimum, Multiplayer Only:
- OS: Windows 10, 64-bit
- CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 or AMD Ryzen 31200
- RAM: 8GB
- Storage Space: SSD with 79GB
- Hi-Rez Assets Cache: Up to 32GB
- Video Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960/GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon RX 470
- Video Memory: 2GB
Minimum:
- OS: Windows 10, 64-bit
- CPU: Intel Core i5-5600 or AMD Ryzen 51400
- RAM: 8GB
- Storage Space: SSD with 149GB
- Hi-Rez Assets Cache: Up to 32GB
- Video Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960/GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon RX 470
- Video Memory: 2GB
Recommended (for 60 FPS with options set to High):
- OS: Windows 10, 64-bit or Windows 11, 64-bit
- CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
- RAM: 16GB
- Storage Space: SSD with 149GB
- Hi-Rez Assets Cache: Up to 32GB
- Video Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080Ti/RTX 3060 or AMD Radeon RX 6600XT
- Video Memory: 8GB
Competitive/4K Ultra (high FPS with 4K resolution):
- OS: Windows 10, 64-bit or Windows 11, 64-bit
- CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
- RAM: 16GB
- Storage Space: SSD with 149GB
- Hi-Rez Assets Cache: Up to 64GB
- Video Card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080/RTX 4070 or AMD Radeon RX 6800XT
- Video Memory: 10GB
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Activision Blizzard has also listed a few notes alongside these PC specs to take into account:
- Specs are valid for product at launch and may be updated in the future
- All specifications require a broadband connection and DirectX12 compatibility
- Additional storage space may be required for mandatory game updates
- Hi-Rez assets cache is optional disk space that can be used to stream high resolution assets – that option can be turned off in the game's settings
- Only Intel/AMD processor (with AVX instruction set) are supported at this time
- 149GB of available space required for initial download of Modern Warfare III (78GB if COD HQ and Warzeon are already installed)
- Content can be uninstalled to access COD HQ + MP only
And those are the PC specs and system requirements needed to run Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III.
For more about the game, read Game Informer's breakdown of everything we learned from a recent Call of Duty Next livestream, and then check out this story about how Modern Warfare III won't be coming to Xbox Game Pass this year, even though Xbox now owns Activision Blizzard.
Are you excited for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III? Let us know in the comments below!
Destiny 2 Dev Bungie Hit With Layoffs, Just 15 Months After PlayStation Acquisition
Written by Wesley LeBlanc
Destiny 2 developer Bungie, which was acquired by PlayStation last year for $3.6 billion, is the latest game maker to be hit with layoffs in 2023. Various former Bungie employees announced on Twitter today they had been laid off, and Bloomberg has confirmed with its sources that an undisclosed number of staff were laid off today.
Bloomberg reports that Bungie CEO Pete Parsons told staffers they'd be "hearing some news today" and that following it, there would be a team meeting later today to "discuss today's events."
As for why employees were laid off, that remains unclear, especially as the company is set to release a massive Destiny 2 expansion – The Final Shape – that's set to end the decade-long saga that began in the first Destiny game. Bloomberg states that its sources say The Final Shape has been delayed internally to June 2024, months after its previously announced February 27, 2024 release date.
Game Informer has reached out to PlayStation and will update this story if it learns more.
In January of 2022, Sony announced it was acquiring Bungie for $3.6 billion; it completed the purchase in July of 2022. These layoffs come less than two years after the purchase.
These Bungie layoffs join an unfortunately ever-growing list of layoffs affecting the studios behind games released in 2023, which by all accounts, is one of the best years in gaming in terms of releases. In January, Microsoft laid off 10,000 employees amidst its ongoing $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which it completed earlier this month.
In August, Striking Distance Studios, the team behind last year's The Callisto Protocol, laid off more than 30 employees, and that same month, Mass Effect and Dragon Age developer BioWare laid off 50 employees, including long-time studio veterans. The following month, in September, Immortals of Aveum developer Ascendant Studios laid off roughly 45% of its staff.
Just this month, The Last of Us developer Naughty Dog has laid off at least 25 employees, and Telltale Games has gone through layoffs as well, although an actual number of laid-off employees has not yet been revealed. And last week, Dreams developer Media Molecule laid off 20 employees.
The hearts of the Game Informer staff are with everyone affected by these layoffs and those still at the studio.
[Source: Bloomberg]