Total War: Shogun 2 system requirements revealed

The Creative Assembly have just released the system specs for Total War: Shogun 2. Read on to find out if Shogun II: Total War will run on your PC.

Minimum Specs (Required for playing Total War: Shogun 2):

• 2 GHz Intel Dual Core processor / 2.6 GHz Intel Single Core processor , or AMD equivalent (with SSE2)

• 1GB RAM (XP), 2GB RAM (Vista / Windows7)

• 256 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card (shader model 3)

• 1024x768 minimum screen resolution

• 20GB free hard disk space

Recommended Specs (Recommended for optimum game play of Total War: Shogun 2):

• 2nd Generation Intel® Core™i5 processor (or greater), or AMD equivalent

• 2GB RAM (XP), 4GB RAM (Vista / Windows7)

• AMD Radeon HD 5000 and 6000 series graphics cards or equivalent DirectX 11 compatible graphics card

• 1280x1024 minimum screen resolution

• 20GB free hard disk space

Not too punishing considering that games like Battlefield 3, which will also come out this year, won't run at all on XP systems . Having said that, a 20 Gigabyte install? That's a pretty big chunk of hard drive real estate. Hopefully the game will be worth it, we'll know when it's released in March.

For more Shogun 2 shenanigans check out our preview of Shogun 2's extensive new multiplayer mode and our hands on with Shogun 2's siege battles .