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The undead curse continues to spread across the kingdom of Drangleic with DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin, available on April 3rd 2015, across Europe, Middle-East and Australasia for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One, all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft and PC/STEAM. Developed by renowned Japanese video game development studio FROMSOFTWARE and published by BANDAI NAMCO Games Europe S.A.S, DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin is the ultimate Dark Souls II experience, adding to the 2014’s critically acclaimed title, DARK SOULS™ II not only its three DLC chapters; Crown Of The Sunken King, Crown Of The Old Iron King, and Crown Of The Ivory King but as well an array of all-new content. DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin will add brand new game content including an expanded story featuring additional in-game events and NPC character along with new deadlier enemies and gameplay improvements. It will also take advantage of the power of the PlayStation®4 system, Xbox One, and DirectX11 capable PCs to provide enhanced graphics for those specific platforms on top of several additional exclusive enhancements.

Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin System Requirements

8 Apr 2015 - Specs reviewed

Official Minimum Requirements

OS: Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8,1 64bit
Processor: AMD® A8 3870 3,6 Ghz or Intel® Core ™ i3 2100 3.1Ghz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 465, ATI Radeon™ HD 6870
DirectX: DX11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 23 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 11 sound device
Additional Notes: Controller support: Microsoft Xbox 360® Controller for Windows® (or equivalent) recommended

Official Recommended Requirements

OS: Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows8.1 64bit
Processor: AMD® FX 8150 3.6 GHz or Intel® Core™ i7 2600 3.4 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750, ATI Radeon™ HD 7850
DirectX: DX11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 23 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 11 sound device
Additional Notes: Controller support: Microsoft Xbox 360® Controller for Windows® (or equivalent) recommended

PC System Analysis For Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin Requirements

Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin requires a Radeon HD 7850 graphics card with a Core i7-2600 4-Core 3.40GHz or FX-8150 processor to reach the recommended specs, achieving high graphics setting on 1080p. Minimum RAM requirements are 4 GB system memory. To summarise, Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin needs around a 7 year old PC to play at recommended settings.

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200+ FPS

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9.1

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100+

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Core i3-2100 3.1GHz

APU A8-3870K Quad-Core

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Radeon HD 6870

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23 GB

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Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz

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Core i7-2600 4-Core 3.40GHz

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23 GB

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Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin PC Release Date:

2 Apr 2015

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