Publisher Deep Silver and Developer 4A Games today announced the official minimum, recommended and optimum PC specs for the upcoming First Person Shooter Metro: Last Light. The highly anticipated sequel to Metro 2033 will be available from May 14, 2013 in North America and May 17, 2013 across Europe for PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360, and Windows PC.
Metro: Last Light is powered by 4A’s proprietary technology, the 4A Engine. Designed to take full advantage of the latest, most powerful PC hardware and DirectX 11 graphics cards, the 4A Engine also supports a host of bespoke NVIDIA features including NVIDIA PhysX and NVIDIA 3D Vision.
PC gamers wishing to test the suitability of their hardware can run the NVIDIA ‘GPU Analyzer.’ Is your PC ready to run Metro: Last Light? Find out: here
Official Metro: Last Light PC specifications:
Minimum
- Windows: XP (32-Bit), Vista, 7 or 8
- CPU: 2.2 GHz Dual Core e.g. Intel Core 2 Duo
- RAM: 2GB
- Direct X: 9.0c
- Graphics Card:
- DirectX 9, Shader Model 3 compliant e.g. NVIDIA GTS 250 (or AMD equivalent e.g. HD Radeon 4000 series) or higher
For 3D Vision Support:
- NVIDIA GTX 275 or higher
- 120Hz Monitor
- NVIDIA 3D Vision kit for Windows Vista, 7 or 8
Recommended
- Windows: Vista, 7 or 8
- CPU: 2.6 GHz Quad Core e.g. Intel Core i5
- RAM: 4GB
- Direct X: 11
- Graphics Card:
- NVIDIA GTX 580/660 Ti (or AMD equivalent e.g. 7870) or higher
For 3D Vision Support:
- NVIDIA GTX 580/660Ti or higher
- 120Hz Monitor
- NVIDIA 3D Vision kit for Windows Vista, 7 or 8
Optimum
- Windows: Vista, 7 or 8
- CPU: 3.4 GHz Multi-Core e.g. Intel Core i7
- RAM: 8GB
- Direct X: 11
- Graphics Card:
- NVIDIA GTX 690 / NVIDIA Titan
For 3D Vision Support:
- NVIDIA GTX 690
- 120Hz Monitor
- NVIDIA 3D Vision kit for Windows Vista, 7 or 8
Metro: Last Light is a first person shooter and the highly anticipated sequel to the extraordinary Metro 2033. In the year 2034, a nuclear war has turned the world into a post-apocalyptic wasteland. In Moscow, the tunnels of the Metro have become a new home for the former inhabitants of the city.
Within the catacombs, they fight for their survival, fending off hordes of hideous mutants born from the toxic atmosphere, as well as other factions desperate to take control of what little hospitable land remains.
As they fight, they also search for a doomsday device that could be the key to their victory. A civil war is inevitable. During these dark hours, the players will embody Artyom, and become the last light for all of mankind.
The plot of Metro: Last Light was written by Dmitry Glukhovsky, acclaimed author of the novel Metro 2033 which inspired the creation of both video games. Also, Glukhovsky is responsible for all dialogues in Metro: Last Light. Glukhovskys novels Metro 2033 and Metro 2034 have sold more than 2.000.000 copies worldwide.
In 2013, his latest book Metro 2035 will be also available outside of Russia. The film rights for Metro 2033 were bought by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), the movie is currently in development.
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