Where it runs
Resolution and frame rate: three published accounts
| Source | What it says |
|---|---|
| Xbox Wire and xbox.com | 4K resolution and up to 60fps, stated as covering both campaign and multiplayer. This is the line Xbox repeats across its own posts, including the 17 September gone-gold post. |
| Wikipedia, and GamingBolt's headline | 60fps in campaign with ray tracing enabled, and up to 120fps in multiplayer. The 120fps figure does not appear in any Xbox post we read. |
| Press Start's hands-on | Mentions a balanced console mode running at 40fps, and reports the preview build performing well across its visual modes. No Xbox post names console graphics modes; Vandal's review, played on Xbox Series X, lists 60, 40 and 30fps modes for the campaign. |
What the engine is doing
- Unreal Engine 5, built from scratch rather than carried forward: technical director Kate Rayner's line is that characters, enemies, weapons, animation, sound and the world were all rebuilt.
- MegaLights, Unreal's lighting system, is used for the dynamic lighting and shadows (Xbox Wire's June Direct write-up).
- On PC, hardware ray tracing covers reflections, shadows and global illumination (from the 17 September spec sheet).
- Ray tracing is not optional on PC: graphics cards without dedicated hardware ray tracing support are not supported at all.
- Upscaling is assumed at every PC tier, including minimum. Supported upscalers are NVIDIA DLSS 4.5, AMD FSR 4 and Intel XeSS 3.0.
PC requirements, as published on 17 September
| Minimum — 1080p 60fps, Medium | Recommended — 1440p 60fps+, High | Ultra — 4K 60fps+, Ultra | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Ryzen 5 2600X, or Core i7-6850K / i5-10400 | Ryzen 5 5600, or Core i5-11600K | Ryzen 7 7800X3D, or Core i7-14700K (TechSpot and Vandal; DSOGaming's transcription reads i5-14700K) |
| GPU | RTX 5050, RTX 2060, RX 6600, RX 9060 — DSOGaming also lists Intel Arc A580 | RTX 5060, RTX 3060 Ti, RX 6700 XT, RX 9060 XT — DSOGaming also lists Intel Arc B580 | RTX 5070 Ti, or RX 7900 XT |
| RAM | 12 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Storage | 115 GB SSD | 115 GB SSD | 115 GB SSD |
| Upscaling | Assumed | Assumed | Assumed |