Total War: WARHAMMER has been delayed a month and the PC specs were announced

SEGA has announced via the official Total War Twitter that Total War: Warhammer will release on May 24th, a delay of around a month. Two reasons were given for the delay. One is the need to not rush things. The other is to ensure reviews can come out before launch. On the plus side, the recommended specs were released:

PC Minimum Specifications:

[Expected around 15-25 FPS on campaign map and in a 1v1, 20 units vs 20 units battle, default graphics preset set to “Low”]

• Operating System: Windows 7 64Bit
• Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 3.0Ghz
• RAM: 3GB*
• Hard Drive: 35 GB
• Video Card: (DirectX 11) AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB | NVIDIA GTS 450 1024MB | Intel HD4000 @720P

(*)PC integrated graphics chipsets require 4GB ram, e.g. Intel HD series

PC Recommended Specifications:

• [Expected around 45-55 FPS on campaign map and in a 1v1, 20 units vs 20 units battle, default graphics preset set to “High”]
• Operating System: Windows 7/8.1/10 64Bit
• Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4570 3.20GHz
• RAM: 8 GB
• Hard Drive: 35 GB
• Video Card: (DirectX 11) AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB @1080P

PC 60fps+ Specifications:

• [Expected 60 FPS+ on campaign map and in a 1v1, 20 units vs 20 units battle, default graphics preset set to “Ultra”]
• Operating System: Windows 7/8.1/10 64Bit
• Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K 4.0 GHz
• RAM: 8 GB
• Hard Drive: 35 GB
• Video Card: (DirectX 11) AMD Fury X or Nvidia GTX 980 @1080P

Bad news: We’re pushing the release date of Total War: WARHAMMER back a month, to 24 May 2016 pic.twitter.com/jj5aHNJ1Jr

— Total War (@totalwar) March 8, 2016