The Call of Duty battle royale beta is here for a good time, not a long time. Here are the Blackout system requirements.
The Call of Duty battle royale beta is here for a good time, not a long time. Here are the Blackout system requirements.
Published
on
By
The Call of Duty battle royale beta is here for a good time, not a long time. Here are the Blackout system requirements.
The premise for Blackout – Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII’s very own battle royale mode – is pretty simple: what if PUBG, but with buttery smooth Call of Duty gameplay?
It’s a fair question. While Team Thumbsticks is still firmly of the belief that PUBG is the best battle royale game, it’s hard to argue that a bit more polish wouldn’t go amiss. To be fair to PUBG Corp. they are working on their ‘fix PUBG ‘ campaign as we speak, but in a crowded market, competitors need a USP.
In Fortnite’s case, that was to make it child-friendly, which is all sorts of unsettling when you think about it. For others, it’s to co-opt other elements, like Overwatch -style classes or magical spells, or in the case of Radical Heights, to make it straight-up terrible in the pursuit of the 80s nostalgia zeitgiest.
For the other big players in the first-person shooter market, Activision and EA, that’s to lean into their strengths. For Battlefield’s upcoming Firestorm mode, that’s vehicular nonsense and beautiful graphics (with a 64-player limit; we love a bit of good programmer logic) and for Call of Duty’s Blackout? That means slick movement and very, very rapid gunplay.
But just what PC will you need to get in on the Call of Duty: Blackout beta?
And to be honest, it runs just fine on the GTX 1050 Ti-equipped laptop we have in for review at the moment, so the requirements seem as reasonable as they appear. Worth noting that these aren’t officially the system requirements for the final Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII release, but they’ll serve as a decent guide.
You can begin pre-loading the Blackout beta now via the battle.net launcher, with the wider beta kicking off at 10am PT today, September 15th (that’s 6pm BST) and running through until 10am PT (6pm BST) on September 17th.
We’ve already tried it – and we’ll have some thoughts in due course – and will probably be dipping in again over the weekend, so we’ll see you on the battlegrounds battlefield blackout… place?
If you like what we do and want to support free, quality games writing, then please consider supporting us via Patreon, buying us a coffee, or subscribing to our newsletter .
Tom is an itinerant freelance technology writer who found a home as an Editor with Thumbsticks. Powered by coffee, RPGs, and local co-op.
What are the Forza Horizon 4 system requirements?
What are the Shadow of the Tomb Raider system requirements?
What are the Monster Hunter: World system requirements?
Call of Duty boss on lack of single-player: “We’re telling stories differently”
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 revealed, no single player mode
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has no single-player campaign, sources say
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *
Comment
Name *
Email *
Website
Here’s the full lineup of new PlayStation Store video games coming to the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita next week.
Published
on
By
Here’s the full lineup of new PlayStation Store games coming to the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita next week.
There are 22 new video games coming to the PlayStation Store in the next week. Or should that be 29?
Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle was first revealed on Thursday’s Nintendo Direct, and is a compilation of seven classic arcade fighters including Final Fight, Captain Commando, B attle Circuit, Knights of the Round, Warriors of Fate, Armored Warriors, and The King of Dragons. Each game features online co-op, adjustable gameplay settings, and a wealth of archive design materials.
Another compilation on the way is Scribblenauts Mega Pack, which bundles together both Scribblenauts Unmasked, and Unlimited .
Other PlayStation Store releases include The Gardens Between, a surreal puzzle adventure, from The Voxel Agents, and Transference, a psychological thriller from Elijah Woods’ SpectreVision studio.
And move aside FIFA and PES, the biggest showdown in sport takes place this week with a fish-off between Legendary Fishing, and Fishing Sim World. It’s not our plaice to say which is the better game.
Here’s the full lineup of PlayStation Store releases.
Visit our new releases page for weekly updates on every game coming to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.
If you like what we do and want to support free, quality games writing, then please consider supporting us via Patreon, buying us a coffee, or subscribing to our newsletter .
Orchestral music from long-running MMORPG, RuneScape, is out now on digital formats, and coming to vinyl and CD later this year.
Published
on
By
Orchestral music from long-running MMORPG, RuneScape, is out now on digital formats, and coming to vinyl and CD later this year.
Jagex has announced that music from RuneScape – and Old School RuneScape – is now available for the first time via a partnership with game music specialists, Laced Records.
Two albums – RuneScape: The Orchestral Collection, and RuneScape: Original Soundtrack Classics – are available digitally from today, and will be released on CD and double vinyl in December.
The Orchestral Collection features brand new compositions and arrangements from award-winning composer, James Hannigan, and is performed by The Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra. The Original Soundtrack Classics album takes a more nostalgic approach, and features music from the early days of the game.
Pre-ordering the vinyl versions of each soundtrack will immediately unlock access to the digital editions.
Also available today are two digital-only releases: The Arc, and Menaphos. They are the first in a series of themed RuneScape collections to be released in the coming months.
Guy Pearce, director of brand and creative production at Jagex, says:
“The community has been telling us for a long time that RuneScape ’s music is, for many, the soundtrack to their youth and that they would like it to be more easily available. So, we’re thrilled to be able to make original, current and classical versions of some of their favourite tracks available for them to listen to where, when and how they want.”
Here’s a track from The Orchestral Collection Abbey Road sessions: The Road to Harmony.
If successful, the series could certainly run for some time. RuneScape currently holds the Guinness World Record for the most original pieces of music in a video game, with nearly 1200 individual tracks listed as of July 2017.
Head over to the Laced Records website to find out more.
If you like what we do and want to support free, quality games writing, then please consider supporting us via Patreon, buying us a coffee, or subscribing to our newsletter .
