It's a big week for fans of Activision's hit annual franchise Call of Duty, as the latest game is now only days away from launching. Call of Duty Vanguard takes the franchise back to World War 2, the conflict that the massive franchise originally took place in before moving to the modern era. This time around, Call of Duty Vanguard focuses more on special forces than the typical frontline grunt, offering a look at allied soldier's on the four fronts of war: Eastern, Western, North African, and the Pacific.
This year's Call of Duty game is headed up by Sledgehammer Games, so the return to the World War 2 setting should be seamless as the developer's last game also took place during this time frame. However, one of Activision's support studios, Beenox, was placed in charge of the PC version of the title and making sure it takes advantage of a number of PC exclusive features which has been hilighted in the latest gameplay trailer.
In addition to new gameplay footage, the latest Call of Duty Vanguard PC trailer shows off plenty of exclusive technology users on that platform can utilize. Ultra wide aspect ratio is available for players who's system supports that as well as improved input latency, 4k graphics, and the ability to customize the performance. The game even supports Nvidia Deep Learning Super Sampling AI rendering technology and AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution.
In addition to highlighting PC features, Activision also released the official system requirements including minimum and recommended specs.
Operating System
- Minimum: Windows 10 64-bit (latest update)
- Recommended/Competitive/Ultra 4K: Windows 10 64-bit (latest update) or Windows 11 64-bit (latest update)
CPU
- Minimum: Intel Core i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300
- Recommended: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
- Competitive: Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
- Ultra 4K: Intel Core i9-9900K or AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
RAM
- Minimum: 8 GB
- Recommended: 12 GB
- Competitive/Ultra 4K: 16 GB
Storage Space**
- Minimum: 36 GB at launch (Multiplayer and Zombies only)
- Recommended/Competitive/Ultra 4K: 61 GB at launch
Hi-Rez Assets Cache
- Minimum/Recommended/Competitive: Up to 32 GB
- Ultra 4K: Up to 64 GB
- Hi-Rez Assets Cache is optional disk space that can be used to stream high resolution assets. That option can be turned off in the game's settings.
Video Card
- Minimum: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 470
- Recommended: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580
- Competitive: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070/RTX 3060 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700XT
- Ultra 4K: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Video Memory
- Minimum: 2 GB
- Recommended: 4 GB
- Competitive: 8 GB
- Ultra 4K: 10 GB
Recommended Drivers of NVIDIA/AMD
- NVIDIA: 472.12
- AMD: 21.9.1
While Call of Duty Vanguard officially launches on November 5, PC players who have already pre-ordered the game on Battle.net can get a jump start on the download process starting tomorrow. On November 2 at 10AM PT, the digital version of Call of Duty Vanguard can be preloaded ahead of launch. For those who don't opt to download during the preload window, Call of DUty Vanguard can be found under Partner Games from the Battle.net Launcher instead.
Players will have about a month to get familiar with Call of Duty Vanguard before Season 1 officially launches on December 2. Even still, Activision has been promoting Season 1 quite a bit, giving fans an early look at what to expect including an announcement of a remixed version of the fan favorite map Shipment being added later this month. Warzone is set to recieve a big shake up, moving players out of Verdansk and into a completely new Battle Royale map known as Caldera.
Call of Duty: Vanguard releases on November 5, 2021, for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Source: Call of Duty