THQ has revealed the official PC requirements for Darksiders 2. According to the publisher, PC gamers will need – at least – Windows XP, a Core 2 Duo Processor at 2.0Ghz, 2GB of RAM and an NVIDIA 9800 GT 512 MB Video Card or AMD equivalent. Darksiders 2 will also be a Steamworks title, meaning that players will need an Online Steam account in order to activate it.

Furthermore, THQ unveiled that the game will be not taking advantage of DX11 (but will run, overall, a bit faster on Windows 7) and that it makes use of multi-threading and will run better on a quad core over a dual core.

Darksiders 2 is currently planned for an August 21st release on PC, X360 and PS3.

And here are the game’s PC System Requirements:

Min Specs:

• OS – Windows XP, Windows Vista SP1 or Windows 7
• Processor – 2.0Ghz Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor or AMD equivalent
• RAM –2GB
• Hard Drive – 20 GB space free (10 GB free after install)
• Video Card – NVIDIA 9800 GT 512 MB Video Card or AMD equivalent
• Online Steam account

Recommended Specs:

• OS – Windows 7
• Processor – Any Quad-core AMD or Intel Processor
• RAM –2GB
• Hard Drive – 20 GB space free (10 GB free after install)
• Video Card – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 512MB Video Card or AMD equivalent
• Online Steam account

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