Call Of Duty: WWII PC Beta Dates & Early System Requirements Revealed

Call Of Duty: WWII will officially host a PC beta, and, thanks to a new blog post from Sledgehammer Games, we know its dates and basic hardware requirements. The test will run Sept. 29 through Oct. 2 on Steam, and unlike the console Private Beta, this one will be open to the public.

According to the post, the beta is designed to stress gameplay systems and netcode to get more details about how they scale to a wider audience. Much like the console beta before it, feedback collected during the event will also be used to further optimize the game for its full release in November. As fans, it’s the first time most people will be able to go hands on with the PC build of the game.

Thankfully, those who want to try the game won’t need an exceptionally beefy PC to do so. While this threshold is still subject to change prior to the game’s official release date, here’s a general idea of the minimum system requirements that must be met to play on Sept. 29.

OS: Windows 7 64-Bit or later
CPU: Intel® Core™ i3 3225 or equivalent
RAM: 8 GB RAM
HDD: 25 GB HD space
Video: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660 @ 2 GB / AMD Radeon™ HD 7850 @ 2GB or better
DirectX: Version 11.0 compatible video card or equivalent
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

In general, that means this beta should run on any half-decent gaming PC released over the past few years. Oddly enough the post does not list any information with regard to the content the PC beta will include, but we’d expect it to be roughly similar to the Sept. 1 rollout on PS4 and Xbox One.

One other interesting note the source post reveals is that Call Of Duty: WWII’s PC port is being developed in collaboration between Raven Software as well as Sledgehammer Games. Most recently Raven is known for its work on Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered. Admittedly, that’s slightly concerning considering the PC port of the 2016 title has almost always been a horribly optimized mess. Hopefully with WWII’s main studio assisting on the job, those problems will be a lot less apparent in this 2017 title.

That being said, the fact that Activision has at least partially farmed the PC heavy lifting to another studio is yet another indication that the publisher seems to be putting less and less weight behind the PC adaptations of its most popular franchise. As shooters like Overwatch, Counter-Strike and Battlegrounds dominate the conversation on Windows, there’s no denying that this series has become a lot less relevant to the PC audience.

Call Of Duty: WWII comes to PS4, Xbox One and PC Nov. 3. The PC public beta begins Sept. 29.

What are your thoughts on Call Of Duty: WWII’s PC beta? Does it seem like an afterthought? Are you worried about its optimization? Tell us in the comments section!