XCOM: Enemy Unknown system specs revealed

2K Games has announced the system specs for developer Firaxis’ reboot of the classic strategy game, XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

Fortunately, the recommended requirements are fairly light, so players with low-end machines should be able to handle the game, provided their rig is a dual-core system.

The biggest stumbling block - at least for 24% of PC users - is that Windows XP will not be supported.

Minimum Requirements:

* OS: Windows Vista

• Software: Steam Client

• Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core

• Memory: 2 GB RAM

• Hard Drive: 20 GB free

• Video Memory: 256 MB

• Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT/ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT or greater

• Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Recommended Requirements:

* OS: Windows 7

• Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Athlon X2 2.7 GHz)

• Memory: 4 GB RAM

• Hard Drive: 20 GB free

• Video Memory: 512+ MB

• Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9000 series/ATI Radeon HD 3000 series or greater

• Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is due to be released on the 9th October 2012 on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.