Bioware, the developers of the upcoming RPG Dragon Age: The Veilguard, shared a new blog post to outline the full specifications and preload times of the game. Previously, the developers had been on hand to spotlight various systems, including Progression & Accessibility.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard releases worldwide on October 31st, with the precise launch time to be found in the image above. The game won’t include any 3rd party DRM (such as Denuvo) on any platform. The lack of DRM means that there will be no preload period for PC players.
- Xbox Series X|S: October 14th 9AM PDT
- Playstation 5: October 29th 9AM PDT
- PC: No preload, the game will be downloadable and playable on launch day October 31st, 9AM PDT
In addition to the previously revealed minimum & recommended specs, the team also shared precise PC specifications for such settings as Ray Tracing on and Ray Tracing off. For consoles (Playstation 5 & Xbox Series X|S), there will be fidelity and performance modes, targeting 30 and 60 FPS respectively. Dragon Age: The Veilguard will also be specifically enhanced for PlayStation 5 Pro.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard – PC System Requirements:
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: 64-bit Windows 10/11
- Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 3 3300X* (see notes)
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970/1650 / AMD Radeon R9 290X
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 100 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD Preferred, HDD Supported; AMD CPUs on Windows 11 require AGESA V2 1.2.0.7
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: 64-bit Windows 10/11
- Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 3 3300X* (see notes)
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 2070 / AMD Radeon RX 5700XT
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 100 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD Required; AMD CPUs on Windows 11 require AGESA V2 1.2.0.7