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Homefront specs and PC specific details announced

It must be spec day, as THQ announces PC specs for Homefront, plus PC-exclusive in-game features. Dedicated servers and LAN play for the WIN.

THQ has just announced the full range of PC specs for its upcoming future shooter, Homefront, and it's looking like it'll be able to run well on most Atomican machines. So let's cut to the chase...

Minimum Spec

Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7
Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 2.8GHz
2 GB RAM
Shader Model 3.0 graphics card with 256MB of memory
NVIDIA GeForce 7900GS or ATI Radeon 1900XT
10GB of free hard drive space

Recommended Spec

Windows Vista or Windows 7
Intel or AMD Quad Core 2 GHz+ CPU
2 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 260 or ATI Radeon 4850
10 GB of free hard drive space

NVIDIA 3D Vision Recommended Spec

3D Compatible NVIDIA GeForce 480/570 Series GPU
NVIDIA 3D Vision Kit
3D Vision-Ready Display
Intel Core i7 processor
2 GB RAM
Windows Vista or Windows 7
10GB of free hard drive space

Even that recommended spec looks well within the bounds of the average Atomic machine, based on last year's Atomican's Choice poll. But even more interesting than the specs are various PC-specific bits and bobs that PC gamers are going to get to play with.

First up, chopper control is going to be very interesting - rather than a one-control-scheme-fits-all approach, there'll be the option not only for 1st and 3rd person cockpit views, but also for three different control schemes based on user skill. Ace will deliver the best maneuverability, but will also be more complex, Veteran balances both aspects, while Rookie errs on the side of ease-of-use. There'll also be a practice mode so you can get used to vehicles outside of competitive play.

In other words, this is looking like the most PC-complete game we've seen released in years. Thankyou THQ, thankyou Kaos Studios, and thankyou Digital Extremes.

However, it's not all good news - sadly, the game's launch has been pushed back a week to March 17. But, frankly, it sounds worth waiting for.

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13 Comments

jdog Feb 3, 2011 12:32 PM	LAN play? OMG,OMG!!!!!! THANK YOU THQ AND INVOLVED!!! my first ever game which is worth pre-ordering.....
m_a_g_e Feb 3, 2011 1:10 PM	in shock A new release FPS that supports LAN?! Pre-ordering from EB for sure. This inclusion alone will see 6 people I know buying it.
Rage09 Feb 3, 2011 2:41 PM	I'm not really up to speed on the latest generation of gpus so where would my gtx295 stand in all these recommended spec things? :P
Hawkeye Feb 3, 2011 3:29 PM	Above recommended spec :)
nukejockey Feb 3, 2011 4:09 PM	Lan Play and Ded servers aren't going to make a shit game good or worth buying though. Not that I'm saying Homefront will be shit.
xBomx Feb 3, 2011 4:19 PM	frankly though, from the 16-bit era to present, i haven't come across a decent THQ distributed title.
Hawkeye Feb 3, 2011 4:28 PM	Ah, but I have played Homefront :) I like it.
GRiMEY Feb 3, 2011 5:02 PM	I must admit my initially low expectations for the game have been raised watching Hawkeye playing some single player in the office the other week.
Hawkeye Feb 3, 2011 5:09 PM	And that was just on 360! It's a tonne better on PC.
robzy Feb 4, 2011 12:54 AM	Nice.
GhostFaceKilla Feb 4, 2011 10:12 AM	@xBomx - were Company of Heroes and Dawn of War aberrations (just as examples)? Mmmmm. @Hawkeye - the game is looking interesting. I am hoping that the overall feel of the game is reasonably 'mature' - and by that I mean a decent storyline and decent gameplay and game design that enhances the story. I am cautiously optimistic ( and my 15 year old is surprisingly interested as well). On a nother note I am starting to regret my decision to not get a quad core CPU when I did my last build (12 months ago) opting instead for a dual core e8500, figuring that there wasnt much on the market that would necessitate the need for a quad. While I was correct to a degree I was only correct to a degree. The quad would have given me more future proofing (something I had stopped thinking about) because as it is the e8500 is posing a huge bottleneck on my system and is hobbling my GTX 480. Oh well lesson learnt. Dont skimp on the CPU. And think of the future.
Hawkeye Feb 4, 2011 10:53 AM	I think you'll be pleasantly surprised, GFK.
Krispy89 Feb 4, 2011 4:28 PM	I'm so glad that I bought a new AMD system this week, Homefront is going to run BEAUTIFULLY for me :)

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