Total War: Warhammer Delayed A Month, And Specs Include Frame Rate Targets

I have some bad news. Total War: Warhammer has been delayed until May 24. It was originally slated for an April 28 release. I guess May is the new November. There’s going to be a little something for everyone.

Why the delay? It gives Creative Assembly some extra time to make sure Total War: Warhammer is polished. Plus, they want reviewers to have plenty of time with the game.

Good news: This because we don’t want to rush it, and because we do want to make sure reviews come out before launch

— Total War (@totalwar) March 8, 2016

The delay is usually enough to get anyone’s attention, but it was the specs for Total War: Warhammer that did it for me. Besides the usual specs, Creative Assembly also tells us what kind of FPS we can expect at the different spec level. I haven’t seen this done before (let me know if I’m wrong), but I like it.

Here are the Minimum Specs.

– Expected around 15-25 FPS on campaign map and in a 1v1, 20 units vs 20 units battle, default graphics preset set to “Low”
– Operating System: Windows 7 64Bit
– Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 3.0Ghz
– RAM: 3GB*
– Hard Drive: 35 GB
– Video Card: (DirectX 11) AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB | NVIDIA GTS 450 1024MB | Intel HD4000 @720P
– (*)PC integrated graphics chipsets require 4GB ram, e.g. Intel HD series

And that’s why I have a GTX 970. Total War fans with a setup close to the Minimum Specs probably want to look into upgrading their PCs.

Here are the Recommended Specs.

– Expected around 45-55 FPS on campaign map and in a 1v1, 20 units vs 20 units battle, default graphics preset set to “High”
– Operating System: Windows 7/8.1/10 64Bit
– Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4570 3.20GHz
– RAM: 8 GB
– Hard Drive: 35 GB
-Video Card: (DirectX 11) AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB @1080P

I’m sure you can hit 60 frames per second if you adjust some of the graphics settings.

Here are the 60FPS+ Specs.

– Expected 60 FPS+ on campaign map and in a 1v1, 20 units vs 20 units battle, default graphics preset set to “Ultra”
– Operating System: Windows 7/8.1/10 64Bit
– Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K 4.0 GHz
– RAM: 8 GB
– Hard Drive: 35 GB
– Video Card: (DirectX 11) AMD Fury X or Nvidia GTX 980 @1080P

Creative Assembly also released the current graphics presets for Total War: Warhammer. The developer does note these presets could change before release date.

Yeah, I’ll be tweaking a couple of these to make sure I hit a steady 60 frames per second. What kind of FPS will your computer get?

A one month delay sucks, but I’m all for a developer getting more time to work on their game if they need it. Maybe the extra month means Warhammer won’t see a bumpy launch. The big problem is going to be figuring out how I’ll have any time to play most of the games coming in May.

Here are a couple of Total War: Warhammer videos to keep your mind off the delay. Last week, Creative Assembly gave us a look at the Dwarfs Campaign.

And Azhag’s Quest Battle.