Sony and Housemarque have confirmed the release date for the PC port of PS5's excellent shooter, Returnal. Long-rumoured but finally announced at the end of last year, the PC version of the game will release on 15th February, 2023.

The date comes from the above video, which also goes over some of the PC-specific bells and whistles the game will employ. For instance, support for NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR will allow you to enhance the frame rate without compromising resolution. Additionally, the ray tracing capabilities have been enhanced; on PS5, ray tracing was used to create realistic lighting and shadows, but on PC, this will go further will full ray-traced reflections. The PC version also supports Dolby Atmos for its 3D audio. Topping it all off is support for ultra-wide formats like 21:9 and 32:9.

As well as all that, the final PC specs for Returnal have been revealed, and they go against the reports about unusually high RAM requirements. Here they are:

Minimum Medium Recommended Epic Ray Tracing
AVG Performance 720P @ 60FPS 1080P @ 60FPS 1080P @ 60FPS 4K @ 60FPS 4K @ 60FPS
Graphics Settings Low Medium High Epic Epic
GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB)
AMD Radeon RX 580 (8 GB)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB)
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (6 GB)
NVIDIA RTX 2070 Super (8 GB)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12 GB)
NVIDIA RTX 3080 (10 GB)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (16 GB)
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti (12 GB)
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT (16 GB)
CPU Intel Core i5-6400 (4 core 2.7GHz)
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X (4 core 3.5GHz)
Intel Core i5-8400 (6 core 2.8GHz)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (6 core 3.4GHZ)
Intel i7-8700 (6 core 3.7 GHz)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X (8 core 3.7 GHz)
Intel i7-9700K (8 core 3.7 GHz)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (8 core 3.6 GHz)
Intel i9-11900K (8 core 3.5 GHz)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (12 core 3.7 GHz)
RAM 16 GB DDR4 16 GB DDR4 16 GB DDR4 32 GB DDR4 32 GB DDR4
OS Windows 10 64-bit (version 1903) Windows 10 64-bit (version 1903) Windows 10 64-bit (version 1903) Windows 10 64-bit (version 1903) Windows 10 64-bit (version 1903)
STORAGE 60 GB HDD
(SSD Recommended)
60 GB SSD 60 GB SSD 60 GB SSD 60 GB SSD

You can see more details via the PS Blog. Will you be playing Returnal on PC next month? Break the loop in the comments section below.

[source blog.playstation.com]