Dead Island 2’s PC Requirements, Next-Gen Consoles 60fps, and No Crossplay

The long-awaited sequel to Dead Island will finally be released in a little over a week, and publisher Deep Silver and developer Dambuster Studios have now disclosed the minimum system requirements for playing the game. The standards are pretty onerous in a few key regards, but they are not overly onerous all things considered. With a Radeon RX 6800 XT or a GeForce RTX 2070, you will be able to play the game at Recommended 1080p/60 frames per second; but, you will require 16 gigabytes of RAM to do so. In the meanwhile, you’ll need a Radeon RX 6950 XT or a GeForce RTX 3090 in order to play the game at the Ultra settings with the maximum possible quality.

You can view the complete list of PC requirements for Dead Island 2, ranging from Minimum to Ultra, down below.

Minimum

• Resolution/FPS: 1080p/30fps
• CPU: AMD FX-9590 or Intel Core i7-7700HQ
• RAM: 10 GB
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 480 or GeForce GTX 1060
• Storage: 70 GB

Recommended

• Resolution/FPS: 1080p/60fps
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X or Intel Core i9 9900K
• RAM: 16 GB
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT or GeForce RTX 2070 Super
• Storage: 70 GB (SSD recommended)

High

• Resolution/FPS: 1440p/60fps
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X or Intel Core i5-12600KF
• RAM: 16 GB
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT or GeForce RTX 3070
• Storage: 70 GB (SSD recommended)

Ultra

• Resolution/FPS: 4K/60fps
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900 X or Intel Core i7-13700K
• RAM: 16 GB
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT or GeForce RTX 3090
• Storage: 70 GB (SSD recommended)

Though it should be noted that this is an Unreal Engine 4 game, so perhaps use some caution, fingers crossed for a nice PC port.

Along with the PC specifications, Deep Silver included a Q&A that included information about the console versions of Dead Island 2 and other topics. While specifics are still to come, it appears that the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions of Dead Island 2 will aim for 60 frames per second while the last-gen versions will be 30. While we’re talking about platforms, it appears that the game won’t enable crossplay. It’s a little disappointing because Dead Island 2’s main selling point appears to be co-op.

On April 21, Dead Island 2 will be available on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, and PS5. Here is all the information you require regarding the lengthy zombie video game.