'Sniper Elite 3' Release Date: Minimum system requirements unveiled; Story goes back to Berlin

By Staff Writer

Mar 12 2015, 05:32 AM EDT

Bid goodbye to the closed, narrow, and linear maps of Sniper Elite 2, say hello to the vast open maps of Sniper Elite 3. The game's beautifully designed maps are not just for aesthetic purposes, but also give a new complex mechanic to the series: observe, plan, execute, and adapt. A feature fans and non-fans alike will surely love.

The latest installment in the award-winning series, Sniper Elite 3, switches the action from the ruins of Berlin seen in Sniper Elite 2 to the unforgiving and exotic terrains of North Africa. The scenery may have changed, but your role hasn't. Still you are sent behind Nazi lines to engage tactically, stealthily, or brutally Nazis, but this time Germany's infamous Afrika Korps

The game's open map feature gives a lot of freedom as to how you want to go about your missions. Whether your style is to shoot enemies at long-range like a good old fashioned sniper; sneaking closely for melee fatalities MTS Snake style; or popping in camps with your submachine gun Rambo style, the choice is yours. This gives a lot of playability options that will make want to play the game's 8 missions over and over without making it repetitive.

Other key features of the game include tense adversarial multiplayer, explosive co-op play, and award winning gun play.

Want to know if you can play the game? Here are the minimum system requirements to be able to run Sniper Elite 3 smoothly.

OS: Microsoft® Windows® Vista (Service Pack 2) or Windows® 7 (Service Pack 1) or Windows® 8 or Windows 8.1. Windows® XP is NOT supported.

Processor: Dual-core CPU with SSE3 (Intel® Pentium® D 3GHz / AMD Athlon^TM 64 X2 4200) or better

Memory: 2 GB RAM

Graphics: Microsoft® DirectX® 10.0 compatible graphics card with 256 MB of memory (NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 series / ATI Radeon^TM HD 3870) or better

DirectX: Version 11

Network: Broadband Internet connection

Hard Drive: 18 GB available space

Sound Card: Microsoft® DirectX® 10.0 compatible sound card or better

Additional Notes: Windows® XP is NOT supported. Ensure graphics and audio drivers are up to date.