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Ahead of Dying Light‘s release in January 2015, developer Techland has revealed the open-world zombie game’s PC requirements through an update to the game’s Steam product page.

Can your PC rig run the latest project from the creators of Dead Island? Check out the minimum and recommended specs below to find out.

Dying Light launches January 27, 2015 for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. The game was originally expected to arrive for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but those versions were recently canceled.

It’s been a big week for Dying Light news, as Techland has also revealed the game’s DLC pass, which will span three expansion packs.

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[UPDATE] As it turns out, Capcom isn’t quite ready to show off Street Fighter V. Just minutes after we published this story, Capcom set the Street Fighter V video to private. Expect a full announcement this weekend during PlayStation Experience.

Though the video is no longer available, NeoGAF users were able to capture some stills. You can see those in the gallery below.

The original story is below.

One of PlayStation Experience’s announcements has arrived a little early, as Capcom today posted a teaser trailer for Street Fighter V, coming exclusively to PlayStation 4 and PC.

The above teaser trailer was posted to Capcom’s YouTube channel this morning. We already know that Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono is in Las Vegas for PlayStation Experience, and now it appears we know why.

According to prior comments from Ono, Street Fighter V is still in the early stages of development. He also assures fans that the fighting game will not be “pay-to-win.”

The most recent core Street Fighter game was 2009’s Street Fighter IV for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.

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The upcoming console versions of Bethesda’s MMO The Elder Scrolls Online for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 have been pushed to 2015, director Matt Firor has announced. This is not much of a surprise, given Bethesda previously said that it could not guarantee their release by the end of 2014.

“As I’ve mentioned, we have been (and will continue to be) steadily working on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of ESO,” Firor said in a blog post. “They are playable and fun right now, but there’s still some work to do before we can set an official launch date.”

“First and foremost, we want to make sure that two of our most important systems still in development–the Justice and Champion Systems–are included in the console release,” he added. “Those two systems will introduce a huge amount of content to the game, and we know everyone is looking forward to the new types of gameplay they provide.”

Firor also stressed that the Xbox One and PS4 versions of The Elder Scrolls Online “are not just ports” of the existing PC and Mac editions, and as such, extra time is needed to ensure a solid experience.

“We have completely replaced the PC user interface with a console-specific UI designed from the ground-up with a controller and a living room play experience in mind,” Firor said. “We’ve also added voice chat and full integration with XBL and PSN. Expect to see lots of news about our console versions in early 2015.”

The console versions of The Elder Scrolls Online were initially expected to launch earlier this year alongside the PC/Mac edition, which arrived in April. However, in May, Bethesda announced a six-month delay. In an effort to “make it up to” fans holding out for the console version, Bethesda has revealed a special $20 upgrade offer–you can read more about it here.

For more, check out GameSpot’s The Elder Scrolls Online review.

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BioWare has revealed that the opening scenes in the recently-released Dragon Age: Inquisition were re-worked approximately seven times. BioWare creative director Mike Laidlaw, senior writer David Gaider, and actor Freddie Prinze Jr. discussed the scene and more at a storytelling lecture hosted by NYU Game Center, which is the Department of Game Design at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Speaking about his favourite scene in the game, Mike Laidlaw described the moments in which the player’s character first meets the character Chancellor Rockerick.

“That scene is one that we re-worked probably seven times over the course of the game,” Laidlaw said. In earlier versions of the scene, Cassandra was a lot more hostile towards the player. In other versions, Chancellor Roderick did not exist in the scene and had his role filled by Leliana. Other variations saw party members Varric and Solas more involved.

“It needed to setup that initial opposition… we needed the sense that people weren’t willing to step up and solve the problem… I remember one of my clearer pieces of direction that I said to David [Gaider] and his team was that we basically needed that guy that shuts down the Ghostbusters containment unit,” Laidlaw said. The lecture was live streamed and can be watched for a few days before the archive is deleted on NYU Game Center’s Twitch channel.

Thinking about whether to pick up Dragon Age: Inquisition? Check out GameSpot’s review and what other critics are saying.

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This week, Sony’s PlayStation turned 20. The original grey system launched in Japan back in December 1994, and through its ups and downs, the brand is still going strong. To commemorate the system’s anniversary, the GameSpot staff share some their standout PlayStation memories from across the various consoles.

Final Fantasy IX to the End

I lugged my PlayStation 2 with me everywhere before it finally died while I was in college. The last game I ever played on it was my third or fourth playthrough of Final Fantasy IX. I remember constantly cleaning out the system, cleaning the disc, switching cables, finagling with whatever I had to in order to get the console to work, just to finish FFIX one last time. And when the credits rolled, it died. It felt like I lost a beloved friend.

I’ve since replaced it, but that first piece of hardware saw me through my adolescence, numerous heartbreaks, the stress of getting into the best high school classes and THEN the best college. It was my companion, bringing me away from the cares of the world when I needed it most. — Alexa Ray Corriea

Snaaaaaaake!

Lame but true: During my first year of university, in 2002, I feared the dance floor. So when my housemates went out for the night, sometimes I would hang back and play a friend’s PS2. I probably would have regretted this more at the time had this social hang-up not led to all-nighters with Grand Theft Auto III and Metal Gear Solid 2. Both these games conjure beautiful memories, but the night I’ll never forget was my final stretch on Metal Gear.

I remember hearing the Colonel confessing his financial problems. I remember glimpsing at that skull overlaid on his face. I remember how he turned away from me. I remember hearing the rumours that my wife was having an affair. I remember the game becoming self aware, collapsing in on itself, presenting phoney game over screens with the words “Fission Mailed”. I remember freezing in my seat, awestruck, confused, legitimately paranoid. Each year that goes by, I look back on that breakdown with a sense of awe. It’s one of the bravest things a triple-A game could do, and considering how safe things have become, it’s something I don’t suspect we’ll see again. — Rob Crossley

To Midgar and Beyond

The first time I saw the PlayStation, I felt one emotion: incredible envy. For the longest time, Final Fantasy was synonymous with Nintendo consoles, and I bought a Nintendo 64 with the hope that the series might still come to the system that brought it so much initial acclaim. But that never happened. Instead, my first look at Final Fantasy VII, with it’s unbelievable (for the time) graphics and cinematics is the first game that made me question my unwavering devotion to Nintendo’s consoles.

We didn’t get an RPG on N64 until the mediocre Quest 64 a year later. Instead, I was forced to watch my favorite franchise get better and better with each iteration on PlayStation’s platform. When the PlayStation 2 came out, I finally succumbed to the other side in the console war. After being a Nintendo fanboy for so long, I never thought that the PlayStation 2 became the place where I spent the majority of my gaming time. And it all started with FFVII. –Justin Haywald

My Summer Vacation

I was a Nintendo kid growing up, and had limited exposure to anything PlayStation-related. One fond memory, however, was a trip my family took to the Outer Banks of North Carolina one year in my youth. We were excited to enjoy the beach and some lovely, sunny weather, but my father’s “poor weather” curse held true and it rained for a good portion of our trip. Thankfully, the house we rented for the week had a PlayStation 2, and boy we put it to good use. Tony Hawk and Spyro dominated the TV, with me and my brothers fighting over the controller–there was only one, as I recall. Thank you, PlayStation, for saving our vacation. — Eddie Makuch

Cleaning up Liberty City

In early 2002, at the age of 15, I couldn’t afford a PlayStation 2. However my good friend Sheamus was leaving town for a week and was happy with lending me his console for a few days. It came with a bunch of games, but one stood out from the crowd. The sequel to a series I had relished on PC, and it’s entry into an exciting new 3D era. I must have spent fifty hours that week driving around the streets of Liberty City. For me, the world of Grand Theft Auto 3 opened up entirely new avenues for games that I hadn’t considered before.

I’d wake up early before school just to spend one extra hour exploring the city, shooting up crooks and scurrying away from keystone cops. The PlayStation 2 didn’t just play host to some of the most influential games of that era, it was the shepherd of an incredibly important and daunting era in game design. It set the pace for the industry for a decade. And I made sure that by the summer I’d saved up enough pocket money to explore the future of gaming, and Liberty City, whenever I wanted. — Danny O’Dwyer

Bringing the Arcade Home

My first PlayStation was the PlayStation 2, a machine I coveted the moment I saw screens of the wonderful Tekken Tag Tournament. It looked absolutely stunning–the first time a home console (at least in my mind) had adequately replicated the visuals I’d seen at my local arcade. I remember making my mind up about buying one whilst on an overseas trip, and was eager to buy it at the airport back home the moment I landed. Back then, I was living in Australia, and the cost of a PS2 was close to A$800, a staggering amount of money to spend at a time when I wasn’t exactly rolling in the stuff. But hey, it could also play DVDs, which was the key selling point for justifying this extravagant purchase to my partner. The PS2 was easily worth every cent. — Randolph Ramsay

Kick! Punch! It’s All in the Mind!

Fighting games have always had a spot in my heart for sparking my foray into esports, and it all started with Tekken 2 on the PS1. My uncle was the one who introduced me to the game as a child, and I remember starting off as most kids do: button mashing. It soon occurred to me that specific button presses strung together formed combos and moves. I realised that pressing square multiple times started a punching combo. That triangle and circle was a grab. The realisation that fighting games were not random and had a strategic element was a powerful one, and it would shape how I went on to approach other games. — Zorine Te

It is Useless to Resist Us

From the shining dunes of Journey to the dark depths of Demon’s Souls, my PlayStation 3 has stirred, shocked, and satisfied my soul on many, many occasions. However, the force that spurred me to buy my first PlayStation system was the social pull of…Resistance 2? Yes, Sony’s shooter franchise is far from the first name in cooperative play, but the class-based action in this sequel was stellar. Rushing to ever-shifting objectives and cutting through your ferocious alien enemies required sharp reflexes and even sharper teamwork. The simple, interwoven dynamics captivated me as I reviewed the game, gripping my imagination so strongly that it was no longer enough to play in the office or on borrowed time at friend’s houses. I finally had the motivation–and the paying job–to join the PlayStation family. — Chris Watters

What are your own PlayStation memories? Let us know in the comments below!

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