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The required PC specs for Hellblade 2: Senua's Saga have been revealed and it looks like you'll need a beefy machine to have it running well.
The game is a graphical showcase, but will only run at 30fps on Xbox Series X/S consoles. On PC this can be increased, but you'll need to use DLSS 3, FSR 3, or XESS 1.3 to achieve this.
At the least, all players will require 70GB of SSD storage and 16GB of system RAM.
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