Here’s what you need to run Chivalry II – Closed Beta this weekend

Chivalry II’s Closed Beta is becoming available this weekend. Torn Banner Studios has released the game’s full PC system requirements on the Epic Games Store to prepare players for the first-person medieval combat game. 

Those who pre-order Chivalry II digitally will be able to access its weekend’s closed beta, which will be available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 and PC (through the Epic Games Store). This beta will be running from April 23rd at 10:30 AM ET (15:30 BST) until Monday, April 26th at 10:30 PM ET (Tuesday, April 27th at 3:30 AM BST).

Chivalry II’s Closed Beta will feature cross-play, allowing gamers on all platforms to play together online. At this time, the resolution/framerate targets of Chivalry II’s console versions are unknown, making it possible that some versions of the game may have competitive advantages over others due to higher framerates on certain systems. 

On PC, Chivalry II has relatively low PC system requirements, being playable on as little as an i3-4370 processor and graphics cards like Nvidia’s GTX 660 and AMD’s Radeon HD 7870. On the high-end, PC gamers are expected to use graphics cards like Nvidia’s GTX 1070 and AMD’s RX Vega 56. 

In Chivalry II, players will fight in 64-player medieval battles across huge sprawling maps with multi-stage objectives. Cross-play should help ensure that matches remain filled with large player counts regardless of your chosen platform, which is good news for this niche combat sim.