World of Warcraft: Cataclysm system requirements announced

World of Warcraft's apocalyptic expansion is coming, but is your machine powerful enough to render the destruction of Azeroth? Blizzard have released the system requirements for World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, so you can see how well your rig will run the game. Read on for the full system requirements.

Not too bad at all it seems, and very similar to the requirements for Wrath of the Lich King. The level of recommended 3D card is higher than the last expansion, probably to cope with new elements such as the lovely new water effects Cataclysm will introduce. As an aside, the mention of a "multi-button mouse with scroll wheel" immediately put me in mind of the most extravagant gaming mouse I've ever seen. it brings us one step closer to being able to play WoW with one hand while eating cake with the other.

Part of the UK team, Tom was with PC Gamer at the very beginning of the website's launch—first as a news writer, and then as online editor until his departure in 2020. His specialties are strategy games, action RPGs, hack ‘n slash games, digital card games… basically anything that he can fit on a hard drive. His final boss form is Deckard Cain.