Plus word on the usual PC bells and whistles.

Kojima Productions and Nixxes are readying the PC release of Death Stranding 2. Set for release on Steam and Epic on March 19, Death Stranding 2 will have plenty of PC specific enhancements. Of course, none of those will matter much if you cannot run the game to begin with. Thankfully, the newly released system requirements seem to be quite reasonable, covering a decent range of available hardware.

The requirements include information on the hardware needed to run at various graphical presets and resolutions. There are four different tiers of specs included here from Minimum, to Medium, High, and then Very High for those with the best hardware.

PC System Requirements

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Performance Enhancers

Death Stranding 2 on the PC will include the usual methods of increasing performance: Nvidia DLSS 4, AMD FSR 4, and Intel XESS 2. There are upscaling and frame generation options available "for all technologies." Of course, running at a native resolution is always an option, complete with native AA options.

Death Stranding 2 PC will include one additional upscaling method. For the first time, Pico will be available to try out. This is a "Progressive Image Compositor" that was developed by Guerrilla specifically for the Decima engine that Death Stranding 2 runs on. It's also the same upscaling technology that is used for Death Stranding 2 on PlayStation 5.

Pico is available to be used on all supported GPUs and "can be combined with the various options for frame generation offered in the game."

Ultrawide

Death Stranding 2 will be playable at all sorts of ultrawide resolutions on PC. All cutscenes were "crafted to be displayed in a 21:9 aspect ratio." Furthermore, the gameplay portions support 32:9 aspect ratios without issue.

Those playing on just basic ass widescreen can still experience the game as if they had an ultrawide monitor. You can enable widescreen aspect ratios in the display settings.

PlayStation 5 owners will get an update that will allow them to play at 21:9 ultrawide aspect ratios. This update should drop on the same day as the release of the PC version of the game.

PS5 Rewards on PC

Finally, there will be some PlayStation inspired cosmetics available on both PlayStation 5 and PC. There is a Porter Suit: Link and Patch: Link available to all PS5 owners via an update. The PC version will also have access to these items as a bonus for connecting to their PlayStation account.