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Dreadnought

Players take command of massive capital ships in the sky within the title’s core competitive and cooperative multiplayer suite and its episodic, single-player, story-driven campaign. Distinguished by a range…

73 1 August 2017

Dreadnought is a shooter developed by Yager Development, released 1 August 2017 on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Dreadnought is

Dreadnought is a shooter game developed by Yager Development and released in 2017. It was published by Grey Box. It is available on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Dreadnought was a combat flight simulation game developed by Six Foot and Yager Development, and published by Grey Box. Following a closed beta phase, the game was released for PlayStation 4 in December 2017, followed by a release for Microsoft Windows in October 2018.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. Available modes: Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) and Multiplayer. There are 33 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Dreadnought holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 2 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for AMD Phenom II X2 series 3.0GHz / Intel Core 2 Duo E7000 series 2.6GHz, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GTX 450 / AMD HD 5750 / Intel Iris Pro 6200. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 25GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Dreadnought launched on 1 August 2017, within three weeks of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy and Sonic Mania. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Sonic Mania.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Dreadnought — frequently asked questions

When did Dreadnought come out?
Dreadnought was released on 1 August 2017 for PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Dreadnought?
At minimum, Dreadnought needs AMD Phenom II X2 series 3.0GHz / Intel Core 2 Duo E7000 series 2.6GHz, 4 GB RAM, NVIDIA GTX 450 / AMD HD 5750 / Intel Iris Pro 6200 graphics, 25 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Dreadnought?
The PC version needs about 25 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("25 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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