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WildStar

Critically acclaimed and now Free to Play, WildStar is a fantastical sci-fi MMO where you can join your friends or undertake your own epic adventures on the fabled planet Nexus! Servers for WildStar officially…

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WildStar is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Carbine Studios, released 3 June 2014 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What WildStar is

WildStar is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Carbine Studios and released in 2014. It was published by NCSOFT. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

WildStar was a massively multiplayer online role-playing game that was developed by Carbine Studios, published by NCSoft. It was unveiled on August 17, 2011, during Gamescom. WildStar was set in a fantasy/science fiction world on the fictional planet Nexus, where a mysterious and powerful race known as the Eldan have disappeared, leaving behind a wealth of technology and secrets for players to explore.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are science fiction. There are 142 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

WildStar holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 61% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel® Pentium® Core2 Duo 2.4 GHz, AMD Phenom™ X3 2.3 GHz, or better, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce® 8800 GT, ATI® Radeon® HD 4850, or better. 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 30GB. 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

WildStar launched on 3 June 2014, within three weeks of Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, Wolfenstein: The New Order and Transistor. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Watch Dogs, Mario Kart 8, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Transistor.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for WildStar yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

WildStar — frequently asked questions

When did WildStar come out?
WildStar was released on 3 June 2014 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for WildStar?
At minimum, WildStar needs Intel® Pentium® Core2 Duo 2.4 GHz, AMD Phenom™ X3 2.3 GHz, or better, 4 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce® 8800 GT, ATI® Radeon® HD 4850, or better graphics, 30 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is WildStar?
The PC version needs about 30 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("30 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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