Resident Evil Veronica
PC hardware build guide for Resident Evil Veronica — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for Capcom's RE Engine remake of Code: Veronica, due 2027. Specs estimated; official requirements pending.
PC Builds for Upcoming Games
Curated hardware builds at five price tiers — from a barely-qualifies potato to a no-ceiling flagship — published before launch so you're ready on day one.
Game Guides
Star Wars Zero Company
PC hardware build guide for Star Wars Zero Company — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for Respawn's turn-based tactics game, launching August 27, 2026.
Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
PC hardware build guide for Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for Asobo Studio's next Plague Tale entry, launching August 27, 2026. Specs estimated; official requirements pending.
1666: Amsterdam
PC hardware build guide for 1666: Amsterdam — recession, budget, mid-range, high-end, and no-limits rigs for Panache Digital's witchcraft action-adventure from Assassin's Creed creator Patrice Désilets, launching in Early Access on PC in 2026.
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis
PC hardware build guide for Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for Crystal Dynamics' Unreal Engine 5 reimagining, launching February 12, 2027.
Fable
PC hardware build guide for Fable — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for Playground Games' open-world action RPG launching February 23, 2027.
Resident Evil Requiem
PC hardware build guide for Resident Evil Requiem — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for Capcom's RE Engine survival horror, with notes on the Nvidia-only path-tracing mode.
Stranger than Heaven
PC hardware build guide for Stranger than Heaven — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for RGG Studio's new action-adventure saga, due January 2027. Specs estimated; official requirements pending.
Halo: Campaign Evolved
PC hardware build guide for Halo: Campaign Evolved — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for Halo Studios' ground-up Unreal Engine 5 remake of Halo: Combat Evolved, launching July 28, 2026.
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
PC hardware build guide for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced — budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for the rebuilt pirate RPG launching July 2026.
Gothic 1 Remake
PC hardware build guide for Gothic 1 Remake — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for Alkimia Interactive's Unreal Engine remake, where VRAM is the gating spec.
Crimson Desert
PC hardware build guide for Crimson Desert — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for Pearl Abyss' open-world action RPG.
Planet Zoo 2
PC hardware build guide for Planet Zoo 2 — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for Frontier's management sim, launching October 13, 2026.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse
PC hardware build guide for Castlevania: Belmont's Curse — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for Konami and Evil Empire's action game, launching October 14, 2026.
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve
PC hardware build guide for Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for Bandai Namco's Unreal Engine 5 aerial combat sequel.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
PC hardware build guide for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 — budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for Infinity Ward's next-gen-only multiplayer shooter launching October 2026.
Phantom Blade Zero
PC hardware build guide for Phantom Blade Zero — budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for the Wuxia action RPG launching October 2026.
The Outer Worlds 2
PC hardware build guide for The Outer Worlds 2 — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for Obsidian's Unreal Engine 5 RPG sequel.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer
PC hardware build guide for Star Wars: Galactic Racer — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for Fuse Games' podracing revival, launching October 6, 2026.
Gears of War: E-Day
PC hardware build guide for Gears of War: E-Day — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for The Coalition's Unreal Engine 5 prequel, launching October 6, 2026.
Grand Theft Auto VI
PC hardware build guide for GTA 6 — budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for Rockstar's open-world epic. Console launch November 2026, PC expected 2027.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV
PC hardware build guide for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for KING Art's 40K real-time strategy revival, launching September 17, 2026. Specs estimated; official requirements pending.
The Blood of Dawnwalker
PC hardware build guide for The Blood of Dawnwalker — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for the open-world dark fantasy RPG from the director of The Witcher 3.
Silent Hill: Townfall
PC hardware build guide for Silent Hill: Townfall — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for Konami's psychological horror entry, launching September 23, 2026.
Control: Resonant
PC hardware build guide for Control: Resonant — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for Remedy's Northlight Engine sequel with path tracing and DLSS 4.5, launching September 24, 2026.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
PC hardware build guide for Onimusha: Way of the Sword — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for Capcom's RE Engine action RPG launching September 4, 2026.
Final Fantasy VII Revelation
PC hardware build guide for Final Fantasy VII Revelation — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for the third and final part of Square Enix's FF7 Remake trilogy. Specs estimated; official requirements pending.
Alien: Isolation 2
PC hardware build guide for Alien: Isolation 2 — recession, budget, mid-range, and high-end rigs for Creative Assembly's survival horror sequel. Specs estimated; the game is in early development.
Current Builds
Recession Build — June 2026
~$920The closest thing to a potato that still technically qualifies — ~$920, the cheapest parts that clear minimum spec for every game on the site.
The 1% Build — June 2026
~$7434No price ceiling — ~$7,434 of the fastest silicon money can buy for 4K Ultra with path tracing and zero compromises.