Penumbra: Overture
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Penumbra: Overture is the first in a series of episodic first-person adventure games developed by Swedish developer Frictional Games. It was originally intended as the first episode of a trilogy. With the announcement of the second episode, Penumbra: Black Plague, it was stated that the second game would be the final chapter. However, an expansion has been released since then: Penumbra: Requiem, technically giving the series a third chapter.
Penumbra: Overture System Requirements
 

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  • Processor: Intel Pentium 4 1.5GHz / AMD Athlon XP 1500+
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon X1600 or NVIDIA GeForce 310 512MB
  • System Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Storage: 1 GB Hard drive space
  • DirectX 9 Compatible Graphics Card
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Penumbra: Overture will require Radeon X1600 graphics card with a Pentium 4 1.5GHz or Athlon XP 1500+ processor to reach the recommended specs, achieving high graphics setting on 1080p. System memory required for Penumbra: Overture is 512 MB performance memory. Your graphics card will need to be capable of running DirectX 9. Recommended needs around a 11 year old PC to run.
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Genres: Action, Adventure, Puzzler, Shooter, Horror
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Penumbra: Overture PC Release Date:

30 Mar 2007

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Core i7-4770K 4-Core 3.5GHz
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