Call of Duty Vanguard Beta Available for Download Now on All Platforms: PC Requirements & More

The new beta of Call of Duty: Vanguard is now available for download on all platforms. After a few weeks of waiting, the second weekend of the open beta of Call of Duty Vanguard is live now, from 16 September at 6 PM BST to Saturday 18 September at 6 PM BST:

• For PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 owners, the first two days of this weekend are Open Access. No pre-order is required.
• For those who own Xbox Series X or S, Xbox One, or PC through Battle.net, an early access period is required for the first two days of the Beta in which a pre-order or code will be required to play.
• Additionally, Xbox Series X and S owners, as well as Xbox One, will need an Xbox Live membership in order to play during the Beta.

The remainder of the Vanguard Beta, which runs from Saturday 18 September to Monday 20 September at the same time, will be available to all players on all platforms without any pre-order. Beenox has revealed the system requirements for the PC version of the Call of Duty: Vanguard beta, and they are as follows.

Call of Duty Vanguard – PC Beta Requirements

Minimum specs for the public beta:

• Operating System: Windows 10 64-Bit (1909 or later)
• CPU: Intel Core i5-2500k or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 2GB / GTX 1050Ti 4GB or AMD Radeon R9 380
• RAM: 8GB RAM
• HDD: 45GB of DISK space
• Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Sound Card: DirectX compatible
• Requires a DirectX 12 compatible system

Recommended specs for the public beta:

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit (Latest Service Pack)
• CPU: Intel Core i7-4770k or AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
• GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 8GB / GTX 1660 6GB or AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
• RAM: 16GB RAM
• HDD: 45GB of DISK space
• Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Sound Card: DirectX compatible
• Requires a DirectX 12 compatible system

Call of Duty Vanguard will be released this fall on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.