Middle-earth: Shadow of War


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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere title (Includes Xbox One version).
Steam

All versions require Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.^[1]

Name	Notes
Expansion Pass	Includes all DLCs (both nemesis and story expansions).
Story Expansion Pass	Includes the two story expansion DLCs.
4K Cinematic Pack	Free
High Resolution Texture Pack	Free. Must be installed to use Ultra textures.
Slaughter Tribe Nemesis Expansion	Adds a new tribe to the nemesis system.
Outlaw Tribe Nemesis Expansion	Adds a new tribe to the nemesis system.
The Blade of Galadriel Story Expansion	Adds a new story campaign.
The Desolation of Mordor Story Expansion	Adds a new story campaign.
Starter Bundle	Included a Silver War Chest, a Gold Loot Chest, and 100 Gold. Was removed from purchase May 8, 2018.^[2]

Replace video files
Download Intro Skip files Go to `<path-to-game>\game\interface\videos\legal` and replace the files.

System	Location
Microsoft Store
Steam	%LOCALAPPDATA%\WB Games\Shadow of War
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/356190/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

System	Location
Microsoft Store
Steam	%LOCALAPPDATA%\WB Games\Shadow of War\<user-id>_ShadowOfWar.sav
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/356190/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

The game keeps 5 backup saves named <user-id>_#_ShadowOfWar.sav.

The <user-id> for the Steam save is the SteamID3 of the account in hex format.

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud		Only the latest save `<user-id>_ShadowOfWar.sav` is backed up.
Xbox Cloud

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Middle Earth: Shadow of War (DX11).

Download and install both the Windows 7 Platform Update and Internet Explorer 11^[3]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

64-bit OS is required

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 SP1	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz AMD FX-4350 4.2 GHz	Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	6 GB	12 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	70 GB	110 GB (gold edition and all updates)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon RX 480 4 GB of VRAM

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/356190/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (356190) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

Developers

	Monolith Productions
Publishers
	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Engines
	Firebird Engine
Release dates
Windows	October 10, 2017