DLSS Multiplies Performance In Fort Solis, Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle, SPRAWL & More

By Andrew Burnes on August 29, 2023 | Featured Stories GeForce RTX GPUs NVIDIA DLSS NVIDIA RTX

Each week, we bring you news of the latest DLSS and ray tracing integrations in games and apps.

Last week, we unveiled NVIDIA DLSS 3.5, which will make your games even more beautiful, immersive and realistic with the introduction of Ray Reconstruction, a new AI-powered technique that further improves the quality of ray tracing. Alan Wake 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Portal with RTX, Chaos Vantage, D5 Render, and NVIDIA Omniverse will all launch with or be updated to DLSS 3.5 this fall.

Additionally, we announced that NVIDIA DLSS 3’s AI-powered performance multiplication is coming to this fall’s biggest games, including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, PAYDAY 3, and Fortnite.

This week, we’re celebrating the release of Fort Solis with DLSS 3, and announcing that Delta Force: Hawk Ops and Project Mugen will launch with DLSS 3.

Also, Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle, F1Ⓡ Manager 2023, and SPRAWL are available now with DLSS 2. And there are new trailers from DLSS 3 titles, including Black Myth: Wukong, The First Descendant and Warhaven to watch.

For all the details, read on.

Delta Force: Hawk Ops Launching With DLSS 3

The classic Delta Force franchise is back in action thanks to TiMi Studio Group’s announcement of Delta Force: Hawk Ops.

 

Delta Force: Hawk Ops features an officially licensed Black Hawk Down campaign based on the movie, starring the film's characters and likenesses, with additional inspiration drawn from the 2003 Delta Force: Black Hawk Down game. Go online and you can also partake in two multiplayer modes - Hazard Operations is a tactical squad-based PvPvE extraction shooter, and Havoc Warfare sees players battling as part of large teams on massive maps, with authentic terrain, tanks and helicopters in an all-out war zone.

When Delta Force: Hawk Ops launches, PC players with GeForce RTX GPUs can accelerate performance with NVIDIA DLSS 3, for the very best experience possible. Stay tuned for more.

Fort Solis Available Now With DLSS 3

Responding to an unusual alarm from a remote Martian mining base, Jack arrives at the dark and desolate Fort Solis. With storm warnings imminent, he heads inside to make desperate contact. As the night grows longer, events escalate, spiral out of control and the mystery of what happened to the crew begins to reveal itself. Discover what happens next and try to survive the night in Fallen Leaf, Black Drakkar Games and Dear Villagers’ Fort Solis.

 

This Unreal Engine 5, Lumen-enhanced action-thriller boasts out of the box support for DLSS 3, and leverages NVIDIA’s generative AI Audio2Face technology to create facial animation from audio, which was further refined in industry-standard apps, dramatically reducing the development time and resources required to animate the game’s facial expressions.

Check it out now on Steam; in our testing, DLSS 3 multiplied frame rates by an average of 2.9X at 4K with all settings maxed out:

Black Myth: Wukong - New DLSS 3 Gameplay Trailer Released

Based on the well-known Monkey King mythology, and the 16th Century Journey To The West novel, the Unreal Engine 5-powered Black Myth: Wukong is at the top of many people’s wish lists thanks to the release of jaw-dropping trailers in recent years.

Now, a new DLSS 3 gameplay trailer has been unveiled, showcasing the latest advancements, gameplay features, and ever-improving graphics:

 

Also, check out the Black Myth: Wukong Gamescom Opening Night Live gameplay trailer, featuring NVIDIA DLSS 3:

 

Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle Available Today With DLSS 2

Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle is a third-person story-driven survival horror game from Invader Studios and Leonardo Interactive. Acting as a prequel to the critically acclaimed Daymare: 1998, you’ll step into the shoes of special agent Dalila Reyes, a former government spy now in the service of a unit called H.A.D.E.S. who’ve sent you into the most advanced experimental research center in the United States of America, where things have gone very wrong. Be careful, though, because in the darkness of the desolate, labyrinthine depths of the military research center there is something creepy and lethal awaiting you!

 

When Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle launches today, August 29th, GeForce RTX gamers can activate DLSS 2, enabling them to crank up the resolution and detail levels.

The First Descendant DLSS 3 Gamescom Trailer

Nexon Games’ The First Descendant is a free, third-person cooperative action-RPG shooter powered by Unreal Engine 5. Experience the fun of strategic boss fights through 4-player co-op, using an extensive range of unique characters, with exciting gunplay, and looting. Battle through the engrossing story, and tackle World Missions against huge bosses.

At launch, The First Descendant will feature NVIDIA DLSS 3, multiplying performance for GeForce RTX 40 Series gamers, and accelerating frame rates for all other GeForce RTX players via DLSS 2. Take a fresh look at the game in its new Gamescom trailer:

 

Project Mugen Will Launch With DLSS 3

Naked Rain, Thunder Fire Studio, and Netease’s Project Mugen is a free-to-play urban-themed open world RPG, where players will act as the investigator with the code name “Infinite Trigger” and explore the world. Here you will meet different partners and together deal with “Chaos”, the abnormal phenomena that threatens human safety. You can also enjoy a colorful urban life with characters, creating beautiful memories of your own.

Dive deep into the mysteries, explore the city life, and forge unforgettable memories with your companions. As players navigate through the game, and work to unlock the key to saving the world.

At launch, Project Mugen will support NVIDIA DLSS 3 - take a first look in the game’s debut trailer, powered by DLSS 3:

 

Warhaven Launches September 21st With DLSS 3, Watch The New Gamescom Trailer

On September 21st, enter battle in NEXON Korea’s Warhaven, a visceral 16 vs. 16 third-person medieval-fantasy combat action game created by the minds behind Durango: Wild Lands and Vindictus. Choose among a diverse roster of melee-weapon and magic-based combatants to storm battlegrounds as you see fit. Transform into powerful heroes called Immortals to wield supernatural skill sets, and experience team-based sword-and-magic gameplay like never before.

When Warhaven launches, performance can be accelerated to even greater heights with NVIDIA DLSS 3, and system latency can be reduced with NVIDIA Reflex. Watch a new DLSS 3-powered trailer from Gamescom below:

 

F1Ⓡ Manager 2023 DLSS 2 Update Available Today

Frontier Developments’ F1Ⓡ Manager 2023 enables players to manage today’s teams, vying for success in 2023’s championship and beyond, with the latest cars and new drivers represented, and featuring all six F1Ⓡ Sprint events and the Las Vegas Strip Circuit for the first time.

 

A new update launching today, August 29th, introduces support for DLSS 2, accelerating frame rates for GeForce RTX gamers during the all-important races.

SPRAWL Available Now With DLSS 2 & DLAA

MAETH and Rogue Games’ SPRAWL is a hardcore retro FPS set in an endless cyberpunk megalopolis. The golden age of humanity has ended, leaving behind a broken world. Now SEVEN, a disgraced special ops super soldier, must escape the walled city and take on the militarized government of the sprawl. Run through dark alleys and dilapidated apartments—surfaces compatible with your "icarus" cybernetic implant. Perform gravity defying acrobatic wall-running maneuvers, slow time, utilize a vast arsenal of weapons to fight the forces of the corporate government, and make your way towards the SPIRE to topple whatever lays within.  

 

SPRAWL features DLSS 2 to help gamers maximize performance, and DLAA for players who already have performant frame rates, who wish to maximize image quality and clarity.

Lunacy: Saint Rhodes Available Now With DLSS 2

Stormling Studios and Iceberg Interactive’s Lunacy: Saint Rhodes is a first-person psychological horror adventure game. Explore your dark family history, solve puzzles and experience a gut-wrenching feeling of terror. You are being watched; never alone, never safe.

 

GeForce RTX gamers playing Lunacy: Saint Rhodes can accelerate frame rates with DLSS 2.

Check Back Next Week For Even More RTX Games

Each week there are even more DLSS integrations arriving for an array of games. Check back next week for a rundown of the next DLSS and RTX games, and head here to see the complete list of over 330 DLSS-enhanced games and apps.