Gamescom, held in Cologne, Germany, is the world’s biggest gaming expo, with over 320,000 visitors, 1,200 exhibitors, and 31,000 trade and media attendees. Gamers get to go hands-on with hundreds of upcoming games, watch exclusive live presentations, and grab a whole load of goodies. To kick Gamescom 2024 off in style, we’ve revealed that RTX technology is coming to 20 highly anticipated games, giving GeForce RTX users the definitive experience in each!
Additionally, we showed the future of gaming in Mecha BREAK, the first title to showcase NVIDIA ACE and digital human technologies, launched a new Star Wars™ Outlaws GPU and laptop bundle, celebrated the release of Black Myth: Wukong with full ray tracing and DLSS 3, made GeForce NOW even better, collaborated with MediaTek to bring G-SYNC to more gaming displays, and launched a new Game Ready Driver packed with optimizations for upcoming DLSS games that are on the top of gamers’ wish lists.
For a run down of all those announcements, read on, and be sure to click through to our dedicated articles for even more detail about each.
Over 600 RTX Games and Apps Released & 20 More Announced At Gamescom
In December we celebrated the release of over 500 RTX-enhanced games and apps. And now, we’ve already surpassed 600, as adoption of NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex and advanced ray-traced effects continues to accelerate!
RTX encompasses an ecosystem of technologies that make high-performance, high fidelity gaming a reality. Ray Tracing, powered by dedicated RT Cores, brings immersive and realistic lighting and reflections to games. NVIDIA DLSS, made possible by Tensor Cores, enables industry-leading AI graphics acceleration, capable of delivering up to 5 times faster performance in the most immersive games, such as Alan Wake 2, Black Myth: Wukong, Cyberpunk 2077, and Star Wars™ Outlaws.
RTX is also integrated in the world’s leading creative applications, accelerating workflows by orders of magnitude, powering exciting AI tools and enhancements, and enabling real-time ray-traced previews in apps that previously took hours to render even a single frame.
At Gamescom 2024, we announced 20 new RTX and DLSS integrations for Arena Breakout: Infinite, Avowed, Black State, Concord, Dragon Age™: The Veilguard, Dune: Awakening, Empire of the Ants, Eternal Strands, FINAL FANTASY XVI, FragPunk, Funko Fusion, Greedfall II: The Dying World, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle™, Killing Floor 3, Kingmakers, Mecha BREAK, Once Human, Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap, Retrieval, SPINE, Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, and Unawake.
Also, Black Myth: Wukong released with full ray tracing and DLSS 3, and we’ve launched a new Star Wars™ Outlaws GeForce RTX 40 Series bundle. There’s a new fully ray-traced and DLSS 3.5-accelerated Half-Life 2: An RTX Remix Project trailer to watch. And we’ve got new trailers and updates on RTX technology coming to Marvel Rivals and Wuthering Waves.
You can learn the specifics of each RTX integration in our Gamescom 2024 DLSS and RTX announcement article, and watch new RTX game trailers from Avowed, Black Myth: Wukong, Black State, Dragon Age™: The Veilguard, FragPunk, Half-Life 2: An RTX Remix Project, Marvel Rivals, Mecha BREAK, Once Human, SPINE, Unawake, and Wuthering Waves below.
ACE Technologies Showcased In First Game, Mecha BREAK
NVIDIA ACE is a revolutionary suite of digital human technologies that brings digital humans to life with generative AI. Since its debut at Computex 2023 in the Ramen Shop tech demo, ACE’s capabilities have evolved rapidly.
At Gamescom 2024, we announced our first digital human technologies on-device small language model improving the conversation abilities of game characters. We also announced that the first game to showcase these ACE and digital human technologies is Amazing Seasun Game’s Mecha BREAK, bringing its characters to life and providing a more dynamic and immersive gameplay experience on GeForce RTX AI PCs.
Mecha BREAK, developed by Amazing Seasun Games, a Kingsoft Corporation game subsidiary, has implemented the NVIDIA Nemotron-4 4B Instruct NIM running on-device in the first showcase of ACE-powered game interactions. Additionally, NVIDIA Audio2Face-3D NIM and Whisper, OpenAI’s automatic speech recognition model, provide facial animation and speech recognition running on device, while Elevenlabs powers the character’s voice through the cloud.
Mecha BREAK is a multiplayer mech game that allows players to choose from diverse mechs, customize appearances, and battle colossal war machines on treacherous terrain. In the ACE showcase demo, players can interact via natural language with game characters, most notably the player’s mechanic. Ask for advice on objectives, the ideal mech for the task, and more, before having their mech’s paint job quickly updated for maximum battlefield bling.
“We’re excited to showcase the power and potential of ACE NIMs in Mecha BREAK, using Audio2Face and NVIDIA Nemotron-4 4B Instruct to dramatically enhance in-game immersion,” said Kris Kwok, CEO of Amazing Seasun Games.
Mecha BREAK will launch in 2025, players can sign up for future playtests on the game’s Steam page. For a look at its action-packed gameplay enhanced with day one NVIDIA DLSS 3 support, check out our DLSS 3 gameplay reveal:
NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 & Full Ray Tracing Coming To Indiana Jones and the Great Circle™
Uncover one of history's greatest mysteries in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle™, launching December 9th from publisher Bethesda Softworks and MachineGames, in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games. Step into the shoes of Indiana Jones and embark on a single-player, narrative-driven journey that spans the globe during the height of the legendary archaeologist’s career.
On PC, make your adventures even more cinematic and immersive thanks to the inclusion of full ray tracing, which can be accelerated and further enhanced by NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 with Ray Reconstruction. From the hallowed halls of the Vatican and the sunken temples of Sukhothai to the pyramids of Egypt and the snowy peaks of the Himalayas, you’ll experience Indy’s adventure at top quality on GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs!
Learn more about this exciting partnership here.
Win A GPU & Indiana Jones and the Great Circle™ Backplate
To celebrate our technical partnership with Machine Games and Bethesda Softworks, we're giving away a GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Founders Edition graphics card with a custom Indiana Jones and the Great Circle backplate.
For a chance to win, head to the GeForce Facebook, Instagram or X pages on August 21st, follow the prompt, ensuring you include #GeForceSummer is included in your message. After the submission window closes on September 20 at 5:00 PM Pacific Time, we’ll randomly select one user to win. See the complete Terms & Conditions here.
Black Myth: Wukong Out Now With DLSS 3 & Full Ray Tracing
Embark on a thrilling journey through Chinese mythology in Black Myth: Wukong, the long-awaited, much-anticipated action role-playing game from Game Science, which is out now! As the Destined One, explore a vast and enchanting world filled with challenges and jaw-dropping wonders. Discover hidden truths behind ancient legends and unveil secrets of a glorious past, enhanced by full ray tracing and NVIDIA DLSS 3; use the power of the GeForce RTX 40 Series for an unparalleled PC experience.
NVIDIA has helped elevate Black Myth: Wukong’s graphics and technology to the highest levels. Lighting, effects and immersion are at their very best through the inclusion of realistic full ray tracing, otherwise referred to as path tracing. And the performance to enjoy and experience Black Myth: Wukong at the highest detail levels is delivered by AI powered DLSS 3.
Combined with the raw power of GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs, and their AI Tensor Cores and Ray Tracing Cores, PC gamers can marvel at Black Myth: Wukong immersive visuals, and tackle its challenging enemies at fast, responsive frame rates. With GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs, you can enjoy a zero-compromise experience in Black Myth: Wukong.
Full ray tracing is a demanding but highly accurate way to render light and its effect on a scene. This advanced ray tracing technique is used by visual effects artists to create film and TV graphics that are indistinguishable from reality, but until the arrival of GeForce RTX GPUs with RT Cores, and the AI-powered acceleration of NVIDIA DLSS, full ray tracing in real-time video games was impossible.
In Black Myth: Wukong full ray tracing increases the fidelity and quality of lighting, reflections and shadows. Reflections on water reflect all surrounding detail. Water caustics add further realism, accurately rendering the refraction and reflection of light. Particles are reflected, making battles more dynamic and exciting. Fully ray-traced lighting ensures lighting indoors and outdoors is pixel perfect, darkening areas where light is occluded or doesn’t reach, and realistically illuminating the world by bouncing light. And in concert with the lighting system, contact hardening and softening fully ray traced shadows are cast everywhere, rendering the smallest of shadows from leaves and pebbles, and those from geometry-rich buildings, the main character, and the gigantic bosses that must be overcome.
Head on over to our Black Myth: Wukong launch article to learn even more about the game’s fully ray-traced effects, to see how it performs on GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs using DLSS 3 with every setting maxed out. Be sure to also download our Black Myth: Wukong Game Ready Driver for the best possible day-1 experience.
GeForce NOW: Over 2,000 Games, New Releases Day-One & Automatic Xbox Sign-In
If you’re away from home, your PC isn’t up to the task of rendering high fidelity games at high frame rates, or you simply don’t own a modern PC or laptop, you can play the latest releases on NVIDIA GeForce NOW. Stream games you own from supported platforms, and with GeForce NOW Ultimate you can stream Black Myth: Wukong and other top RTX games with the same technologies present when gaming on GeForce RTX 40 Series PCs and laptops, including DLSS 3 and full ray tracing.
Stream GeForce NOW on iPhone, iPad, Android devices, web browsers, select LG and Samsung smart TVs, SHIELD TV, Macs, Chromebooks, and many other commonly owned gadgets, with controllers and PC accessories.
Each week, GeForce NOW elevates cloud gaming by bringing top-tier PC games and new updates to the cloud.
Starting today, members can stream Black Myth: Wukong with full ray tracing and DLSS 3, as well as the FINAL FANTASY XVI demo, which is enhanced with DLSS 3 and Reflex. These new day-one releases build upon recent milestones, such as added support for the automatic installation of over the top 25 CurseForge World of Warcraft Addons in the cloud, the launch of new data centers in Japan and Poland for even better gaming in-country and in surrounding territories, and the availability of over 2,000 games in the cloud.
Through our partnership with Microsoft, GeForce NOW introduced support for the Xbox platform last year. Gamers can enjoy more than 250 games purchased on the Microsoft or Xbox stores, and over 140 PC Games Pass titles.
Previously, Xbox account credentials were not saved between launches, requiring GeForce NOW users to enter their username and password on every PC Game Pass title launch. As of August 22nd, this will be a thing of the past. In the GeForce NOW app, link your Xbox profile and you’ll automatically be logged in each and every time. This joins the already-available Xbox game library sync feature, which allows members to sync their supported Xbox Game Pass and Microsoft Store games to their cloud streaming library.
To see what’s next for GeForce NOW, stay tuned to the NVIDIA GFN Thursday Blog, which announces weekly new releases each Thursday, deals and features.
Star Wars™ Outlaws Launches August 30th With Ray Tracing & DLSS 3.5 With Ray Reconstruction - Grab Our New Bundle To Prime Your System
On August 30th, or in early access on August 27th with the Gold Edition, the highly anticipated Star Wars™ Outlaws invites players to experience the Star Wars galaxy like never before, through an original story set between Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back™ and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi™.
Take on high-risk, high-reward missions as the galaxy’s most wanted in Star Wars™ Outlaws and marvel at iconic ray-traced Star Wars™ locations, enhanced with NVIDIA DLSS 3.5’s AI-powered graphics, using the power of the GeForce RTX 40 Series to deliver an unparalleled PC experience. And gain the upper hand in thrilling dogfights with The Empire thanks to NVIDIA Reflex and its unbeatable responsiveness.
Star Wars™ Outlaws is built using Massive Entertainment’s incredible Snowdrop Engine, enabling the developers to create an incredibly detailed Star Wars™ open world, with perfectly recreated ships and iconic locations, and stunning worlds for you to visit and experience.
As part of our collaboration, Star Wars™ Outlaws on PC is also being enhanced with NVIDIA RTX Dynamic Illumination (RTXDI), which complements the game’s ray-traced reflections and ray-traced global illumination, taking visuals to the next level.
RTXDI determines the most important light samples in Star Wars™ Outlaws to cast physically accurate ray-traced shadows. Performance remains fast thanks to RTXDI’s innovative design, and on GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs ray tracing gets even faster thanks to each card’s fourth generation, super fast Ray Tracing Cores.
To ensure ray-traced effects look their absolute best, and performance is super fast at the highest resolutions, Star Wars™ Outlaws also includes NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 with Ray Reconstruction.
This enhanced AI-powered neural renderer improves ray-traced image quality for all GeForce RTX GPUs by replacing hand-tuned denoisers with an NVIDIA supercomputer-trained AI network that generates higher-quality pixels in between sampled rays.
On GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs, NVIDIA DLSS 3.5, leveraging Super Resolution, Frame Generation and Ray Reconstruction, multiplies performance by an average of 4.4X at 4K, with RTXDI and all ray tracing options enabled, and every setting maxed out.
Additionally, GeForce gamers can activate NVIDIA Reflex in Star Wars™ Outlaws. This game changing technology reduces system latency on GeForce graphics cards and laptops so your actions occur quicker, giving you a competitive edge in multiplayer matches, and making single-player titles more responsive and enjoyable.
In Star Wars™ Outlaws, enabling Reflex with a few clicks sees system latency reduced by up to 31%, further improving the PC experience for GeForce gamers.
As part of our collaboration with Ubisoft, Massive Entertainment and Lucasfilm Games on Star Wars™ Outlaws, we’re today introducing a new Star Wars™ Outlaws GeForce RTX 40 Series Bundle, available until September 19th. Buyers of eligible products from select retailers and etailers, including GeForce RTX 4090, 4080 SUPER, 4080, 4070 Ti SUPER, 4070 Ti, 4070 SUPER and 4070 graphics cards and desktop PCs, and laptops with a GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, or RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, will receive a digital copy of the Standard Edition* (valued at $69.99) to play when released on August 30th and an exclusive Forest Commando Character Pack which gives Kay and Nix a complete set of camo gear, perfect for missions on lush forest worlds.
You’ll find eligible GPUs, desktops and laptops at numerous system builders and retailers worldwide. Head to the Star Wars™ Outlaws bundle homepage to see the complete list of participating partners in your country.
For more details about Star Wars™ Outlaws on PC, and our technological enhancements for GeForce RTX gamers, head on over to our bundle announcement article.
Collaboration With MediaTek Brings G-SYNC Display Technologies To More Gamers & Three G-SYNC Pulsar Monitors Announced
NVIDIA’s journey in display technology has been marked by relentless innovation - the launch of G-SYNC in 2013 eradicated stutter by harmonizing the monitor’s refresh rate with the GPU’s output, and that was just the beginning:
Announced at Gamescom, NVIDIA and MediaTek are working together to make the industry’s best gaming display technologies more accessible to gamers globally. The companies’ collaboration integrates the full suite of NVIDIA G-SYNC technologies into the world’s most popular scalers.
Integrating G-SYNC into MediaTek scalers eliminates the need for a separate G-SYNC module, streamlining the production process and reducing costs.
A highlight of this collaboration is the introduction of G-SYNC Pulsar, a new technology that offers 4x the effective motion clarity alongside a smooth and tear-free variable refresh rate (VRR) gaming experience.
G-SYNC Pulsar will debut on newly announced monitors, including the ASUS ROG Swift 360Hz PG27AQNR, Acer Predator XB273U F5 and AOC AGON PRO AG276QSG2. These 2560x1440 Pulsar monitors, expected later this year, feature 360Hz refresh rates and HDR support.
G-SYNC Pulsar stands as a testament to NVIDIA's unwavering commitment to innovation and redefining the boundaries of gaming technology, offering gamers a visual experience that is smoother, clearer, and more immersive than ever before. And our new collaboration with MediaTek allows for the creation of feature-rich G-SYNC monitors at a more affordable price, expanding the availability of these premium products to a broader audience.
Learn much more about Pulsar in our G-SYNC Pulsar announcement article, and stay tuned to GeForce.com for further updates regarding the availability of G-SYNC monitors with Pulsar.
Half-Life 2 RTX: An RTX Remix Project Unveils Remastered Nova Prospekt In New Trailer
Half-Life 2 RTX: An RTX Remix Project from Orbifold Studios is a community remaster of Valve’s classic game. Now boasting over 100 contributing artists, Orbifold Studios are today unveiling their remaster of the game’s Nova Prospekt level.
Using NVIDIA RTX Remix, Orbifold Studios are rebuilding materials with PBR properties, adding extra geometric detail via Valve’s Hammer editor, and leveraging NVIDIA technologies, including full ray tracing, DLSS 3.5 with Ray Reconstruction, Reflex, and RTX IO to deliver a fantastic experience for GeForce RTX gamers.
Orbifold Studios’ new trailer also reveals their remasters of Gordon’s revolver, shotgun and Overwatch Standard Issue Pulse Rifle, along with remasters of the Combine soldiers, and the Antlions. Players familiar with Nova Prospekt can also see the addition of new geometry and detail, leveraging the capabilities of modern PCs to increase realism and enable interplay with fully ray-traced lighting, shadows and effects.
Some of the newest remastered assets from Half-Life 2 RTX: An RTX Remix Project
If you want to help the team with development of their eagerly anticipated mod, head on over to the Half-Life 2 RTX: An RTX Remix Project website. If you simply want to see more from the game, check out previous trailers below, and stay tuned to GeForce.com for future updates.
New GeForce Game Ready Driver Available Now
Our latest GeForce Game Ready Driver is packed to the rafters with optimizations and day-1 support for brand new, blockbuster DLSS-equipped games that PC users can’t wait to get their hands on, including Black Myth: Wukong, Concord, FINAL FANTASY XVI, Star Wars™ Outlaws, and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
GeForce Game Ready Drivers deliver the best experience for your favorite PC games. They’re finely tuned in collaboration with developers and extensively tested across thousands of hardware configurations for maximum performance and reliability. Game Ready Drivers also allow you to optimize game settings in GeForce Experience with a single click, and empower you with the latest NVIDIA technologies.
Download and install our new Game Ready Driver from the Drivers tab of the NVIDIA app beta, GeForce Experience or GeForce.com, and head on over to our driver launch article to learn more.
For More Announcements…
Stay tuned to GeForce.com throughout 2024 to learn about new DLSS, RTX and Reflex game enhancements, new drivers, new features, new AI innovations, and new product launches.
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About Star Wars Outlaws
With development led by Massive Entertainment, Star Wars Outlaws will invite players to experience the Star Wars galaxy like never before through an original story set between Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back™ and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi™. As the Galactic Empire relentlessly pursues the final defeat of the Rebel Alliance, the criminal underworld thrives. Fans will play as cunning scoundrel Kay Vess and her loyal companion Nix, as they attempt one of the greatest heists the Outer Rim has ever seen. Seeking the means to start a new life, players will join Kay and Nix as they fight, steal, and outwit their way through the galaxy’s crime syndicates and join the galaxy’s most wanted.
Kay and Nix can turn any situation to their advantage: use stealth and gadgets to gain the upper hand, use Nix to distract and draw away enemies, or engage in blaster combat in tense situations throughout their journey. In order to pull off the ultimate heist, Kay and Nix will search for and join forces with a cast of outlaws, including battle-hardened droid ND-5. While stealing valuable goods, infiltrating secret locations, and outwitting enemies, they will need to carefully consider how their choices affect their status with each syndicate, as each move will influence Kay’s ever-changing reputation.
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