NVIDIA has a mix of news to share for this week's GeForce NOW Thursday. Of course, there are a bunch of new PC games added to the cloud gaming library, between classics like Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow or Ultra Street Fighter IV and Street Fighter V and new releases like the MMORPG Pax Dei and the 'Multiplayer Online Dungeon Adventure' Fellowship, which is debuting in early access.
- Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow (New release on Ubisoft Connect, Oct. 14)
- Ball x Pit (New release on Steam and Xbox, available on PC Game Pass, Oct. 15)
- Escape from Duckov (New release on Steam, available on Oct. 16)
- Fellowship (New release on Steam, Oct. 16)
- Pax Dei (New release on Xbox, available on PC Game Pass; 1.0 release on Steam and Epic Games Store, Oct. 16)
- Amnesia: The Bunker (Epic Games Store, Free on Oct. 16-Oct. 23)
- Earth vs. Mars Demo (Steam)
- Street Fighter V (Steam)
- Ultra Street Fighter IV (Steam)
- Wobbly Life (Xbox, available on PC Game Pass)
Through the recently introduced Install-to-Play feature, premium subscribers can also now play many of the Steam Next Fest demos via cloud. A few examples include Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II, The Legend of Khiimori, The Oversight Bureau, Skate Story, and Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era.
Then there is the weekly progress update on the RTX 5080-class GeForce NOW server upgrades, with servers in Ashburn, Portland, Dallas, and London now powered by Blackwell. NVIDIA also added a new game, Remedy's Control, to the list of games that actually take advantage of the new RTX 5080-class hardware. You can find the complete list on this page.
Finally, there are some giveaways to look out for. First, GeForce NOW Ultimate users can now claim a free Golden Key for Borderlands 4 via the NVIDIA app. This giveaway will be available through November 16 while supplies last. They will, of course, also need a SHiFT account to redeem the code in the game.
Lastly, NVIDIA has partnered with SteelSeries to give away some Nimbus Cloud controllers and Arctis Nova 5 headsets through Thursday, October 30. Keep an eye on the official GeForce NOW X account to find out how to enter these giveaways.
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