GFN Thursday: GeForce NOW on Linux

Get able to sport — the native GeForce NOW app for Linux PCs is now obtainable in beta, letting Linux desktops faucet instantly into GeForce RTX efficiency from the cloud.

Alongside the enlargement comes ten new video games, together with The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut and The Bard’s Tale Trilogy for a leveled-up gaming weekend.

And operators can squad up in Team Jade’s Delta Force when it deploys within the cloud on February 3, bringing high-stakes tactical motion to just about any gadget with no downloads required.

Linux Just Got RTX

Gaming on Linux simply received a significant RTX improve.

Starting with assist for Ubuntu 24.04 and later, the brand new app delivers a seamless native expertise that matches proper into Linux desktop workflows. It transforms suitable Linux programs into high-performance GeForce RTX-powered rigs, streaming supported PC titles instantly from the cloud at as much as 5K decision  and 120 frames per second, or 1080p at 360 fps.

This new desktop-focused app goes past the sooner Linux expertise that was tuned particularly for Steam Decks, which focused handheld-friendly resolutions and as much as 1200p at 90 fps. The beta Linux app is constructed for PCs and notebooks, providing an expertise just like the prevailing GeForce NOW app on Windows and macOS.

With GeForce NOW, rendering occurs within the cloud, so demanding titles run on a wider vary of gadgets. Experience how RTX applied sciences — together with ray tracing, NVIDIA DLSS 4 and extra — deliver video games to life with RTX 5080 efficiency from the cloud.

Linux PCs and gadgets be a part of the GeForce NOW native app household that additionally helps Windows, macOS, Chromebooks, cellular gadgets, good TVs and extra — unlocking versatile, on-demand gaming wherever.

Download the app at present.

For extra particulars, take a look at all data base articles on the GeForce NOW Linux beta app here.

A Tale of the Cloud

Adventure calls twice with two legendary journeys from inXile leisure full of wit, marvel and some well-placed lute solos.

Get able to sing, slash and swindle by the wild world of Caith in The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut. This dungeon-crawling role-playing sport serves up intelligent puzzles, tactical turn-based battles and a hearty serving to of bardic humor. Whether belting out battle tunes or charming foes into submission, players can take pleasure in an journey that’s by no means sounded this good.

Plus, step again to the place the saga started with The Bard’s Tale Trilogy. This remastered assortment revives the basic, old-school dungeon crawling and tongue-in-cheek allure that began all of it — now with smoother gameplay and polished visuals. It’s nostalgia wrapped in pure fantasy enjoyable.

Hot off the Cloud

Cairn is a survival-climbing journey from The Game Bakers that pushes professional climber Aava up the unforgiving face of Mount Kami, a sheer big that nobody has ever managed to summit. Realistic climbing programs, useful resource administration and route-planning flip every wall right into a tense, puzzle-like problem — mixing simulation element with atmospheric storytelling.

In addition, members can search for the next:

• The Midnight Walkers (New launch on Steam, Jan. 28, GeForce RTX 5080-ready)
• Cairn (New launch on Steam, Jan. 29, GeForce RTX 5080-ready)
• Prototype (New launch on Ubisoft Connect, Jan. 29)
• Prototype 2 (New launch on Ubisoft Connect, Jan. 29)
• Warhammer 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 (New launch on Xbox, obtainable on Game Pass, Jan. 29, GeForce RTX 5080-ready)
• Half Sword (New launch on Steam, Jan.30, GeForce RTX 5080-ready)
• Vampires: Bloodlord Rising (New launch on Steam, Jan. 30, GeForce RTX 5080-ready)
• The Bard’s Tale Trilogy (Steam and Xbox, obtainable on Game Pass)
• The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut (Steam and Xbox, obtainable on Game Pass)
• Total War: Three Kingdoms (Epic Games Store)

What are you planning to play this weekend? Let us know on X or within the feedback under.

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