DLSS & RTX in more games, new look at Half-Life 2 RTX, and more | Tech Tips
NVIDIA has a lot to showcase at the ongoing Gamescom event. The brand noted there were now over 600 RTX games and apps, followed by an announcement that 20 new games would be adding DLSS and RTX technologies. Further, it also showcased Mecha BREAK, the first game to feature the NVIDIA ACE suite of technologies. Further, it also launched the Star Wars Outlaws GeForce RTX 40 Series Bundle alongside GeForce Game Ready Drivers for Black Myth: Wukong and Star Wars Outlaws. Further, we got a new look at Half-Life 2 RTX: An RTX Remix. This time, we got a better look at the Nova Prospekt level from the game. Finally, NVIDIA also announced a collaboration with MediaTek to make G-SYNC technology available to more gamers.
New DLSS and RTX games
Gamers will now be able to experience NVIDIAs DLSS and RTX technologies in 20 new titles. This includes the likes of Black Myth: Wukong, Star Wars Outlaws, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Dune: Awakening, and Final Fantasy XVI.
Other upcoming titles with DLSS 3 and Reflex include:
- Arena Breakout: Infinite
- Black State
- Concord
- FragPunk
- Marvel Rivals
- Killing Floor 3
- Mecha BREAK
- Avowed
- Eternal Strands
- Greedfall II: The Dying World
- Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
- Retrieval
- Unawake
- SPINE
- Once Human
- Wuthering Waves
- Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown
- Empire of the Ants
- Kingmakers
A new look at Half-Life 2 RTX: An RTX Remix Project
Gamers also got a new look at the ongoing Half-Life 2 RTX: An RTX Remix Project from Orbifold Studios. This is a community remaster one of the greatest FPS games ever made and now has over 100 contributing artists. The new video showcased Nova Prospekt, one of the most iconic levels of the game. Orbifold Studios uses NVIDIA RTX Remix to rebuild materials with PBR properties while adding extra geometric details via Valve’s Hammer Editor. The game will offer full ray tracing, DLSS 3.5 with Ray Reconstruction, Reflex and RTX IO.
NVIDIA ACE suite of technologies showcased
NVIDIA showcased its ACE suite of digital human technologies at Gamescom 2024 through the upcoming title Mecha BREAK. The new multiplayer mech game is developed by Amazing Season Games and uses NVIDIA Acer for more realistic characters and more dynamic gameplay.
Further, developer and publisher Perfect World Games is also advancing the ACE engine to better interact with gamers. The Legends tech demo showed the character Yun Ni seeing gamers and identifying people and objects in the real world via the computer’s camera that ChatGPT-4o powers.
NVIDIA collaborates with MediaTek
NVIDIA also announced that it would be partnering with MediaTek to make its G-SYNC technologies more accessible to gamers. The brand announced that the full suite of G-SYNC technologies would be integrated into popular display scalers. This would remove the need for a separate G-SYNC module, thereby streamlining the production process and reducing costs. Further, NVIDIA also introduced G-SYNC Pulsar, which promises four times the effective motion clarity alongside VRR. This technology will be introduced on new monitors like ASUS ROG Swift 360Hz PG27AQNR, Acer Predator XB273U F5 and AOC AGON PRO AG276QSG2.
