Nvidia GeForce Now is Coming to Android Phones with RTX Servers
Nvidia has announced its GeForce Now will come to Android phones soon and more immediately the company has activated the first RTX servers for the game streaming service.
Nvidia Turing graphics cards like the RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 Super, have been blazing a trail for new levels for GPU performance and pushing the future of ray-traced graphics, and now streaming gamers will be able to take advantage of all that new power.
Nvidia GeForce Now is Coming to Android Phones with RTX Servers
Nvidia has announced its GeForce Now will come to Android phones soon and more immediately the company has activated the first RTX servers for the game streaming service.
Nvidia Turing graphics cards like the RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 Super, have been blazing a trail for new levels for GPU performance and pushing the future of ray-traced graphics, and now streaming gamers will be able to take advantage of all that new power.
Witcher 3 for Nintendo Switch Release Date Announced
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt complete edition's release date on the Nintendo Switch was revealed during Gamescom Opening Night Live. The well-loved port will be available this fall on October 15, 2019.
Watch The Witcher 3 for Switch announcement trailer below.
The Witcher 3 on the Nintendo Switch was previously revealed during Nintendo's 2019 E3 Direct. CD Projekt Red has said The Witcher 3 "still looks amazing" on Switch, and we know The Witcher 3 will run at 720p in docked mode.
Everspace 2 Announced
Everspace 2 has been announced at Gamescom 2019's Opening Night Live.
Not much was revealed about the sequel to the popular space combat game, but it is being developed by Rockfish Games and will release in 2021 on Xbox One, PS4, and PC.
For more on Gamescom, be sure to check out our Gamescom 2019 hub, and check out the whole show's schedule for a clue as to what else we might be hearing about this week.
Humankind: Endless Space Dev Announces New 4X Strategy
Amplitude Studios - creator of Endless Space and Endless Legend - has announced Humankind, a new 4X strategy game.
Announced during Gamescom Opening Night Live, the game will be published by Sega, and will see players micromanaging their way across the course of human history, from the Bronze Age through four separate eras.
Sega and Amplitude released a mysterious new trailer during the Opening Night Live show featuring a man playing electronic music in a space station orbiting Earth. The trailer then pans over the different eras of human civilization.
Humankind is coming out sometime in 2020.
For more on Gamescom, be sure to check out our Gamescom 2019 hub, and check out the whole show's schedule for a clue as to what else we might be hearing about this week.
Like Loot? You’re Going to Love Borderlands 3’s New Game Mode
We're in the home stretch of our IGN First coverage of Borderlands 3 for August 2019, and today we're bringing you a look at Borderlands 3's all-new game mode, 'Proving Grounds.'
Check out the video above and see Borderlands 3 Lead Level Designer Graeme Timmins take us through an overview of what Proving Grounds is, and what it means for you, the player.
In a nutshell, Proving Grounds is a fast way to kill a ton of enemies and score some seriously great loot. It's one of the many cool new features coming to Borderlands 3 when it releases September 13.
For more Borderlands, be sure to check out the first 14 minutes of Borderlands 3 and a look at four-player Borderlands 3 co-op.
Spec Ops: The Line Devs’ The Cycle Now Out in Early Access
Yager, the developers behind Spec Ops: The Line and more, announced its new game The Cycle is available in Early Access today at Gamescom 2019's Gamescom Opening Night Live press conference.
Described as "PvPvE," The Cycle is available to play via the Epic Game Store as a free download. Yager previously revealed The Cycle in 2018m, when Yager revealed the planet Fortuna 3 as the main location for the game, "a hostile, beautiful new world, full of resources, alien life, and other Prospectors looking to take its riches."
IGN's Spec Ops: The Line review said "The sum of Spec Ops’ unexpected story is an army shooter that makes killing people mean something."
Ion Fury Devs Take Back Decision to Remove Homophobic Content
Update: In a new post on Steam from Terminx – lead developer on Ion Fury – a joint statement was shared from both Voidpoint and 3D Realms, stating they will not be removing any homophobic content from Ion Fury, counteracting what was vocalized previously after the developers made transphobic and sexist remarks in their Discord channel.
The statement can be read below:
"Joint statement from Voidpoint and 3D Realms:
We’ve caused a recent controversy suggesting Ion Fury game content was to be censored.
We will absolutely NOT be censoring Ion Fury or any of our other games, now or in the future, including but not limited to by removing gags such as gaming’s most controversial facial wash.
Little Nightmares 2 Announced
Tarsier Studios has revealed Little Nightmares 2.
The sequel to the horror-themed platformer was announced during the opening night press conference at Gamescom 2019.
Little Nightmares 2 will focus on a new character, called Mono, as well as the original protagonist Six, as they venture into a place known as the Signal Tower which, according to Tarsier's Senior Narrative Designer Dave Mervik is "the center of the whole story."
Little Nightmares 2 is coming in 2020 to PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC.
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Kerbal Space Program 2 Announced
Kerbal Space Program 2 is coming for the Xbox One, PS4, and PC in 2020, but it won't be coming from the original developer.
Announced at Gamescom Opening Night Live, the new game will be supported by Squad, the first game's developer, but primary development is being handled by Star Theory (formerly Uber Entertainment, developer of Planetary Annihilation and Monday Night Combat).
For more on Gamescom, be sure to check out our Gamescom 2019 hub, and check out the whole show's schedule for a clue as to what else we might be hearing about this week.