GFN Thursday: Gears of War: E-Day Leads 10 New Games

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Gears of War: E-Day is streaming on GeForce NOW following its global release on Tuesday, Oct. 6. The prequel is set 14 years before the original Gears of War and follows Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago on Emergence Day. Ultimate members get GeForce RTX 5080-class performance with NVIDIA DLSS and NVIDIA Reflex.

NVIDIA also says Fire TV users will soon be able to buy GeForce NOW memberships directly through Amazon, with availability expected in the coming weeks. Ten games join this week, seven of them new releases.

New on GeForce NOW this week (10 games)

Gears of War: E-Day

Release: Oct. 6 (new release)Store: Steam and Xbox · Available on Game Pass

The origin story of the Gears of War series, set on Emergence Day.

Image: NVIDIA · Description: Steam store page

STAR WARS: Galactic Racer

Release: Oct. 6 (new release)Store: Steam

A runs-based racing game set in the Outer Rim after the fall of the Empire, built around an underground racing circuit called the Galactic League.

Image: Steam · Description: Steam store page

Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival

Release: Oct. 8 (new release)Store: Steam

A first-person action horror survival game in the Hellraiser series, where you use the Genesis Configuration puzzle box to survive a bargain with Pinhead.

Image: Steam · Description: Steam store page

Forever Ago

Release: Oct. 8 (new release)Store: Steam

A single-player road trip adventure in which Alfred travels north in search of redemption after a tragedy.

Image: Steam · Description: Steam store page

Order of the Sinking Star

Release: Oct. 8 (new release)Store: Steam

A puzzle adventure from director Jonathan Blow (Braid, The Witness) with over 1,000 interconnected, hand-crafted puzzles and multiple playable heroes.

Image: Steam · Description: Steam store page

Silver Pines

Release: Oct. 8 (new release)Store: Steam

A survival horror metroidvania set in small-town America, with combat, puzzles and scarce resources to manage.

Image: Steam · Description: Steam store page

Permafrost

Release: Oct. 9 (new release)Store: Steam

A story-driven survival sandbox in a frozen, post-apocalyptic open world, playable solo or in co-op with up to four players.

Image: Steam · Description: Steam store page

Graveyard Keeper 2

Release: Available nowStore: Steam

The sequel to the medieval cemetery sim: restore the town, manage the graveyard, automate production and lead an undead army.

Image: Steam · Description: Steam store page

Solasta II

Release: Available nowStore: Steam

A turn-based tactical RPG based on the SRD 5.2 ruleset, in which your party faces a dark force led by Shadwyn in the land of Neokos.

Image: Steam · Description: Steam store page

Tyr

Release: Available nowStore: Steam

A multiplayer team tank shooter with heavy-armored vehicles that each have unique abilities and can be upgraded.

Image: Steam · Description: Steam store page

NVIDIA notes that the Xbox version of Dune: Awakening did not join GeForce NOW in September as previously announced.

Dates are store release dates. NVIDIA notes that games are added to GeForce NOW after release, throughout the week.

That's this week's GeForce NOW lineup. Thanks for reading.

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Source: NVIDIA GFN Thursday blog. Game images and descriptions: NVIDIA and the official Steam and Microsoft Store pages, as credited on each game.

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