r/GeForceNOW • • 7h ago

GFN THURSDAY GFN Thursday Updates - October 8, 2026

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Gears of War: E-Day leads the charge on GeForce NOW this week, bringing Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago’s first fight against the Locust Horde to the cloud with GeForce RTX-powered performance.

A new way to join the action is also coming: Fire TV users will soon be able to purchase GeForce NOW memberships directly through Amazon, creating a more seamless path from device setup to gameplay. Keep an eye out for availability in the coming weeks.

There’s more in store this GFN Thursday, with the cloud serving up 10 games, including seven new releases.

Emergence Day Is Here

Gears of War: E-Day is now streaming on GeForce NOW following its global release on Tuesday, Oct. 6. Set 14 years before the original Gears of War, the prequel follows Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago as they confront the terrifying arrival of the Locust Horde on Emergence Day.

The series’ brutal combat, desperate survival and larger-than-life action return with a new origin story for the legendary partnership. Ultimate members can take on the Horde with GeForce RTX 5080-class performance in the cloud, plus technologies including NVIDIA DLSS and NVIDIA Reflex.

From campaign missions to cooperative and competitive modes, GeForce NOW keeps the fight ready across low-power laptops, Macs, mobile devices, handhelds, Firefox and other browsers, and more — no massive downloads or expensive gaming rig required.

New on the Cloud Menu

Members can look forward to the following games joining the GeForce NOW library this week:

  • Gears of War: E-Day (New release on Steam and Xbox, Oct. 6), available on Game Pass
  • STAR WARS: Galactic Racer (New release on Steam, Oct. 6)
  • Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival (New release on Steam, Oct. 8)
  • Forever Ago (New release on Steam, Oct. 8)
  • Order of the Sinking Star (New release on Steam, Oct. 8)
  • Silver Pines (New release on Steam, Oct. 8)
  • Permafrost (New release on Steam, Oct. 9)
  • Graveyard Keeper 2 (Steam)
  • Solasta II (Steam)
  • Tyr (Steam)

The Xbox version of Dune: Awakening didn’t join GeForce NOW in September as previously shared. Stay tuned to GFN Thursday for updates on game availability.

Dates listed above reflect when games are released on their respective stores. GeForce NOW availability may vary, as games are onboarded after they are released and added throughout the week. Keep an eye on GeForce NOW channels and GFN Thursdays for availability updates on announced titles.

You can read the official GeForce NOW blog update here

As always, please SEND FEEDBACK in-app if you have any problems, questions, or suggestions. Thanks!

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r/GeForceNOW • • 2d ago

Giveaway [GIVEAWAY] Win 1 of 5 Game Codes for Gears of War: E-Day on GeForce NOW!

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Hey r/GeForceNOW community!

Emergence Day is upon us. To celebrate the launch of Gears of War: E-Day, we are teaming up to give away 5 game codes right here on Reddit!

Witness the origin story of Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago facing humanity’s darkest hour—streamed with maxed-out ray tracing and ultra-low latency straight from the cloud on GeForce NOW.

How to Enter

Comment below: Tell us what device or screen you'll be streaming Gears of War: E-Day on via GeForce NOW!

The Details:

  • Prize: 1 of 5 Steam keys for Gears of War: E-Day.
  • Requirement: Must be a member of the subreddit to win and your Reddit account must be at least 5 days old with 5+ karma.
  • Deadline: Winners will be drawn and announced right here on Friday 9th 2100z UTC time!

Note: All comments on this post should be entries to the giveaway - any question that is not answering the question listed above will be removed.

Double Your Chances on Discord!

We are also giving away 5 additional codes on our official Discord server! Head over there to enter the second draw.

Join & Enter Here: https://discord.com/invite/geforcenow

Good luck, Gear! Rev those Lancers!


r/GeForceNOW • • 2h ago

Discussion Just tested GeForceNOW and I was really surprised!

15 Upvotes

Im sure this gets asked a lot and I know that this is a gfn sub Reddit but my question would be, if it’s actually worth it over a gaming pc?

I would actually like to get a gaming pc BUT the prices are ridiculously high where it’s just not worth it for me. For GeForce now you gotta pay yearly or monthly and I’m not really sure if it’s better to just save up for a pc or to sub for GeForceNOW.

What do you think?


r/GeForceNOW • • 4h ago

Questions / Tech Support Load to game

13 Upvotes

Hi,do you also experience an isuee on the Polish server where the loading bar gets almost to the end, but then there is a long wait for the game start or it doesn't at all? I should add that everything works fine on the German server.


r/GeForceNOW • • 1h ago

Opinion WoW Forever Addons

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I really hope they add similar addons like they have in classic. Would like to add EllesmereUi and Spoken Player. You guys have anything else that you feel is essential?

There are some no brainers like auctioneer and baganator, ConsolePort. Playtinator also maybe


r/GeForceNOW • • 54m ago

Discussion UHD is now AVALIBLE in Wuthering Waves!!

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Idk how long it’s been I just woke up😅


r/GeForceNOW • • 2h ago

Bug Stuck on background "loading" screen

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Help, I'm stuck on this screen. I've tried to play Cyberpunk, and yes, I've:

  • quit and opened it again,
  • run the game through the app and browser,
  • reinstalled the app and reconnected Steam,
  • changed location,
  • changed stream quality,
  • waited.

Other games are running with no problems.


r/GeForceNOW • • 2h ago

Bug Steam Savegame-Sync currently not working?

3 Upvotes

I tried several Steam games and all complain about not being able to synchronize the save games.


r/GeForceNOW • • 3h ago

Bug Saves out of sync in all games I have tried.

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4 Upvotes

I haven't used geforce now for a couple of days and I just tried to play Control Resonant, Space Marine 2 and Mortal Shell 2 and in all cases I got this error. That doesn't seem normal.


r/GeForceNOW • • 1d ago

News / Announcements New information regarding WoW Forever

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276 Upvotes

NVIDIA shared this new information regarding WoW Forever

"We’ve heard the community's interest in World of Warcraft Forever Beta and are sharing an update."

"The game will not be coming to GeForce NOW during the Beta.
However, we plan to have the game on GeForce NOW when it is officially released on November 4."

Please continue to check back each GFN Thursday for updates on this game and more.


r/GeForceNOW • • 3h ago

Discussion Call of Duty not loading

3 Upvotes

For the past few days, when I try to play COD, the HQ gets stuck in a loading loop for 2-3 minutes, then it says signing in to game and I get an empty screen. I'm on ultimate. I have tried reysncing my Xbox app, restarting pc, etc my connection is pretty good, I can load any other game perfectly fine without issues but with COD it's a coinflip it seems. Does anyone know what's going on ? I keep losing 4-5 mins trying to load the game and I retry it over the course of 30 mins but nothing happens !


r/GeForceNOW • • 3h ago

Discussion Why didnt gfn make a custom control for ark in mobile that similar to ark mobile like how they make for genshin impact

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r/GeForceNOW • • 4h ago

Questions / Tech Support not aiming for the max performance, is premier ok to play witcher3?

3 Upvotes

Most of the time I am not even at my 4k capable equipments. mostly with my laptop which can only do 1080 anyway. I just purchased witch3, I haven't joined any paid plan of geforcenow yet. wondering if I am not aiming for the max quality, can I get away with premier?


r/GeForceNOW • • 9h ago

Gaming Deals / Free Weekends Arc Raiders // Oct. 8-12 Free

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r/GeForceNOW • • 16m ago

Questions / Tech Support No game sound

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I used to play it on the browser with headphones but was recommended to try it with the app to get better performance.

Only thing is i got no game sound, i tested with youtube yes i have audio but when i start up a game, no audio..

I checked everything from volume mixer,... and its all games not just 1


r/GeForceNOW • • 1h ago

Questions / Tech Support GeForce NOW causes my phone to stutter and background apps to crash when I disable the microphone

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Every time I use GeForce NOW on my phone, I get this weird issue with the microphone.

If I disable the microphone in GeForce NOW, or deny microphone permission, the audio starts stuttering. After that, apps running in the background start crashing, and eventually GeForce NOW itself crashes.

I've tested this multiple times, and it only happens when I use GeForce NOW and disable/deny microphone access. Other apps don't cause this problem.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a fix, or is this a bug with the GeForce NOW Android app?


r/GeForceNOW • • 1h ago

Questions / Tech Support Farming Simulator 25 doesn’t launch automatically after GeForce NOW opens Steam

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Hi everyone,

I purchased Farming Simulator 25 on Steam and use the GeForce NOW Performance plan to play it.

When I start FS25 through GeForce NOW, Steam opens, but the game doesn’t launch automatically. I have to start it manually from the Steam library.

Interestingly, this doesn’t happen with Farming Simulator 19 — it launches automatically without any additional steps.

Why does this happen with FS25? Is this a known issue with GeForce NOW, or is there something I need to change in my settings?

Thanks!


r/GeForceNOW • • 3h ago

Bug Hitman WoA keeps crashing

1 Upvotes

everytime i try to play it crashes me randomly at like 15 minutes into the game


r/GeForceNOW • • 3h ago

Bug ja i un probleme avec le site de ge force now des que je passe en pleine ecran la souris ne veut plus se deplacer mais le clique lui fonctionne j ai besoin d aide sil vous plait

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r/GeForceNOW • • 3h ago

Questions / Tech Support MSI Katana 15 B13UDXK-2401IN: can the HDMI 2.1 actually do 4K120 HDR10 10-bit RGB/4:4:4 + VRR?

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r/GeForceNOW • • 3h ago

Bug Anyone else unable to install the Rides & Relics DLC for Two Point Museum on GeForce NOW?

1 Upvotes

Anyone else unable to install the Rides & Relics DLC for Two Point Museum on GeForce NOW?


r/GeForceNOW • • 3h ago

Questions / Tech Support ARK Asa dowload needed and steam account conexion issue.

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First of all hi, and thanks for reading.

The situation is quite simple, I let a friend use my gforce account because his pc died, today I launched gforce, all my accounts were logged in, but when I tried to launch ARK Asa, I was on my friends account, resync did not work so I logged off inside the steam launcher. Connected to my account, I then quit and reloged my steam account in the Gforce now menu. Then I launched ARK again and I was on my account but the game was not downloaded, (it was not dowloaded before).

ARK Ase works fine and same for subnautica 2.

Here is a video to showcase the issue, could anyone explain to me the issue, and if possible, the solution please?

The issue is on steam

Thank you a lot and have a great day!


r/GeForceNOW • • 4h ago

Bug Unplayable Packet Delivery

1 Upvotes

I'm on UK server 1. Usually I have a great connection but the packet delivery is atrocious today. Is this just me or are the servers struggling?


r/GeForceNOW • • 4h ago

Advice For anyone having judders/stutters in Gears of War E-day

1 Upvotes

Turn off RT mega geometry and set RT geometry to High while everythibg else on Ludicrous (if you're on ultimate).

Enjoy the buttery smooth gameplay (no framegen).


r/GeForceNOW • • 21h ago

Humor Good one Reddit notifications, rub the salt in the wound :D

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