GFN Thursday: ‘Farming Simulator 25’

Grab a pitchfork and fire up the tractor — the fields of GeForce NOW are about to get a whole lot greener with Farming Simulator 25.

Whether looking for a time-traveling adventure, cozy games or epic action, GeForce NOW has something for everyone with over 2,000 games in its cloud library. Nine titles arrive this week, including the new 4X historical grand strategy game Ara: History Untold from Oxide Games and Xbox Game Studios.

And in this season of giving, GeForce NOW will offer members new rewards and more this month. This week, GeForce NOW is spreading cheer with a new reward for members that’s sure to delight Throne and Liberty fans. Get ready to add a dash of mischief and a sprinkle of wealth to the epic adventures in the sprawling world of this massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

Plus, the NVIDIA app is officially released for download this week. GeForce users can use it to access GeForce NOW to play their games with RTX performance when they’re away from their gaming rigs or don’t want to wait around for their games to update and patch.

A Cloud Gaming Bounty

Get ready to plow the fields and tend to crops anywhere with GeForce NOW.

Farming Simulator 25 from Giants Software launched in the cloud for members to stream, bringing a host of new features and improvements — including the introduction of rice as a crop type, complete with specialized machinery and techniques for planting, flooding fields and harvesting.

This expansion into rice farming is accompanied by a new Asian-themed map that offers players a lush landscape filled with picturesque rice paddies to cultivate. The game will also include two other diverse environments: a spacious North American setting and a scenic Central European location, allowing farmers to build their agricultural empires in varied terrains. Don’t forget about the addition of water buffaloes and goats, as well as the introduction of animal offspring for a new layer of depth to farm management.

Be the cream of the crop streaming with a Performance or Ultimate membership. Performance members get up to 1440p 60 frames per second and Ultimate streams at up to 4K and 120 fps for the most incredible levels of realism and variety. Whether tackling agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry single-handedly or together with friends in cooperative multiplayer mode, experience farming life like never before with GeForce NOW.

Mischief Managed

Whether new to the game or a seasoned adventurer, GeForce NOW members can claim a special PC-exclusive reward to use in Amazon Games’ hit title Throne and Liberty. The reward includes 200 Ornate Coins and a PC-exclusive mischievous youngster named Gneiss Amitoi that will enhance the Throne and Liberty journey as members forge alliances, wage epic battles and uncover hidden treasures.

Ornate Coins allow players to acquire morphs for animal shapeshifting, autonomous pets named Amitois, exclusive cosmetic items, experience boosters and inventory expansions. Gneiss Youngster Amitoi is a toddler-aged prankster that randomly targets players and non-playable characters with its tricks. While some of its mischief can be mean-spirited, it just wants attention, and will pout and roll back to its adventurer’s side if ignored, adding an entertaining dynamic to the journey through the world of Throne and Liberty.

Members who’ve opted in to GeForce NOW’s Rewards program can check their email for instructions on how to redeem the reward. Ultimate and Performance members can start redeeming the reward today, while free members will be able to claim it starting tomorrow, Nov. 15. It’s available through Tuesday, Dec. 10, first come, first served.

Rewriting History

Explore, build, lead and conquer a nation in Ara: History Untold, where every choice will shape the world and define a player’s legacy. It’s now available for GeForce NOW members to stream.

Ara: History Untold offers a fresh take on 4X historical grand strategy games. Players will prove their worth by guiding their citizens through history to the pinnacles of human achievement. Explore new lands, develop arts and culture, and engage in diplomacy — or combat — with other nations, before ultimately claiming the mantle of the greatest nation of all time.

Members can craft their own unique story of triumph and achievement by streaming the game across devices from the cloud. GeForce NOW Performance and Ultimate members can enjoy longer gaming sessions and faster access to servers than free users, perfect for crafting sprawling empires and engaging in complex diplomacy without worrying about local hardware limitations.

New Games Are Knocking

GeForce NOW brings the new Wuthering Waves update “When the Night Knocks” for members this week. Version 1.4 brings a wealth of new content, including two new Resonators, Camellya and Lumi, along with powerful new weapons, including the five-star Red Spring and the four-star event weapon Somnoire Anchor. Dive into the Somnoire Adventure Event, Somnium Labyrinth, and enjoy a variety of log-in rewards, combat challenges and exploration activities. The update also includes Camellya’s companion story, a new Phantom Echo and introduces the exciting Weapon Projection feature.

Members can look for the following games available to stream in the cloud this week:

• Farming Simulator 25 (New release on Steam, Nov. 12)
• Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age (New release on Steam, Nov. 12)
• Industry Giant 4.0 (New release Steam, Nov. 15)
• Ara: History Untold (Steam and Xbox, available on PC Game Pass)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (Steam and Battle.net)
• Call of Duty: Vanguard (Steam and Battle.net)
• Magicraft (Steam)
• Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (Steam and Xbox, available on PC Game Pass)
• Spyro Reignited Trilogy (Steam and Xbox, available on PC Game Pass)

What are you planning to play this weekend? Let us know on X or in the comments below.

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