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Microsoft has revealed the next set of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in February.
Starting on February 18, Xbox Game Pass subscribers can stream, download and play the likes of Code Vein on PC, Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire – Ultimate Edition on console and via the Cloud, and Wreckfest on PC, console and Cloud.
Of course, they’ll have to do so on a device that’s significantly less powerful. The Series S has the same eight-core AMD Zen 2 CPU as the Series X, but it runs at a 200MHz deficit. It also has 10GB of GDDR6 RAM against the Series X’s 16GB. Where the Series X has a 12 teraflop GPU running at 1.825GHz, the Series S has a weedy-sounding 4 teraflop GPU running at just 1.55Ghz. That GPU has just 20 RDNA2 compute units, too, where the Series X GPU has 52.
How on Earth can it play the same games then? Well, where the Series X is designed to play them at native 4K resolutions at 60 to 120fps, the Series S targets a maximum 1440p at 60fps. And in the real world, rather than the world of console specs, that often means 1080p at 60fps or even 1080p at 30fps. If you’re a paid-up member of the benchmark-obsessed PC gaming massive you’ll regard this as the stuff of nightmares, but if games look great and play well at 1080p on Series S, does it really matter?
Ghost of a Tale, a medieval RPG with a cast of mice and other animals, kicks things off on PC on Feb. 4. Also arriving that day to Android, Xbox, and PC is the multiplayer survival game
Project Winter, where stranded players must work together or backstab each other in order to survive. The last title coming on Feb. 4 to Android, Xbox, and PC is
The Falconeer, an open air combat game where you ride a giant falcon. Caw!
Later this month on Feb. 11,
Wolfenstein
: Youngblood, the follow up to
Wolfenstein II, will finally arrive on Android after previously being available via Game Pass on Xbox and PC.
February 2021 Free Games for PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live Gold
February 2021 free games for PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live Gold
Sony and Microsoft have both announced the slate of February 2021 free games that will be available to subscribing PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members.
This month’s PlayStation lineup is all about creativity. Dazzle the crowds with creative chaos in the vehicular combat of
Destruction AllStars, available on PlayStation Plus until Monday, April 5. Then, showcase your artistic side with some magical portraiture in
Concrete Genie (this game also includes two additional modes built especially for PS VR), and get inventive with supernatural abilities in order to save your skin in
Nvidia s Latest Patch Prepares Your PC For The Medium
The driver also adds support for the recently released Max-Q RTX 30-series line, including some new features.
Nvidia has released its latest Game Ready Driver for both desktop and laptop GPUs, with support for Bloober Team s The Medium.
The latest driver ensures the best performance for The Medium when it launches later this week on PC, including support for its ray tracing and DLSS features. The Medium is also launching on Xbox Series X and Series S, and will be available on Xbox Games Pass across PC and console.
In tandem with support for The Medium, the latest driver also launches alongside the first RTX 30-series powered laptops. Nvidia announced Max-Q designs for the RTX 3080, 3070, and 3060 earlier this year, with some of the first laptops with the chips launching today and through early February.