GFN Thursday – GeForce NOW News & Updates For Thursday January 29th 2026

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GFN Thursday

Big news kicking off this week’s GFN Thursday. The native GeForce NOW app for Linux PC’s is now available in beta.

It will support Ubuntu 24.04 and later and will deliver a seamless cloud gaming experience to Linux desktops.

You can download the app HERE.

Also, if you’d like more information on the new GeForce NOW Linux app, then head HERE.

This Week’s New Games

It is a stacked week for new games coming to the GeForce NOW Library.

In total, 10 new games are being added. Among those are 7 new releases, and 5 titles are RTX 5080-Ready.

In the list, we have Prototype 1 & 2, which are being added to Ubisoft Connect. We also have the Xbox Store version of Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2, which is also available on Game Pass.


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One brand new release, that is also 5080-Ready, is Cairn, a survival climbing title that comes to us from The Game Bakers.

You can see the full list of new titles coming to GeForce NOW this week below:

  • The Midnight Walkers (New release on Steam, Jan. 28, GeForce RTX 5080-ready)
  • Cairn (New release on Steam, Jan. 29, GeForce RTX 5080-ready)
  • Prototype (New release on Ubisoft Connect, Jan. 29)
  • Prototype 2 (New release on Ubisoft Connect, Jan. 29)
  • Warhammer 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 (New release on Xbox, available on Game Pass, Jan. 29,
  • GeForce RTX 5080-ready)
  • Half Sword (New release on Steam, Jan.30, GeForce RTX 5080-ready)
  • Vampires: Bloodlord Rising (New release on Steam, Jan. 30, GeForce RTX 5080-ready)
  • The Bard’s Tale Trilogy (Steam and Xbox, available on Game Pass)
  • The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut (Steam and Xbox, available on Game Pass)
  • Total War: Three Kingdoms (Epic Games Store)
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Lee Reid

Lee is a Scottish video game enthusiast who is very passionate about (and a big believer in) cloud gaming. Lee also loves to chat about video games in general.

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