NVIDIA Announces "Two Times The Adventure" Game Bundle

[btarunr]

NVIDIA announced its latest game bundle for buyers of its GeForce GTX 900 series graphics products. Called "Two Times the Adventure" bundle, it includes two of the year's most anticipated PC titles - "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt," and "Batman: Arkham Knight." New buyers of GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970 graphics cards, from participating retailers, will receive game coupons to both the games, which can be redeemed on Steam. New buyers of GeForce GTX 960, and notebooks with GeForce GTX 980M and GTX 970M, will receive game codes to just "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt."

Codes for both games, if activated on Steam before their launch dates, will count as pre-orders, so you can pre-load and start playing on the launch dates. Both games come with NVIDIA's GameWorks varnish, which enables a few GeForce-exclusive eye-candy, such as HairWorks (GPU-accelerated hair effects) in The Witcher 3, PhysX-accelerated destruction and cloth effects, and HBAO+ in both games. The Witcher 3 releases on May 19, and Batman: Arkham Knight on June 23.



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[TheGuruStud]

They must be a little worried about 390x sales potential.

I wonder if they still have moles at AMD (notice nothing happened to nvidia when they were caught).

 

[Casecutter]

Seems pre-emptive. I would've thought this wasn't need for top teir parts, and would be smart to grab the mainstreamers that might still be sitting on the fence. But yea, they can't give away two new "Top Gamework title's" to the normal crowd.

That's just marketing and seeing as you get the Witcher 3 with a lowly 960, I'd say it's spread across the 900 range well enough.

Edit: True enough I forgot they have Witcher 3 for the 960's. All such games in the vain of marketing are appreciated I didn’t mean to make it a bad thing.

 

[the54thvoid]

What....? Shock horror.

Nvidia works with devs and wants to reward (lure) buyers of the top tier money spinners by offering said games for free. That's just marketing and seeing as you get the Witcher 3 with a lowly 960, I'd say it's spread across the 900 range well enough. I don't think they're scared of the 390 sales prospects, just doing the standard PR gimmick of buy card, get game. But as it's Nvidia let's not say anything positive....

 

[TheGuruStud]

What....? Shock horror.

Nvidia works with devs and wants to reward (lure) buyers of the top tier money spinners by offering said games for free. That's just marketing and seeing as you get the Witcher 3 with a lowly 960, I'd say it's spread across the 900 range well enough. I don't think they're scared of the 390 sales prospects, just doing the standard PR gimmick of buy card, get game. But as it's Nvidia let's not say anything positive....

It's the timing. They're trying to push cards now instead of 1-2 mo from now. The games aren't even that close to being released. That's the give-away.

 

[the54thvoid]

It's the timing. They're trying to push cards now instead of 1-2 mo from now. The games aren't even that close to being released. That's the give-away.

I think the leaks about a 980Ti have done more to damage 980 sales and the imminent supposed release of a 390X has always been perceived as a cause for hesitation before buying at this time. I figure if anything, the games are a carrot, rather than a stick.

That being said, I wont touch a Nvidia card until I've seen the 390X performance. And then if it's not as good as I hope, I can't buy that knowing a 980ti might be in the wings. It's never ending.

All I know is that at £900, I wont touch a Titan X. Unless the 390X is the same price (and not as good)

Oooh, interesting Summer ahead.

 

[Mals]

So the Titan I bought.. I get nothing? boooooooo

 

[Patriot]

So the Titan I bought.. I get nothing? boooooooo

Pretty dense if you haven't figured out nvidia punishes the early adopters... You pay more and don't get any of the perks. 980Ti will be the same performance of the TitanX for half the price. Enjoy.

 

[ZoneDymo]

So the Titan I bought.. I get nothing? boooooooo

nope, this is all about trying to get rid of current stock im afraid to make room for the new.

 

[arbiter]

It's the timing. They're trying to push cards now instead of 1-2 mo from now. The games aren't even that close to being released. That's the give-away.

Witcher 3 is less then 2 weeks til release. batman is 4 weeks after that. Witcher will keep most people busy for good 2-3 weeks.

All I know is that at £900, I wont touch a Titan X. Unless the 390X is the same price (and not as good)

that 390x could be the price range for 8gb model. rumor is 700$ usd and going by AMD slides that said "Up to 8gb" would mean if it starts at 700$ its 4gb model so gotta expect least a good 200-300$ usd premium for the ram since HBM supplies are limited due to low yields.

 

[manofthem]

Hmm, just wondering... They've been giving away The Witcher 3 for a while now, but it has been a GOG game, not Steam. Are they changing that?

 

[arbiter]

Hmm, just wondering... They've been giving away The Witcher 3 for a while now, but it has been a GOG game, not Steam. Are they changing that?

usually nvidia/AMD game giveaways are steam. you can buy it from GOG drm free or steam which has steams DRM but their DRM is reasonable. Probably use that cause it will then show up in your steam library where as GoG i don't know if they anything like that to know you have it.

 

[manofthem]

usually nvidia/AMD game giveaways are steam. you can buy it from GOG drm free or steam which has steams DRM but their DRM is reasonable. Probably use that cause it will then show up in your steam library where as GoG i don't know if they anything like that to know you have it.

I mentioned it because Nvidia's promotion thus far for Witcher 3 has been a code that activates on GOG, not on Steam. Now it's saying Witcher is for Steam. I know it's been on GOG because Nvidia's site says it and I bought a code for a giveaway, and the code was for GOG. When TPU first posted a few months ago that Nvidia was bundling Witcher 3, that news post also said it was going to be a Steam code but it wasn't.

It's not that big of a deal really, but I was just trying to see what's what.

 

[AsRock]

Batman adventure ?, really LOL. Shame Divinity Original Sin is out already as that would of made more sense.

 

[64K]

usually nvidia/AMD game giveaways are steam. you can buy it from GOG drm free or steam which has steams DRM but their DRM is reasonable. Probably use that cause it will then show up in your steam library where as GoG i don't know if they anything like that to know you have it.

It's up to the publisher whether or not a game has Steam's DRM. I wouldn't think CD Projekt Red would use Steam's DRM since they are against DRM. I can't test The Witcher 2 on Steam because I got mine from GOG but don't go to Offline Mode and disconnect from the internet and try to load The Witcher 2. If it loads and runs then it doesn't have Steam's DRM.

 

[arbiter]

It's up to the publisher whether or not a game has Steam's DRM. I wouldn't think CD Projekt Red would use Steam's DRM since they are against DRM. I can't test The Witcher 2 on Steam because I got mine from GOG but don't go to Offline Mode and disconnect from the internet and try to load The Witcher 2. If it loads and runs then it doesn't have Steam's DRM.

it should load without internet connection in offline mode. They maybe against DRM but i doubt they are against steams as theirs is reasonable and not restrictive like most others.

 

[wickedcricket]

It's the timing. They're trying to push cards now instead of 1-2 mo from now. The games aren't even that close to being released. That's the give-away.

Are you for real dude?

"The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt," Release Date: 19th May 2015 (that's like next week)
"Batman: Arkham Knight." Release date: 23 June 2015 (that's like next month)

The games aren't even that close to being released.

You must be still living in 2011 eh?

 

[arbiter]

Are you for real dude?

"The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt," Release Date: 19th May 2015 (that's like next week)
"Batman: Arkham Knight." Release date: 23 June 2015 (that's like next month)

You must be still living in 2011 eh?

I remember Buying a ATI radeon 9600XT, had Halflife 2 free with it. Waited like 8-12months for that game.

 

[tetrapak]

What about us who already bought 970/980? We got nothing ?

 

[BiggieShady]

What about us who already bought 970/980? We got nothing ?

We bought them because of the new and shiny silicon, that was our incentive and we are now set for some time and don't need a new gpu ... the ones that didn't buy it yet, now have 2 extra incentives to do so. See how it works?
I'm trying to imagine jen hsun huang waking form a guilt ridden nightmare because all the early adopters now need to actually buy witcher and batman to play it ... nngh, can't really do it

 

[arbiter]

What about us who already bought 970/980? We got nothing ?

Depends on how long ago you bought it, Some sellers like Newegg will send ya a code if you ask. I bought my gtx980 week and half later they had a game promotion. I asked and they extended a game code for games at the time.

 

[rtwjunkie]

usually nvidia/AMD game giveaways are steam. you can buy it from GOG drm free or steam which has steams DRM but their DRM is reasonable. Probably use that cause it will then show up in your steam library where as GoG i don't know if they anything like that to know you have it.

The Witcher 3 giveaway keys for the last 3 months have all been redeemable only on GOG. I'm guessing CDPR has probably already eclipsed their sales from either The Witcher or Witcher 2 with just pre-orders on GOG. Heck, probably at least a hundred thousand copies got bought by Nvidia to give away.

That said, with this new deal, this close to release, they could be releasing thru Steam also just for added goodwill, especially since it is Nvidia footing the bill and they feel it is easier for customers to redeem two games at one place. There are quite a few games that GOG publishes on GOG with no DRM that are also available thru Steam with the Steam DRM .dll. So it's conceivable tha to reach the widest audience possible, the game will be sold on both platforms.

To answer your last point, all the games you purchase from GOG show up in a library, so they have a permanent record you purchased the game from them.

 

[Fluffmeister]

Definitely a great bundle.

If you grab a GTX 970 Strix from Dabs you get a free copy of GTA V too!

http://www.dabs.com/products/asus-g...ress-3-0-directcu-ii-oc-strix-9RXD.html?src=3