Aniimo Lands on GeForce NOW at Launch, 007 First Light Gets Path Tracing

This week’s GFN Thursday brings a creature-catching adventure straight to the cloud. Pawprint Studio’s Aniimo arrives on GeForce NOW at launch, so you can explore the continent of Idyll across supported devices without a local install. Alongside it, 007 First Light gets a path-tracing upgrade, and 11 new titles join the library.

Explore Idyll With the Cutest Companions

Aniimo is a free-to-play, open-world creature-catching role-playing game where every creature you meet can become a companion. You catch Aniimo with Aniipods, then Twine with them to take on their form and use unique skills to solve puzzles, win battles and get past challenges.

You can glide, dive and burrow across Idyll, then head back to your personal RV to build a warm, interactive Homeland together with your Aniimo companions. The game streams on a Steam Deck, in the newly supported Firefox browser and across any other supported device – no waiting through the 45GB download and no need to free up local storage. If you’re new to playing games this way, we’ve covered cloud gaming basics in a separate guide.

Choose Your Path in 007 First Light

In the critically acclaimed, multimillion-selling 007 First Light you follow James Bond as a young, resourceful and sometimes reckless recruit in MI6’s training program, discovering a reimagined origin story of the world’s most famous spy. It blends IO Interactive’s signature stealth gameplay with world-class Bond action across missions in breathtaking locations, iconic vehicles and a cinematic chase after a rogue agent who’s always one step ahead.

Path tracing has now been added to the game, bringing extra-detailed lighting, shadows and reflections that make its levels and set pieces even more cinematic, immersive and realistic. NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction keeps the fidelity, clarity and accuracy of those additions at their best.

Ultimate members stream with GeForce RTX 5080-class performance, up to 5K high dynamic range and cinematic-quality streaming, while DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution and Dynamic Frame Generation push frame rates and image quality higher. Which tier gives you what is something we break down in our overview of GeForce NOW plans.

There’s also a limited-time opportunity: the 007 First Light Deluxe Edition is on sale on Steam from Sept. 15-29 and on the Epic Games Store from Sept. 3-18.

Matter of Time

Gaijin’s Active Matter, a realistic military shooter set in a fractured multiverse, has launched on GeForce NOW. You play an operative stuck in a time loop, joining dangerous raids for loot or intense player vs. player battles.

You’ll fight rivals from other timelines, survive physics-breaking anomalies and try to stay alive. Harvest active matter, gather loot and extract to a safe place before the whole zone ceases to exist. Ultimate members can take on each raid with GeForce RTX 5080-class performance in the cloud, which means high frame rates, advanced graphics features and low latency across supported devices.

Let’s Get Loopy

Outer Wilds joins the GeForce NOW library this week. As the newest recruit of Outer Wilds Ventures, you search for answers across a strange, ever-changing solar system trapped in an endless time loop. Trace mysterious signals, decipher alien writing and find hidden locations before an underground city is swallowed by sand or a planet crumbles beneath your feet.

All 11 Games Joining This Week

• Active Matter (New release on Steam and Gaijin, Sept. 15)
• Aniimo (New release on Steam, Sept. 15)
• RuneScape: Dragonwilds (New release on Xbox, Sept. 15, available on Game Pass)
• Train Sim World 7 (New release on Steam, Sept. 15)
• The Guild 1 Remake: Europa 1410 (New release on Steam, Sept. 17)
• The Blood of Dawnwalker (GOG.com)
• Mixtape (Steam)
• Neon White (Steam)
• Outer Wilds (Steam)
• Stray (Steam)
• What Remains of Edith Finch (Steam)

The dates above reflect when the games release on their respective stores. GeForce NOW availability may vary, as titles are onboarded after release and added throughout the week, so keep an eye on GeForce NOW channels and GFN Thursdays for availability updates.

Where to Start

If you want to try this week’s additions, you can start with a day pass to sample premium cloud gaming before committing to a membership – and the cost of the day pass can be applied toward a first monthly membership. Details on tiers live on the official GeForce NOW page.

For more on the service, see our rundown of the free tier or browse all our GeForce NOW coverage.

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