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NVIDIA Rolls Out New GeForce Game Ready Driver, Brings DLSS 4 To ARK: Lost Colony, Splitgate, Ashes of Creation And More

by Rainier on Dec. 18, 2025 @ 7:00 a.m. PST

More than 800 games and applications feature RTX technologies, and each week new games integrating NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex, and advanced ray-traced effects are released or announced, delivering the definitive PC experience for GeForce RTX players.

This week, GeForce RTX gamers can activate DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation in ARK: Lost ColonyAshes of CreationSPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded, and Yakuza Kiwami 2. Also, AION2 is adding DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation, Dying Light: The Beast has introduced ray-traced effects, and Lost Ark now includes support for DLSS Super Resolution.

Additionally, The recent Game Awards show included new trailers from games already confirmed to be launching with DLSS 4 and other RTX technologies, including Phantom Blade ZeroResident Evil Requiem and PRAGMATA.

We’ve also released a new GeForce Game Ready Driver that optimizes your experience in the latest titles and ensures the best possible experience in your wider library of games and apps. It also resolves the color issue seen in our previous driver, when running games and programs at non-native resolutions and aspect ratios.

On December 21, the first ever Fortnite NVIDIA GeForce RTX Cup, hosted by Epic Games, will kick off. Players from around the world will compete for more than $100,000-worth of prizes! Top players from each region will also win one of twelve MSI Gaming Trio White GeForce RTX 5080 graphics cards with a custom Fortnite backplate. Additionally, all players scoring at least 8 points in the tournament will receive an in-game cosmetic reward, the Rust Bucket Back Bling!

Here’s a closer look at the new and upcoming games integrating RTX technologies:

  • ARK: Lost Colony: Confront the demons of Arat Prime — birthplace of the ARKs — in ARK: Lost Colony, ASA’s first massive canonical expansion. It’s available starting today featuring DLSS 4 and NVIDIA Reflex, giving GeForce RTX gamers the best possible experience.
  • AION2: A next generation MMORPG developed by NCSOFT, AION2 is reimagining the original AION universe with a fresh approach. The game launched simultaneously in Korea and Taiwan on Nov. 19.   At launch, AION2 included support for NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation, DLSS Super Resolution, and NVIDIA Reflex. On December 24th, a new AION2 update will add support for DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation, enabling GeForce RTX 50 Series players to further accelerate frame rates for an even better experience. And when AION2 launches globally, all technologies will be immediately available, instantaneously enhancing performance, image quality and responsiveness.
  • Dying Light: The Beast: A unique blend of open world and action survival horror set in the beautiful, yet dangerous valley of Castor Woods that’s now overrun with zombies. To take your former captor down, you’ll need to form fragile alliances, as well as utilize all the brutal combat and traversal options in your arsenal. GeForce RTX gamers playing Dying Light: The Beast can use DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation and DLAA to enhance their experience. And PC latency is reduced by NVIDIA Reflex, making gameplay even more responsive. And a new update adds ray-traced global illumination lighting, ray-traced reflections, and ray-traced shadows, taking image quality to new heights. 
  • Splitgate: Arena Reloaded: Fusing the best of Splitgate 1 and 2, SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded brings back that classic arena shooter feel. SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded launched this week and  GeForce RTX gamers can activate DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation and, giving players the tools to maximize frame rates and fidelity in the fast-paced shooter.
  • Ashes of Creation: Intrepid Studios' Ashes of Creation is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) set in a high-fantasy world where player actions shape the world itself. The game entered Early Access last week, launching with day-one support for DLSS 4 and NVIDIA Reflex, giving GeForce RTX gamers the best possible experience.
  • Lost Ark: Smilegate and Amazon Game Studios’ long-running, constantly updated Lost Ark sees players embark on an odyssey for the titular ark in a vast, vibrant world. And now, in a new update for the Korean client, Lost Ark has added support for DLSS Super Resolution and DLAA. Now, GeForce RTX gamers can enjoy higher frame rates, or alternatively activate DLAA to maximize image quality. In the first quarter of 2026, DLSS and DLAA will be added in other regions, including North America and Europe. Stay tuned to the Lost Ark website for further details about their release.
  • Yakuza Kiwami 2: SEGA’s critically-acclaimed action-RPG Yakuza Kiwami 2 sees players once again take control of Kazuma Kiryu, who was previously framed for the murder of a crime boss. But with a war on the horizon, the legendary Dragon of Dojima is pulled out of the peaceful life he’s built into the world he wanted to leave behind. A new game update recently added DLSS Super Resolution and DLSS Frame Generation to the PC edition of Yakuza Kiwami 2. Accelerate frames and enhance image quality with our latest DLSS Super Resolution transformer AI model, double performance with DLSS Frame Generation, and load NVIDIA app to activate DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation on GeForce RTX GPUs using our DLSS overrides.
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