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007 First Light and Control Resonant both get Path Tracing reveals from Nvidia at GDC 2026

Look forward to even more stunning path-traced titles in 2026
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007 First Light and Control Resonant both get Path Tracing reveals from Nvidia at GDC 2026
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Two upcoming AAA games are front and center of Nvidia’s GeForce announcements during GDC 2026. We’ve already seen mention of The Witcher 4 and various improvements to GeForce Now, but we’re talking about two 2026 titles – 007 First Light and Control Resonant. Developed by IO Interactive and Remedy Entertainment, respectively, both games are set to release in 2026 with support for path tracing and DLSS 4.5. Nvidia also announced 6x Dynamic Frame Generation during the event.

Much like Nvidia did with Resident Evil Requiem ahead of launch, we now have path tracing comparisons to gawk at, revealing some seriously impressive visuals with RTX On. Control Resonant will also get support for RTX Mega Geometry, a GeForce feature that is currently utilized in Alan Wake 2 path tracing to optimize performance, delivering up to 20% higher FPS and 300MB lower VRAM usage when enabled – this makes it easier to enjoy path-traced visuals with real-time lighting within a top-spec GPU.

Path Tracing reveals for 007 First Light and Control Resonant

007 First Light

CONTROL Resonant

007 First Light will launch on May 27, 2026, while Control Resonant still lists a generic ‘2026’ release date on its Steam store page. So, you can expect to see the new James Bond entry be the first of the two to be made available. While Nvidia hasn’t announced any more promotions for the game, we wouldn’t be surprised to see Team Green run some kind of RTX 50 series bundle in a couple of months – just like it did with Resident Evil Requiem (that bundle is still live at the time of writing this).


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