NVIDIA and Bethesda Softworks have announced that MachineGames' co-op shooter Wolfenstein: Youngblood will support RTX real-time ray tracing. Recall: GeForce RTX series graphics cards include RT hardware blocks that accelerate ray tracing calculations in DirectX Raytracing or Vulkan. Wolfenstein: Youngblood uses an extension , allowing any developer using the Vulkan API to add ray tracing effects to their games.
In addition, the MachineGames project will support Adaptive Shading and other cutting-edge gaming technologies from NVIDIA (which has yet to be announced) that promise to increase the realism and visual depth of the gaming environment. Adaptive Shading technology is designed to save graphics card resources: it allows you to reduce the load when rendering peripheral objects and zones by reducing the accuracy of calculations.
Also available today to celebrate the return of the Wolfenstein series from NVIDIA for GeForce RTX GPUs. Players will be able to receive Wolfenstein: Youngblood, which is scheduled for release on July 26, by purchasing GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, 2080, 2070 or 2060 graphics cards, desktop PCs or laptops with similar accelerators.
"Wolfenstein: Youngblood is an innovative take on an original franchise that has a rich history of cutting-edge technology," said Matt Wuebbling, head of GeForce marketing at NVIDIA. "Bethesda's use of ray tracing will dramatically improve image quality, while NVIDIA's Adaptive Shading technology will boost performance."
Youngblood will take place 19 years after the events . The new first-person shooter will be Wolfenstein's first co-op adventure. The game will allow you to play the campaign alone or with a friend as the twin daughters of BJ Blaskowitz - players will have a powerful arsenal of new weapons, devices and abilities at their disposal to liberate Paris.
Source: 3dnews.ru