NVIDIA and Bethesda Add ‘Wolfenstein: Youngblood’ to List of Ray-Traced Blockbuster Franchises

Wolfenstein: Youngblood Becomes Latest Game to Adopt Ray Tracing for Incredible Visual Effects; Bundled with NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs

About Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks, part of the ZeniMax Media Inc. family of companies, is a worldwide publisher of interactive entertainment software. Titles featured under the Bethesda label include such blockbuster franchises as The Elder Scrolls®, Fallout®, DOOM®, QUAKE®, Wolfenstein®, Dishonored®, The Evil Within™, Prey® and RAGE®. For more information on Bethesda Softworks’ products, visit www.bethsoft.com.

About NVIDIA
NVIDIA’s (NASDAQ: NVDA) invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing — with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world. More information at http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/.

Certain statements in this press release including, but not limited to, statements as to: Wolfenstein: Youngblood using ray tracing, NVIDIA Adaptive Shading, NVIDIA VKRay and other technologies; the availability of the Born to Hunt bundle including NVIDIA GPUs and Wolfenstein: Youngblood; the release of Wolfenstein: Youngblood; the benefits, impact and performance of NVIDIA’s technologies, ray tracing,  NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs, NVIDIA VKRay and NVIDIA Adaptive Shading; Wolfenstein: Youngblood being an innovative take on the franchise and the franchise using forward-looking technologies to set its games apart; Bethesda’s use of ray tracing dramatically enhancing the image quality and NVIDIA Adaptive Shading boosting performance in the game; Wolfenstein: Youngblood enabling a whole new generation of gamers to get their exposure to the Wolfenstein franchise; NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs providing technologies that deliver spectacular images and maintain the performance for flawless gameplay; NVIDIA Adaptive Shading enabling developers to improve performance and achieve real-time visual fidelity previously impossible in games; and more gaming technologies to be announced closer to the launch of the game are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different than expectations. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include: global economic conditions; our reliance on third parties to manufacture, assemble, package and test our products; the impact of technological development and competition; development of new products and technologies or enhancements to our existing product and technologies; market acceptance of our products or our partners' products; design, manufacturing or software defects; changes in consumer preferences or demands; changes in industry standards and interfaces; unexpected loss of performance of our products or technologies when integrated into systems; as well as other factors detailed from time to time in the most recent reports NVIDIA files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, including, but not limited to, its annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Copies of reports filed with the SEC are posted on the company's website and are available from NVIDIA without charge. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and speak only as of the date hereof, and, except as required by law, NVIDIA disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.

© 2019 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, GeForce RTX and NVIDIA VKRay are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. Features, pricing, availability and specifications are subject to change without notice.

© 2019 Bethesda Softworks LLC, a ZeniMax Media company. MachineGames, Arkane, Bethesda, Bethesda Softworks, ZeniMax and related logos are registered trademarks or trademarks of ZeniMax Media Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Wolfenstein, id, id Software, id Tech and related logos are registered trademarks or trademarks of id Software LLC in the U.S. and/or other countries. All rights reserved. 

About Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks, part of the ZeniMax Media Inc. family of companies, is a worldwide publisher of interactive entertainment software. Titles featured under the Bethesda label include such blockbuster franchises as The Elder Scrolls®, Fallout®, DOOM®, QUAKE®, Wolfenstein®, Dishonored®, The Evil Within™, Prey® and RAGE®. For more information on Bethesda Softworks’ products, visit www.bethsoft.com.

About NVIDIA
NVIDIA’s (NASDAQ: NVDA) invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing — with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world. More information at http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/.

Certain statements in this press release including, but not limited to, statements as to: Wolfenstein: Youngblood using ray tracing, NVIDIA Adaptive Shading, NVIDIA VKRay and other technologies; the availability of the Born to Hunt bundle including NVIDIA GPUs and Wolfenstein: Youngblood; the release of Wolfenstein: Youngblood; the benefits, impact and performance of NVIDIA’s technologies, ray tracing,  NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs, NVIDIA VKRay and NVIDIA Adaptive Shading; Wolfenstein: Youngblood being an innovative take on the franchise and the franchise using forward-looking technologies to set its games apart; Bethesda’s use of ray tracing dramatically enhancing the image quality and NVIDIA Adaptive Shading boosting performance in the game; Wolfenstein: Youngblood enabling a whole new generation of gamers to get their exposure to the Wolfenstein franchise; NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs providing technologies that deliver spectacular images and maintain the performance for flawless gameplay; NVIDIA Adaptive Shading enabling developers to improve performance and achieve real-time visual fidelity previously impossible in games; and more gaming technologies to be announced closer to the launch of the game are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different than expectations. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include: global economic conditions; our reliance on third parties to manufacture, assemble, package and test our products; the impact of technological development and competition; development of new products and technologies or enhancements to our existing product and technologies; market acceptance of our products or our partners' products; design, manufacturing or software defects; changes in consumer preferences or demands; changes in industry standards and interfaces; unexpected loss of performance of our products or technologies when integrated into systems; as well as other factors detailed from time to time in the most recent reports NVIDIA files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, including, but not limited to, its annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Copies of reports filed with the SEC are posted on the company's website and are available from NVIDIA without charge. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and speak only as of the date hereof, and, except as required by law, NVIDIA disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.

© 2019 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, GeForce RTX and NVIDIA VKRay are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. Features, pricing, availability and specifications are subject to change without notice.

© 2019 Bethesda Softworks LLC, a ZeniMax Media company. MachineGames, Arkane, Bethesda, Bethesda Softworks, ZeniMax and related logos are registered trademarks or trademarks of ZeniMax Media Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Wolfenstein, id, id Software, id Tech and related logos are registered trademarks or trademarks of id Software LLC in the U.S. and/or other countries. All rights reserved. 

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