Neowin News Feed for: Forspoken

First AMD FSR 3 game updates and FPS boosts are live for Forspoken and Immortals of Aveum

John Callaham — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 17:46:01 +0000

Forspoken and Immortals of Aveum are now the first games to support AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution 31 upscaling graphics technology, and more games will get FSR 3 updates in the coming months. Read more...

AMD launching FSR 3 in September, to work with Xbox as well but no mention of Sony's PS5

John Callaham — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 15:55:01 +0000

Patches to enable AMD's FSR 3 support will be added to Forspoken and Immortals of Aveum sometime in early September. It will be added to every DirectX 11 and 12 game sometime in early 2024. Read more...

Steam's new Proton 8.0-1 supports Forspoken and a long list of other games

Paul Hill — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 21:32:01 +0000

Steam's compatibility layer, Proton, has been upgraded to version 8.0-1. This update requires your GPU to support Vulkan 1.3 but if it does then you'll have access to 18 more games. Read more...

A major Forspoken patch is on the way for PC and PS5 versions

John Callaham — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 19:40:01 +0000

The recent Square Enix fantasy action game from Luminous Productions is getting a patch that will include improvements in graphics, performance, and more for the PC and Sony PlayStation 5 platforms. Read more...

Microsoft DirectStorage continues surprising as Windows 11's gaming gets explored further

Sayan Sen — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 21:10:01 +0000

Microsoft's DirectStorage, the next gen storage API has made its debut in Forspoken. As testing of the new technology continues, more and more interesting aspects of the feature are revealed. Read more...

Forspoken on PCIe 5.0 NVMe hints at the true power of Microsoft DirectStorage on Windows 11

Sayan Sen — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 16:42:01 +0000

Microsoft promised big things for PC gaming with its new DirectStorage API. The first title to feature the technology, Forspoken, is out and test results definitely look quite impressive. Read more...

Intel Graphics v31.0.101.4090 beta driver arrives with support for Forspoken

Steven Parker — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 13:54:01 +0000

Intel's latest Graphics beta driver v31.0.101.4090 is out today. The release brings Game On support for the Forspoken game, as well as bug fixes for other games, but there are Known Issues too. Read more...

NVME demand could shoot up as Microsoft DirectStorage in Forspoken is seen working its magic

Sayan Sen — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 22:44:02 +0000

Forspoken, the first title with Microsoft DirectStorage is out, and the early tests show quite promising results. Square Enix claims around 1-2 second loads which happen to indeed be the case mostly. Read more...

AMD fixes major Windows 11 22H2 bug that led to launch failures with 23.1.2 driver

Sayan Sen — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 20:34:02 +0000

AMD has released its latest Windows driver, version 23.1.2, today. It resolves a major bug on Windows 11 22H2, that would lead to launch failures. The driver also adds Forspoken support. Read more...

Nvidia 528.24 WHQL driver brings support for Forspoken, Dead Space (2023), and more

Sayan Sen — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 13:52:01 +0000

Nvidia has launched the latest WHQL-certified Game Ready drivers for Windows. The new 528.24 driver is optimized for Forspoken and Dead Space (2023). It also adds DLSS 3 on some older titles. Read more...

Official Forspoken requirements confirm Microsoft DirectStorage will only work on Windows 11

Sayan Sen — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 16:54:26 +0000

Forspoken, the first game to feature Microsoft's DirectStorage API support, has received system requirements today. The announcement confirms Windows 11 is necessary to take advantage of the new API. Read more...

Microsoft DirectStorage debut gets delayed again as Forspoken gets pushed further back

Sayan Sen — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 10:08:01 +0000

The arrival of Microsoft's DirectStorage API in a game has likely been delayed once again as Forspoken, which is the first game to implement the technology, has been pushed back once more. Read more...

Microsoft's DirectStorage makes NVMe SSDs nearly 70% faster compared to Win32

Sayan Sen — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 06:18:01 +0000

The first demo using Microsoft's DirectStorage API on Windows PC is here and the gains are impressive. NVMe SSDs are nearly 70% faster and game load times are noticeably better in general. Read more...