December is a proper turning point month for GeForce NOW. The big story is that Warner Bros is finally leaning in, with Hogwarts Legacy and the LEGO Harry Potter Collection both coming to the service. Those two alone make this one of the strongest holiday drops GFN has had.
On top of that, the Ubisoft licensing deal for Activision Blizzard starts to actually matter, Battle.net login finally gets less annoying, and there is the usual pile of new releases and indies landing across the month.
Warner Bros finally shows up in a real way
Hogwarts Legacy has been one of the most requested games for GFN since it launched, so seeing it finally arrive is a big deal. Pairing it with the LEGO Harry Potter Collection makes it feel intentional rather than just a one off.
The bigger point is what it signals. If Warner is happy to bring these across, there is a good chance we see more of their catalogue following behind. It makes GFN feel less like “missing a few obvious big hitters” and more like a complete library.
Ubisoft+ Premium brings Activision games into the picture
Activision titles being on GFN is not new by itself. We have already seen Call of Duty and others arrive earlier this year.
What is different this time is how you access them.
This week is the first real sign of the Ubisoft cloud licensing deal kicking into gear. Ubisoft holds the cloud streaming rights for Activision Blizzard games, which means their Ubisoft+ Premium subscription is now the route in for some of these titles on GFN.
The first wave you will see there includes:
- Modern Warfare II
- Modern Warfare III
- Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy
- Spyro Reignited Trilogy
So it is less “sudden Activision partnership” and more “the Ubisoft rights finally turning into something you can actually play.”
Battle.net login finally gets out of the way
Another nice quality of life change this month is Battle.net account linking.
Once your Battle.net account is tied to GFN, games like Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV just launch. No more typing passwords on a TV or bouncing between login screens every other session. It joins Xbox, Epic and Ubisoft in the list of accounts that can auto sign you in.
Small change, big annoyance removed.
The 10 games joining this week
Here is what is arriving right now
- MARVEL Cosmic Invasion
- Modern Warfare II
- Modern Warfare III
- Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy
- XOCIETY
- Spyro Reignited Trilogy
- Lost Records Bloom and Rage
- Octopath Traveler 0
- Routine
- Mimesis
Ultimate members also get two more RTX 5080 ready games in Enshrouded and Fallout 76.
The rest of December’s lineup
Across the rest of the month, a mix of bigger titles and interesting smaller games drop in. Some of the standouts are
- Dome Keeper
- Death Howl
- Everdream Village
- For the King II
- ARC Raiders
- Jurassic World Evolution 3
- Powerwash Simulator 2
- Witchfire
- Warhammer 40000 Space Marine 2
- Hogwarts Legacy
- LEGO Harry Potter Collection
- Pacific Drive
- Underground Garage
Plus a bunch of others filling in the gaps week by week.
What is happening with Ready to Play and Install to Play
NVIDIA is doing some housekeeping in the background.
A few popular Install to Play titles have been promoted into Ready to Play, so they are now always kept up to date and launch instantly. These include
- Megabonk
- R E P O
- RV There Yet
At the same time, a batch of lower played games is moving the other way, from Ready to Play into Install to Play later in the month. Those games are still playable, they just will not be sitting permanently pre installed on the servers. You install them on demand as part of your membership, just like any other Install to Play title.
If and when NVIDIA publishes a proper list of which games are moving, that is something you can easily spin out into its own explainer with a breakdown and links to your Install to Play tutorial.
Strong finish for the year
Between Hogwarts Legacy finally arriving, Warner Bros taking cloud seriously, Ubisoft+ Premium starting to matter for Activision games, and a decent spread of new releases, December feels like a proper statement month for GFN rather than just another Thursday.
