![<h2>The Best Modern PC Games</h2>
<h3>(August 2020 Update)</h3>
<p>With 2020 more than halfway over, and plenty of great PC releases over the past couple of years, we thought it was high time to revisit our picks for the best PC games you can play right now.</p>
<p>To be clear, this list does not attempt to pick out the “best” or “most influential” PC games of all time, since comparing the gameplay of the original DOOM to its 2016 reboot isn’t exactly fair. Nor is it a list of the most popular games out there, or the top games in every genre. No, this is a list of games from the last decade that we at IGN – after plenty of internal debate – collectively recommend the most, based on our own tastes. Think of it as our staff’s personal recommendations to you for games we think you should play if you haven’t. To that end, these are our picks for the best modern PC games.</p>
<p>Let us know <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/best-pc-games#comments-section">in the comments</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/IGN">on Twitter</a> what made your list that didn’t make ours!” src=”https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2020/08/20/topmodernpcgames-slideshow-1597948371613.jpg?width=888&crop=16%3A9&quality=20&dpr=0.05″ class=”jsx-2920405963 progressive-image image jsx-294430442 rounded expand loading”/></div>
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From the blog post:
Only once all this work is completed do we launch the driver via GeForce.com and GeForce Experience. And because the Game Ready Driver Program and our promise of quality relies on all of this work, we don’t release sub-par beta drivers with minimal testing, let alone multiple conflicting beta drivers forked from different development branches that support different games and products , which confuses customers.
Of course, astute PC gamers already know that despite Nvidia’s in-depth testing and verification process, the company still deals with occasional driver problems. Sometimes, Nvidia has to release an updated driver to fix problems that the original driver caused.
Despite the jab at AMD, the video itself is well-made and does a good job outlining the process of driver creation from beginning to end. The Game Ready program was started in 2014 as a way to optimize drivers by interacting directly with game development teams.
Nvidia also bragged about every single Game Ready driver being Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certified. That said, WHQL certification is certainly appreciated but focuses more on Windows functionality rather than specific games.
Finally, releasing “beta” drivers isn’t necessarily a bad thing. By definition, a beta is a trial of software or any product by a third party during the final stages of development. It allows people outside of the development to put fresh eyes on the product and may lead to finding bugs that were otherwise undiscovered by the development team.
Of course, being a video about drivers, Nvidia has also released its latest 512.59 Game Ready drivers which contains optimizations for Dune: Spice Wars. It also includes ray tracing support for the Chernobylite survival game and adds DLSS support to JX3 Online and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt.
David Matthews is a freelance writer specializing in consumer tech and gaming. He also strongly believes that sugar does not go in grits. Follow him on Twitter @shortblktechie
