14 DAY TRIAL // NVIDIA has offered game codes from time to time, but that's mostly been a token effort, a show of face in the wake of the arguably ludicrous Never Settle program from Advanced Micro Devices.
Obviously, the company isn't going to say something like that officially. But when you see AMD offering three or four free games with individual cards (or dual-setups), you might be excused for feeling that NVIDIA is at a bit of a disadvantage.
Sure, there were some game bundles in the past, but most were related to a holiday or some other event, and they don't come close to what that AMD has shown.
There are over thirty games in the Never Settle bundle, and you can get one, two, three, or four of them for free, depending on what graphics card you buy.
Now, NVIDIA is finally launching the “Pick Your Path” game offer, though it is doing it in partnership with only one publisher: Ubisoft.
NVIDIA wants you to Pick Your Path
No matter how many people like to rage at and hate on Ubisoft, the company remains a major name in the worldwide game publishing industry. Kind of like EA Games, though fans on both sides will be quick to rail at you for thinking they are anything alike.
Drama aside, the NVIDIA Pick Your Path game offer allows you to select from Ubisoft games if you buy one of NVIDIA's four highest-end adapters. That means the GeForce GTX 980, GeForce GTX 970, GeForce GTX 780 Ti, and GeForce GTX 780.
The titles available to you are The Crew, FarCry 4, and Assassin's Creed: Unity. Over time, more games should be added to the program or future incarnations of the program.
Unfortunately, the catch is that you're only allowed to select one of the three video games with one adapter. The card has to be an NVIDIA original or made by one of the authorized partners, like EVGA. It depends on country.
How it all works
You visit a store, online or otherwise, and make a purchase. The retailer ships the video card with a code in the invoice of said purchase. That invoice code you need to later exchange for a uPlay key of the game, online.
If you order more video cards, seeking to play in 4K resolution on one or more high-end monitors, you get a code for each, so technically you should be able to get all three games if you set up an SLI system configuration.
It'll take a lot of money to pull it off, though, since the adapters are pretty expensive all on their own (GeForce GTX 980 ships for $549 / €549), let alone in a group, although we suppose it used to be much worse.