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On Tuesday, Nvidia launched its latest game bundle offer for the GeForce GTX 1070 and GTX 1080 graphics cards: The “Prepare For Battle” giveaway. Customers who purchase one of these cards or a pre-built desktop or laptop with the graphics chip inside can receive Ubisoft’s For Honor or Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands for free.

To grab the free game, customers must first purchase a qualifying product on or after January 31 and then register the product with its manufacturer. For example, EVGA customers must create an account, register their new hardware, and then request a code for one of the free games. Once approved, that code will show up on EVGA’s promotional page under the “Collect Your Code” section.

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However, EVGA’s method only applies to hardware purchased through its online store. Customers who purchase qualifying products from third-party sites like Amazon and Newegg will receive a game code through those outlets. If they don’t, customers are encouraged to contact the seller for more information about obtaining the free code.

With a code in hand, PC gamers must then visit Nvidia’s GeForce website to redeem it for the free game. Nvidia said on Tuesday that it revamped the process of redeeming codes so customers aren’t enduring through long sign-up pages. Instead, they can load up the GeForce Experience desktop client and enter the code inside. There the chosen game can be automatically added to the customer’s Uplay account as well.

For those who haven’t seen these yet, here are the system requirements and release dates for both PC games:

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For Honor
February 14

Minimum Recommended
Operating system: Windows 7/8.1/10 64-bit Windows 7/8.1/10 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i3-550
AMD Phenom II X4 955
Intel Core i5-2500K
AMD FX-6350
Memory: 4GB 8GB
Graphics (Nvidia): GeForce GTX 660
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
GeForce GTX 950
GeForce GTX 1050
*2GB VRAM minimum
GeForce GTX 680
GeForce GTX 760
GeForce GTX 970
GeForce GTX 1060
*2GB VRAM minimum
Graphics (AMD): Radeon HD 6970
Radeon HD 7870
Radeon R9 270
Radeon R9 370
Radeon RX 460
*2GB VRAM minimum
Radeon R9 280X
Radeon R9 380
Radeon RX 470
*2GB VRAM minimum
Storage: 40GB 40GB
Network: Broadband Broadband
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Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands
March 7

Minimum Recommended
Operating system: Windows 7 SP1/8.1/10 64-bit Windows 7 SP1/8.1/10 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-2400S (2.5GHz)
AMD FX-4320 (4.0GHz)
Intel Core i7-3770 (3.5GHz)
AMD FX-8350 (4.0GHz)
Memory: 6GB 8GB
Graphics (Nvidia): GeForce GTX 660 GeForce GTX 1060
*2GB VRAM minimum
Graphics (AMD): Radeon R7 270X Radeon R7 270X
*2GB VRAM minimum
Storage: 50GB 50GB
DirectX: DirectX 11 DirectX 11

Now here are the participants in Nvidia’s Prepare For Battle bundle program:

Keep in mind that purchasing qualifying hardware doesn’t guarantee a free game code. The full Terms and Conditions can be read here.

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