RTX Spark laptops are on sale, but Call of Duty and PUBG wait until 2027

Nvidia's RTX Spark laptops have been on sale since October 16, but some of the biggest multiplayer games will not run on them for months. Call of Duty and PUBG are not expected until 2027, and neither are games protected by EA's anti-cheat.

007 First Light is on Nvidia's list of games that run on RTX Spark. Image: Nvidia

RTX Spark is Nvidia's Arm-based chip for Windows laptops. It pairs a Blackwell GPU with up to 6,144 CUDA cores and a Grace CPU with up to 20 cores, and runs Windows 11.

Anti-cheat software decides which online games work on Arm laptops

Competitive games use anti-cheat tools that hook deep into Windows. Each one has to support Arm before its games can run there.

Nvidia says it is working with BattlEye, EA Javelin, Easy Anti-Cheat, RICOCHET, Vanguard and Tencent's Anti-Cheat Expert. Several protected games run on day one, including Fortnite, Counter-Strike 2, ARC Raiders, Marvel Rivals, Rocket League and Rust.

Nvidia says the Blackwell GPU in RTX Spark supports ray tracing and DLSS. Image: Nvidia

Call of Duty, PUBG and games using EA's anti-cheat are not due until 2027

Call of Duty is due in 2027 with no month. EA Javelin, which guards EA's online games, is due in early 2027. PUBG: Battlegrounds should follow in the first half of that year, and Arena Breakout: Infinite some time in 2027.

League of Legends and Valorant have no date at all. Both use Riot's Vanguard, so players of either should check before switching.

Laptops from Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and MSI use the chip. Image: Nvidia

Most single-player games and many big online titles already run on RTX Spark

Games without strict anti-cheat fare better. Nvidia lists Cyberpunk 2077, Hogwarts Legacy, Doom: The Dark Ages, The Witcher 3 and World of Warcraft among those running at launch.

Nvidia has said the chip runs AAA games at 1440p and over 100fps with DLSS 5, as we reported when RTX Spark preorders opened.