Nvidia's competitor in the cloud gaming service space called 'GeForce Now' has finally come out beta and is live for everyone now. The service is Nvidia's answer to Google’s Stadia service, Sony’s PlayStation Now and Microsoft’s upcoming xCloud but works differently in that users can use their existing games to use the service. Being a BYOG type service, users do not have to buy their favourite games again on the platform to use GeForce, instead the service will let you sync your game from your preferred game library. Currently, GeForce Now has support for Steam, the Epic Games Store, Battle.net, and Uplay and is available for North America and Europe regions. Another point to note is that the service is compatible on PC, Mac, SHIELD TV, and Android platforms. It has no support on the iPhone or iPad but Nvidia has confirmed that a web browser based version will come soon. Each time you want to run a game, Nvidia will an instance of your game library on its servers along with the save game files. There are two tiers at the moment; free tier that gives you standard access to the servers and 1 hour long playtime sessions. Upgrading to the ...
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
Nvidia GeForce Now cloud gaming service goes live at $5/month in NA and EU regions
Nvidia's competitor in the cloud gaming service space called 'GeForce Now' has finally come out beta and is live for everyone now. The service is Nvidia's answer to Google’s Stadia service, Sony’s PlayStation Now and Microsoft’s upcoming xCloud but works differently in that users can use their existing games to use the service. Being a BYOG type service, users do not have to buy their favourite games again on the platform to use GeForce, instead the service will let you sync your game from your preferred game library. Currently, GeForce Now has support for Steam, the Epic Games Store, Battle.net, and Uplay and is available for North America and Europe regions. Another point to note is that the service is compatible on PC, Mac, SHIELD TV, and Android platforms. It has no support on the iPhone or iPad but Nvidia has confirmed that a web browser based version will come soon. Each time you want to run a game, Nvidia will an instance of your game library on its servers along with the save game files. There are two tiers at the moment; free tier that gives you standard access to the servers and 1 hour long playtime sessions. Upgrading to the ...
