In February this year, it announced its long-term beta streaming game service.GeForce NOWIt was finally turned into the official version, but later due to factors such as changes in content licensing and usage models, game companies including Activision Blizzard and Bethesda successively asked NVIDIA to remove the games originally provided from the GeForce NOW service.
Perhaps to reinforce user confidence, NVIDIA earlier announced that over 100 game developers, including Ubisoft, Epic, Bungie, and Bandai Namco, have expressed support. NVIDIA also plans to launch commercial services in June of this year. By partnering with numerous game distribution platforms, more players will be able to play games online through the GeForce NOW service when they are released.
NVIDIA emphasized that the GeForce NOW service currently has a large number of game titles included. For example, of the top 40 games on Valve's Steam service, 30 are currently available on the GeForce NOW service, and it is expected that more than 1500 games will be added to this service in the future.
However, game developers and publishers including Microsoft Game Studio, Codemasters, Klei Entertainment, and Warner Bros. have confirmed that they will withdraw from the GeForce NOW service platform on April 4. However, game companies and publishers such as Ubisoft, Epic Games, Bungie, and Bandai Namco have expressed their strong support for NVIDIA's streaming game service.
In order to deepen cooperation with more game developers, NVIDIA has confirmed that it will extend the trial period of the GeForce NOW service, giving game developers more time to prepare and allowing NVIDIA to further improve the content of the GeForce NOW service game database. It is expected to officially operate as a commercial service in June.
Currently, games including Destiny 2, Total War: Global Offensive, Hearts of Iron IV, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, Rust, Warframe, and Brutal Shadows: Lords of Destruction can be streamed and played through the GeForce NOW service.
Regarding the previous controversy, content provided by gaming companies including Microsoft Game Studios, Codemasters, and Klei Entertainment will be removed from the GeForce NOW service starting April 4th, Pacific Time, and NVIDIA also hopes to resume cooperation with these gaming companies.
