GeForce NOW goes off-GRID and out of beta

GeForce NOW goes off-GRID and out of beta

By Dave James

GeForce NOW goes off-GRID and out of beta

Nvidia’s game-streaming service, GeForce NOW, has finally exited its beta phase and gained a whole new name.

Previously known as Nvidia GRID, the service has been available for free to existing SHIELD console, tablet and portable owners (remember the portable? aww, bless…) but has of today grown out of its pupal stage.

The streaming service has now become a subscription-only service, exclusively available across Nvidia’s SHIELD ecosystem.

SHIELD Family

And that ecosystem is set to grow in Europe tomorrow too, with the impending launch of the Nvidia SHIELD 4K console.

For $7.99 (£7.49 or €9.99) a month you get immediate, unrestricted access to the selection of GeForce NOW Membership Games. This is, at the moment, a pack of around fifty different games (mostly what was available in the free beta tests) which will grow as the service matures.

This is the core of what GeForce NOW is all about and enables you to jump into some great PC games without the need to download anything, just sit back and stream. Just pick a title and it loads in less than a minute.

Membership games

And because it’s running on Nvidia’s Maxwell-powered supercomputer servers you’re able to run up …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming

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