Recently, NVIDIA launched GeForce Now, its own game streaming service that lets you purchase your PC titles on the cloud on various other devices. But now there is a first setback.
As has now become known, publisher Activision Blizzard is now backing down and will no longer be represented at GeForce Now until further notice. If you bought games from the manufacturer, the option to enjoy them on other devices via the game streaming service is no longer available.
NVIDIA employees have now confirmed this in the official GeForce forums. "While we are taking the next step in evolution with GeForce Now, we are working with publishers to offer a robust catalog of PC games. This means that we are constantly adding new games, but occasionally removing games must – similar to the case with other providers of digital services, "says NVIDIA.
And further: "We would like to point out that at the request of the company all Activision Blizzard games will be removed from the service. Although this is unfortunate, we hope that we can work with Activision Blizzard in relation to these games and more in the future can resume. "
The publisher therefore asked NVIDIA itself to no longer offer its own games catalog via GeForce Now; Details of the background of this request have not been disclosed. NVIDIA itself appears to be open to allow Activision games to be played again via GeForce Now at a later date. The popular shooter series Call of Duty is affected, as well as well-known Blizzard titles such as Overwatch. Destiny 2, on the other hand, remains playable via GeForce Now, after Bungie has since renounced Activision.
Via NVIDIA GeForce Now you can stream games from your PC libraries such as Steam or Uplay to devices other than your home computing server via the cloud. This means that high-quality gaming via stream is also possible on Macs, NVIDIA Shield or Android devices, as well as TVs, without having to buy a high-end computer.
According to NVIDIA, "hundreds of games" already support the service, and there are inquiries from developers for over 1,500 games, so that the service is continually updated with fresh material as part of weekly updates.