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GeForce Now Loses Xbox Game Studios And Warner Brothers Titles

NVIDIA’s GeForce Now game streaming service has been a bit of a hit and miss lately, with some of the bigger publishers like Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, and 2K games revoking availability of their digital game libraries on NVIDIA’s service. Possible reasons for those events were unknown and the platform did suffer from it. Some speculations were that the publishers were going to switch their preferred online streaming service platform or build their own. So far it is still a mystery. However, it seems like there is no end to the pain, as some very big publishers decided to revoke their digital libraries as well.

The graphics card company revealed the news in a new blogpost on the company’s website, where they announced that games from the aforementioned studios will be removed on Friday, April 24. Considering Microsoft is prepping its own game streaming service, xCloud, its decision is not unexpected. Still, popular series of Warner Bros. such as Batman Arkham, Lego, and fighting games, as well as Klei Entertainment’s Don’t Starve, and Codemasters’ racing franchises like DiRT and much more will soon stop being available. Nvidia said it hopes the publishers will “return in the future.”

The loss of Xbox Game Studios and Warner Bros. titles means subscribers won’t be able to access popular games such as Halo: The Master Chief Collection as well as the Forza, Gears of War, Batman: Arkham and Mortal Kombat series.

It’s not all removals though, with NVIDIA noting that others such as Ubisoft, Bandai Namco, Bungie and Epic Games are fully committed to the service. The complete Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry series are being added starting today.

Chris Early, senior vice president of partnerships at Ubisoft, said that “Ubisoft fully supports NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW with complete access to our PC games from the Ubisoft Store or any supported game stores,” while Katsuhiro Harada, executive producer at Bandai Namco, said “The service is a great way for new players to experience our upcoming games, and for our existing players to continue enjoying them.”

NVIDIA also stated it is working to bring over 1,500 more games to GeForce Now and is also working with publishers to tag games on digital storefronts, so that the moment a game as published, it can be ready for use with GeForce Now. The service has also seen notable additions in the past few weeks, such as Remedy Entertainment’s Control. CD Projekt Red has also confirmed that Cyberpunk 2077 will be fully compatible with GeForce Now when it launches on September 17, 2020.

For those unfamiliar with GeForce Now, it utilizes game licenses that users already hold through platforms like Steam, Uplay, and Epic Games Store without needing to purchase them again. Nvidia allows those PC games to be streamed to Windows, macOS, Shield, and Android devices through its own servers for $4.99 per month.