Partnership will bring blockbuster lineup of
Xbox games, including Minecraft and Activision titles like Call of
Duty, to NVIDIA GeForce NOW cloud gaming service
REDMOND,
Wash. and SANTA CLARA,
Calif., Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On Tuesday,
Microsoft and NVIDIA announced the companies have agreed to a
10-year partnership to bring Xbox PC games to the NVIDIA® GeForce
NOW™ cloud gaming service, which has more than 25 million members
in over 100 countries.
The agreement will enable gamers to stream Xbox PC titles from
GeForce NOW to PCs, macOS, Chromebooks, smartphones and other
devices. It will also enable Activision Blizzard PC titles, such as
Call of Duty, to be streamed on GeForce NOW after
Microsoft's acquisition of Activision closes.
"Xbox remains committed to giving people more choice and finding
ways to expand how people play," said Microsoft Gaming CEO
Phil Spencer. "This partnership will
help grow NVIDIA's catalog of titles to include games like Call
of Duty, while giving developers more ways to offer streaming
games. We are excited to offer gamers more ways to play the games
they love."
"Combining the incredibly rich catalog of Xbox first party games
with GeForce NOW's high-performance streaming capabilities will
propel cloud gaming into a mainstream offering that appeals to
gamers at all levels of interest and experience," said Jeff Fisher, senior vice president for GeForce
at NVIDIA. "Through this partnership, more of the world's most
popular titles will now be available from the cloud with just a
click, playable by millions more gamers."
The partnership delivers increased choice to gamers and resolves
NVIDIA's concerns with Microsoft's acquisition of Activision
Blizzard. NVIDIA therefore is offering its full support for
regulatory approval of the acquisition.
Microsoft and NVIDIA will begin work immediately to integrate
Xbox PC games into GeForce NOW, so that GeForce NOW members can
stream PC games they buy in the Windows Store, including
third-party partner titles where the publisher has granted
streaming rights to NVIDIA. Xbox PC games currently available in
third-party stores like Steam or Epic Games Store will also be able
to be streamed through GeForce NOW.
Visit the GeForce NOW website for more information on the
service and follow along every GFN Thursday for the latest news,
including release dates for upcoming Microsoft game titles coming
to the GeForce NOW service.
The agreement was announced today at a Microsoft press
conference in Brussels, Belgium.
Microsoft also shared today that it finalized a 10-year agreement
to bring the latest version of Call of Duty to the Nintendo
platform following the merger with Activision.
About NVIDIA
Since its founding in 1993,
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been a pioneer in accelerated
computing. The company's invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the
growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics,
ignited the era of modern AI and is fueling the creation of the
metaverse. NVIDIA is now a full-stack computing company with
data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping industry. More
information at https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/.
About Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT" @microsoft)
enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud
and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and
every organization on the planet to achieve more.
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of NVIDIA's products and technologies, including GeForce NOW; and
NVIDIA's partnership with Microsoft and the benefits and impact
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of NVIDIA's products or technologies when integrated into systems;
as well as other factors detailed from time to time in the most
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as of the date hereof, and, except as required by law, NVIDIA
disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements
to reflect future events or circumstances.
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