NVIDIA GeForce NOW Lands on iOS, Will Bring Fortnite

NVIDIA is using a web-based client to bypass Appleā€™s terrible app store policies for its GeForce NOW game streaming service. Amazon is doing similarly with its Luna game service, and Microsoft has said that it will do similarly for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Game Streaming.

ā€œMore than 5 million GeForce NOW members can now access the latest experience by launching Safari from iPhone or iPad and visiting play.geforcenow.com,ā€ NVIDIA announced. ā€œWeā€™re bringing the world of PC gaming to iOS devices through Safari.ā€

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GeForce NOW costs $4.99 per month for so-called Founders memberships and it provides cloud-based access to PC games like Assassinā€™s Creed Valhalla, Destiny 2 Beyond Light, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and more via native client apps on Windows, Mac, Chromebook, NVIDIA Shield, and Android. But as with other game streaming services, NVIDIA has had to bypass the App Store on iPhones and iPads because of Appleā€™s unfair rules.

Interestingly, NVIDIA is also partnering with Epic Games to bring a touch-friendly version of Fortnite to its service, which would allow this popular title to run on Appleā€™s devices again.

ā€œWeā€™re looking forward to delivering a cloud-streaming Fortnite mobile experience powered by GeForce NOW,ā€ NVIDIA says. ā€œMembers can look for the game on iOS Safari soon.ā€

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  • helix2301

    Premium Member
    19 November, 2020 - 10:15 am

    <p>I subscribe to geforce now I wonder out of those 5 million users how many are paying I know they ran out of founder member accounts back in May I am sure many are paying but I just wonder how many are free.</p>

    • Vladimir Carli

      Premium Member
      19 November, 2020 - 12:26 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#594199">In reply to helix2301:</a></em></blockquote><p><br></p><p>in theory none, beyond promotional ones. They donā€™t have a free tier</p>

  • sammyg

    19 November, 2020 - 10:46 am

    <p>Yeah I can see a lot of iOS Fortnite users signing up for GeForce NOW <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ĀÆ_(惄)_/ĀÆ.</span></p>

    • lvthunder

      Premium Member
      19 November, 2020 - 10:47 am

      <blockquote><em><a href="#594202">In reply to sammyg:</a></em></blockquote><p>Good. Maybe then others that don't like the App Store policies will follow.</p>

      • sammyg

        19 November, 2020 - 11:00 am

        <blockquote><em><a href="#594203">In reply to lvthunder:</a></em></blockquote><p>Lol. Doubtful. Why go from free (to the user) to now paying $4.99 a month for this one game?</p><p><br></p><p>I know more than a few iOS fortnite players, casual for sure, that just gave up the game or moved to a console. Yes a console where the same hosting providers cut policies apply, like the Xbox.</p>

        • lvthunder

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          19 November, 2020 - 11:22 am

          <blockquote><em><a href="#594209">In reply to sammyg:</a></em></blockquote><p>But if this is successful it will show developers that you can bypass the app store if you need to. That's my point.</p>

          • sammyg

            19 November, 2020 - 1:25 pm

            <blockquote><em><a href="#594216">In reply to lvthunder:</a></em></blockquote><p>I completely agree. If people/developers don't like it they will move on. </p><p><br></p><p>Then again I though big game makers were pulling out of that platform? I know Microsoft did, along with Blizzard and Activision.</p>

            • William Clark

              24 November, 2020 - 12:07 pm

              <blockquote><em><a href="#594274">In reply to sammyg:</a></em></blockquote><p>Did Blizzard and Activision pull out of iOS? I see Hearthstone and CoD games in the app store. </p>

  • William Clark

    24 November, 2020 - 12:12 pm

    <p><img src="">To the Premium member who said they don't have a free tier, in fact they do. And they have Founder's Memberships as well.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now/memberships/&quot; target="_blank">Membership Account | NVIDIA GeForce NOW</a></p>

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