Video game streaming services have been a huge deal in the industry for a while now, with users playing on PlayStation Now, Google Stadia, and now Nvidia's GeForce Now. This week though users of GeForce Now were shocked to find out that all of Activision Blizzard's games were removed from the platform. GeForce Now has already been outperforming Google's Stadia, as the platform supports more games and uses better hardware.

GeForce Now has had a surprisingly smooth launch so far considering how long it has been in development. The streaming service originally entered beta as Nvidia's Grid back in 2013, which was supposed to elevate the company's Shield tablet to the level of other portable gaming systems. This never really worked as Grid had a small selection of games and it wasn't capable of streaming higher than 720p30. After a few years Grid evolved into GeForce Now and exited beta for the Shield, but it still never truly picked up. Finally, GeForce Now entered beta for PC in 2017, where it began to perform much better.

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PC Gamer reports that Activision Blizzard's games have been removed from the streaming service. This includes a wide range of games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Diablo 3, Overwatch, as well as many more. An Nvidia spokesperson has stated that by working with so many publishers to update the game catalog, sometimes it is necessary to remove games. The spokesperson wrote "Per their request, please be advised Activision Blizzard games will be removed from the service. While unfortunate, we hope to work together with Activision Blizzard to re-enable these games and more in the future." At this moment it is unclear why Activision Blizzard wanted its games removed.

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Despite losing some of the games on the platform, GeForce Now has a lot of features to make up for it. Currently, it supports over 1,500 games, and it is being updated every week with new titles. On top of this Nvidia allows users to customize their streaming setup to fit the needs of their internet. GeForce Now users are also able to tweak a game's individual graphics settings and even enable ray tracing with the Founders Subscription. Ultimately one of the most exciting features is that users can access the platform through PC, Mac, Android phones and tablets, Shield TV, as well as Chromebook later this year.

Video game streaming is always a dicey subject because a lot of gamers don't have sufficient internet quality yet. PlayStation Now has a laundry list of problems and Stadia has had to struggle to remain relevant since it launched in November. GeForce Now, on the other hand, seems to have almost figured out how to make everything work properly. While losing the support of Activision Blizzard is a huge blow to the platform, users should remain perfectly happy with the other 1,500 games on GeForce Now.

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Source: PC Gamer