GeForce NOW at Six Years and Still Leveling Up
NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW cloud gaming service is celebrating its six year anniversary and the party is all about games and easy access for PC gamers. With more than 4,500 supported titles and a fresh batch of 12 new games this week, the platform continues to prove that you do not need a high end rig to enjoy modern titles at high quality.
As part of the #6YearsofGFN celebration, NVIDIA is running a community giveaway on the GeForce NOW Reddit where players can submit in game screenshots and memes for a chance to win prizes such as an Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K and a Thrustmaster HOTAS ONE flight stick. There are also more events and hangouts happening on the official GeForce NOW community Discord, so cloud gamers have plenty of ways to get involved.
But beyond the party, the real highlight is how the GeForce NOW ecosystem has grown into a serious option for PC gamers who want flexibility, performance and a huge library without constant upgrades or downloads.
A Massive Cloud Library Built for PC Gamers
GeForce NOW now supports a library of more than 4,500 games that are ready to stream in seconds. The catalog covers almost every style of PC gaming, including:
- Cozy indie games when you want something chill
- Competitive shooters for ranked grind sessions
- Large role playing games that normally demand lots of storage
- Strategy and tactical games that benefit from crisp visuals and smooth performance
Instead of being locked to a single store, GeForce NOW ties together multiple PC platforms. You can stream supported games you already own from:
- Steam
- Xbox including supported PC Game Pass titles
- Epic Games Store
- Ubisoft Connect
- GOG.com
This makes the service feel like a hub that unifies your existing PC library rather than yet another walled garden. Free to play titles and full price blockbusters sit side by side, and if they are in the supported list you can launch them through the cloud.
A newer feature called Install to Play goes a step further. It lets members install certain Steam games that are opted in for cloud gaming, effectively doubling the number of titles that can be launched through the service. This is especially useful for players with smaller SSDs or laptops with limited storage, since all the heavy lifting happens on NVIDIA’s servers.
To make browsing this huge catalog easier, the GeForce NOW app uses curated rows that spotlight:
- New releases that just landed on the service
- RTX enhanced titles that support ray tracing or DLSS
- Popular free to play picks that are easy to jump into
Tags help you spot DLC and deals, and smart library syncing connects the games in your personal store accounts to the cloud library. The idea is simple: you log in, the app recognizes supported titles you own, and you are ready to play without long installs or patching.
Ultimate tier members get extra perks on the performance side. They receive priority access to the most powerful servers, which shortens queue times and ensures faster entry into games. For players chasing high frame rates or streaming at higher resolutions, this tier is designed to feel more like gaming on a premium local PC.
New Season Drops and Fresh Games in the Cloud
Alongside the anniversary, NVIDIA is highlighting new content you can stream instantly on GeForce NOW, starting with one of the biggest franchises in large scale multiplayer combat.
The second season of Battlefield 6, called Extreme Measures, is now live. The new content focuses on contaminated battlefields and unpredictable frontlines. The centerpiece is a new map called Contaminated, set around a German mountainside airbase smothered in psychoactive VL 7 smoke.
This smoke affects visibility and tactics, twisting the way firefights play out. Helicopters dive low over objectives for risky insertions and precision strikes, while dynamic cover and shifting hazards keep every push intense. Squads need to stay coordinated and adapt on the fly as the fog of war literally changes the battlefield. On GeForce NOW, you can jump into the new season instantly without waiting for big patches or freeing up local storage.
Stealth fans get something to celebrate as well with the arrival of Styx: Blades of Greed. The sarcastic goblin thief Styx returns to sneaking through shadows, robbing anything that is not nailed down and cracking jokes while doing it. The world runs on a powerful resource called Quartz, and every heist revolves around using tools, gadgets and level design to pull off risky but rewarding jobs. If you love stealth over loud combat, this is a fun addition to your cloud library.
On top of those headliners, GeForce NOW is adding a variety of new releases and returning favorites from Steam, Epic Games Store and Ubisoft Connect, including:
- Norse: Oath of Blood on Steam
- Diablo and Diablo with the Hellfire expansion on Ubisoft Connect
- Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown on Steam, marked as GeForce RTX 5080 ready
- STALCRAFT: X on Epic Games Store, free to play
- Styx: Blades of Greed on Steam, also RTX 5080 ready
- Ys X: Proud Nordics on Steam
- KILLER INN on Steam
- Trine Enchanted Edition on Epic Games Store
- Trine 2: Complete Story on Epic Games Store
- Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power on Steam and Epic Games Store
- Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince on Epic Games Store
For PC gamers, the big advantage is that all of these titles can be played without worrying about your local hardware hitting the minimum specs. If your system is aging or you prefer playing on a lightweight laptop, GeForce NOW streams the game from high end GPUs in the cloud and sends the output to your device. As long as your connection is solid, you get a powerful gaming experience without a full desktop upgrade.
NVIDIA is also pushing community focused events tied to the anniversary, including an official GeForce NOW ambassador hosting a Dead by Daylight block during an anniversary game night with more giveaways. Between the Reddit contests, Discord community and new games rolling into the service, the six year mark shows that cloud gaming is no longer just an experiment. For many players, it is becoming a regular part of the PC gaming toolkit.
Original article and image: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/geforce-now-thursday-battlefield-season-2/
