Microsoft Has Also Signed A Deal With Nvidia For Microsoft Games On GeForce Now

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Microsoft CEO Brad Smith has announced that they have signed a deal with Nvidia for their games to be added to Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service.

Smith made this announcement in a press conference following a closed hearing the European Commission held regarding the Microsoft deal for Activision Blizzard King.

As covered by Jez Corden for Windows Central, this is the exact statement shared by Smith in the conference:

“Microsoft will be bringing its Xbox games that play on PCs to Nvidia GeForce NOW streaming service and in addition, if this acquisition is approved, we will also bring all of Activision Blizzard titles including Call of Duty to GeForce NOW as well.”

Nvidia was one of several competitors to Microsoft that expressed their concerns to the FTC about the Microsoft – Activision deal. Their concern was primarily connected to their own GeForce Now service, also a cloud gaming service. Nvidia felt that Microsoft getting exclusive access to Activision Blizzard games, on top of the game IPs they already had, would put them in a serious disadvantage in the market.

Nvidia’s GeForce Now service has been around for longer than xCloud and Game Pass, but their journey has gone through several ups and downs all of their own.

The service was originally exclusively available to consumers who bought Nvidia’s Shield hardware. Whether you bought the tablet, called the Shield K1, or the Android based TV streaming device, called the Shield TV, the Shield originally allowed players to buy Android ports of console games, like Doom 3 and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, but that would eventually be abandoned.

Instead, the Shield hardware would punch above their weight thanks to Nvidia’s GeForce Now service, which would stream