NVIDIA has formally announced that Cyberpunk 2077 will be available via their new cloud gaming service GeForce NOW immediately upon release. However, the announcement comes in a somewhat unfortunate week for GeForce NOW; following the news that both Activision and Bethesda are pulling their games from the service.
Cyberpunk 2077 is Coming to GeForce NOW on Day One
“GeForce NOW members will be able to grab their copy on Steam and play the game the moment it’s available,” writes NVIDIA, in their recent announcement; “GeForce NOW Founders members can explore the streets of Night City with RTX ON, fully optimised and instantly available, even on your Mac laptop. We’re thrilled to work with CD PROJEKT RED to bring its eagerly-anticipated game to GeForce NOW.”
For those who may be unfamiliar with GeForce Now, NVIDIA launched their new subscription-based cloud gaming service earlier this month. Making use of NVIDIA’s high-end graphics cards, it allows users to stream games at 1080p resolution with 60+fps. (Provided users have a good internet connection, of course.) Perhaps most notably, it offers gamers without high-quality gaming PCs a way to access the most impressive features of their graphics cards, including ray tracing. A direct competitor to Google’s Stadia, GeForce Now has generally received positive reviews. Unfortunately, the service has recently lost access to games from several major publishers which were available during its trial period; specifically those of Activision and Bethesda.
Fortunately, it seems as though CD Projekt Red at least is on GeForce Now to stay. Their Witcher games are currently available in the service’s gaming library, for example. Plus, with NVIDIA set to release a limited-edition Cyberpunk 2077 graphics card, it seems likely that the company hopes to use the game to promote both its graphics hardware and GeForce Now. It may encourage fans of GeForce Now to see that such a high-profile game will be coming to the service. However, it will be months before that release. In the meantime, it remains unclear whether NVIDIA will be able to bolster their dwindling library.