Recently, SEGA announced plans to expand its Total War offering on smartphones, bringing the Medieval version of the game to touch devices.įortnite is a battle royale-style survival shooter where players create a superhero avatar and compete against each other on a dystopian island
'We're working with additional publishers to add more touch-enabled games to GeForce NOW,' a spokesperson said.Īdding they 'look forward to more publishers streaming full PC versions of their games to mobile devices with built-in touch support - reaching millions through the Android app and iOS Safari devices.' While a number of PC games have started appearing on smartphones, including the Total War series, Call of Duty and Civilization, many haven't made the switch.
'PC games or game engines, like Unreal Engine 4, which support Windows touch events can easily enable mobile touch support on GeForce NOW.'
Cloud-to-mobile gaming is a great opportunity for publishers to get their games into more gamers' hands with touch-friendly versions of their games. 'While PC games in the GeForce NOW library are best experienced on mobile with a gamepad, the introduction of touch controls built by the GeForce NOW team offers more options for players, starting with Fortnite,' a spokesperson for NVIDIA said. In the future, these titles could be adapted to work natively with touch controls. NVIDIA said in a blog post in November that there are about five million members of the service, who, with a gamepad can already play titles such as 'Assassin´s Creed Valhalla' and 'Shadow of the Tomb Raider' on iPhones.
To demonstrate the technology, NVIDIA sent me a Samsung Galaxy J3, preinstalled with NVIDIA GeForce, and, alongside a bluetooth game controller, it allowed me to play even the most graphic intensive titles, such as Destiny 2 and Apex Legends. This allows you to access high end computer hardware on even the most basic device, including an old Android phone. With GeForce NOW, users still have to have purchased the game from another store, such as Steam or Epic Games, and can then stream it using the GeForce servers. In 2018, Epic launched its own digital storefront where the company would offer consumers access its video game library, in the hope of circumventing the 30 percent cut Apple takes off apps purchased in its store.
Sweeney is a proponent of a universal app store where users could 'buy software in one place, knowing that they'd have it on all devices and all platforms.' This could lead to the first third party app store on the iPhone, operating in the browser rather than downloaded to the device - outside Apple's control. With the new release, it is a beta test of the NVIDIA GeForce NOW touch screen control mechanism, available via a time-limited closed beta.Īs well as working with Epic Games to bring Fortnite back to iOS and Android, NVIDIA is looking at bringing other mobile games to users through the cloud. Saying the firm couldn't prohibit developers 'from including in their apps and their metadata buttons, external links or other calls to action that direct customers to purchasing mechanisms.'Īpple has yet to implement any changes, and despite the ruling, Fortnite remained banned from the App Store - and Epic Games CEO, Tim Sweeney says it could be up to five years before a native app is available for iPhone and iPad again. While it was still available to play on games consoles and on Windows, users of some of the most popular touch screen devices couldn't join in one the fun.Įpic took Apple to court over restrictions on the use of third party payment systems, and after a very public trail, the judge ruled partially against Apple. The free-to-play cross platform game, earns its developer money through subscriptions and in-game purchases.Įpic added a new payment option, allowing users to buy in-game items directly from them rather than using Apple and Google's own payment systems. Fortnite is one of the world's most popular games but was removed from Apple's App Store and the Google Play Store in 2020 over an argument between the tech giants and Epic over the use of outside payment options.