In January, Nvidia announced that the GeForce Now cloud gaming platform will be “coming soon” in Australia. And now we are finally given a more solid time frame for its launch.
By mark jaction
In partnership with Perth-based Internet Service Provider (ISP) Pentanet, Nvidia will offer “from October of this year” in Australia, assuming “everything goes according to plan” during the proposed beta test period. Will start.
GeForce Now utilizes Western Australia-based ISP Pentanet, with some Sydney-based servers for beta, but in the first testing phase, more server locations will be deployed to meet demand. There is a possibility.
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Statements by Nvidia and Pentanet claim that they have received “more than 45,000 Australian registrations” to express their interest in the service, and Australians and everyone else interested in the platform are finally in beta. Got the roadmap for editions and full releases.
Officially, it includes three phases: Beta Quest, Beta Play, and National Release. These last ones are pretty obvious. The service will be officially released across Australia in October to give priority access to beta testers, existing Pentanet customers, and active Cloud.GG users.
The two beta phases are related to this cloud gaming .GG platform. This is an online portal that future beta testers will need to sign up to “complete quests, earn XP and level up as a step into the beta play program”.
These “quests” include tasks such as completing surveys, watching marketing videos, and updating profile information. This is an attempt to simultaneously establish an online community and build a hype of the service before it begins.
In the beta play phase, a small number of players will be added to the live beta each week, and the player who earns XP by completing the above tasks will be prioritized. Nvidia and Pentanet are also considering “joining a diverse group of testers across many technical specifications, Internet services, devices, and locations.”
Originally published at Texas news today