Nvidia’s Shield to begin shipping on July 31

[dlevere]

By Neil Long at 9:16 A.M. July 22^nd 2013



Nvidia will begin shipping its Shield handheld console on July 31, the tech firm has announced.

The new Android handheld can also play PC titles, and was originally expected to launch on June 27 for $299. The console is now in full production and will begin shipping to those that have pre-ordered on July 31, says Nvidia. The delay was blamed on a “mechanical issue.”

Shield will be available both direct through Nvidia and at retail in the US and Canada, but we've yet to hear plans for a retail release in Europe.

[bungholio]

It can play PC titles? Would that mean games with high pc requirements like Farcry, Crysis, Doom 3, Half-Life 2, Skyrim, and many others?

[lee4]

Nvidia Shield is Android Device

Tech Specs
https://shield.nvidia.com/portable-features/
Operating System: Android Jelly Bean OS
Display: 5 inch 1280x720 (294 ppi) Multi-Touch Retinal Quality Display
Storage: 16GB Mirco SD
Processor: NVIDIA Tegra 4 1.9 GHz quad-core Cortex-A15 Processor
Memory: 2GB RAM

Can Play Android Games Native
https://shield.nvidia.com/play-android-games/

Play Streaming PC games (assuming same way as PS4 can play streamed PS3 games)
https://shield.nvidia.com/play-pc-games/
* Assassin's Creed III
* Batman: Arkham City
* Battlefield 3
* Borderlands 2
* Dark Souls
* Dishonored
* HAWKEN
* Left 4 Dead 2
* Metro: Last Light
* Portal 2
* Resident Evil 6
* The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
* Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

[dlevere]

I'm going to get one, since it can play Dishonored and Skyrim.

[Helder]

I'm going to get one, since it can play Dishonored and Skyrim.

You can then give us a review on it from your impressions.

[dlevere]

I will. Now if I could only figure out how to cheat on it...

[Helder]

Root it and then use one of 3 cheat programs which are discussed in this thread:

https://gamehacking.org/vb/threads/58...e-hacking-apps

[dlevere]

I forgot about that thread. That link that I posted is dead now, too. I'll have to find another link.

[dlevere]

https://www.software112.com/products/...ng-hacker.html

[lee4]

IGN's Nvidia Shield Review
https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/...-shield-review

[lee4]

Newegg's NVIDIA SHIELD Unboxing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvVdbbQz-2M

Engadget's NVIDIA Shield PC Streaming Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcztIQZeni0

[dlevere]

Half-Life 2 and Portal now on Nvidia Shield

By Steve Watts



Nvidia is aiming to sell Project Shield to gamers with two highly-regarded classics. Half-Life 2 and Portal are now available natively on the device. In a short promotional video, Nvidia announced the pair of games and says it worked with Valve to bring them to Shield.

This follows a recent update that introduced remote streaming. The video also reiterates the temporary $199 price point, which a retail source told Shacknews will be available through June 1^st.