HUGE Nvidia Shield Update

HUGE Nvidia Shield Update

Visit here to see a review of the new update:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7464/nvidia-updates-shield-to-android-43-brings-gamestream-out-of-beta

Posted on Nvidia's Official Blog

go here: http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2013/10/18/gamestream/

NVIDIA GameStream Coming to SHIELD Owners
on Oct. 28th

"When SHIELD launched back in July, the ability to stream PC games from your GeForce GTX PC to SHIELD was lauded by critics, even though the feature was still in BETA.

Today, at our The Way It’s Meant to be Played press event in Montreal, our CEO Jen-Hsun Huang outlined the company’s vision for a connected gaming ecosystem. At the center of this is a new streaming technology standard called NVIDIA GameStream.

NVIDIA GameStream, due to launch on Oct. 28, is NVIDIA’s advanced streaming technology, combining the high performance of GeForce GTX graphics cards with advanced Wi-Fi technologies to deliver super-smooth, low-latency gaming on the go. It effectively puts the ultimate GeForce gaming experience in the palm of your hands.

With support for more than 50 top PC games, including upcoming 2013 blockbuster releases “Batman: Arkham Origins” and “Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag,” there is plenty of gaming to be had. Initially, NVIDIA GameStream will be available for local PC streaming, however, longer-term, it will also support NVIDIA GRID cloud gaming services.

Along with the release of GameStream comes expanded streaming support, including:

• Super smooth and fast performance at 60 frames per second.
• Enhanced Wi-Fi quality of service in combination with GameStream Ready routers from leading network partners ASUS, Buffalo, D-Link, and NETGEAR.
• Improved onscreen navigation and controls.

Jen-Hsun also revealed a brand new capability called “SHIELD Console Mode,” which transforms your portable SHIELD into a full gaming and entertainment console on your big-screen TV.

Simply attach SHIELD to your HDTV via HDMI, pair it with a Nyko PlayPad Pro Bluetooth controller, and sit back on your couch and play your PC games with GameStream. In addition to streaming PC games, the mode allows gamers to play Android games, browse the web, and watch their favorite movies at native 1080p on the big screen.

Starting on Oct. 28, to celebrate the release of GameStream, NVIDIA will offer up to $100 off SHIELD plus free copies of “Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag,” “Splinter Cell Blacklist” and “Batman: Arkham Origins” with the purchase of select GeForce GTX graphics cards. Stay tuned for more details on resellers and system builders that will be offering the bundle. For more information on SHIELD, visit shield.nvidia.com."

-- Article Posted by By Jason Paul on Oct 18, 2013 on the website http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2013/10/18/gamestream/

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Here is a random review of the Nyko PlayPad Pro from someone on youtube:

Listed as $24.99 at Gamestop Website  |  Offical Nyko Website has it listed for $39.99

Export your HTML5 games to Ouya and Nvidia Shield in one click

Spotted this on Twitter

"Export your HTML5 games to Ouya and Nvidia Shield in one click with Ludei's CoccoonJS ow.ly/pWDGe" - Eneko Knörr @enekoknorr

From the Ludei Blog Site:

Hopefully this means faster support for the Nvidia Shield with more Apps on the google play store.

Answer from Fist of Awesome developer

Fist of Awesome

"Hi Jim,

I'm not sure if it works on the Shield unfortunately. I don't have one (yet anyway) so I'm afraid I have no idea. FIST OF AWESOME does support gamepads on regular Android though so there's a pretty good chance it'll work, but I have no way of confirming that.

Thanks for getting in touch, hope that helps in some way!

Nicoll Hunt

Head Honcho - I Fight Bears"

UPDATE

I am going to download the game on Sunday & test it.  Then I will let you all know.

-- Jim

Nvidia Shield PC Pairing ...

Let me point out that I won't be showing any Nvidia Shield / PC pairing images on here because I don't own a fancy pants PC rig with the qualifications to pull it off.  I own a quad core AMD with an Nvidia Geforce 560.  No where close to the requirements to run the pairing ability.  But that won't stop me from trying other options.

Such as:

• Kainy App
• Splashtop maybe (but how the hell do you get the control pad to work)
• Maybe Splashtop GamePad THD would work?? (only screen control mapping)
• Searching XDA for alternatives
• Staring at my Shield and pretending that I am playing Borderlands 2

The Official Streaming Specs Required:

System Requirements for PC Game Streaming:

• > GPU: GeForce GTX 650 or higher desktop GPU (Notebook GPUs are not supported at this time)
• > CPU: Intel Core i3-2100 3.1GHz or AMD Athlon II X4 630 2.8GHz or higher
• > System Memory: 4GB or higher
• > Software: GeForce Experience™ application and latest GeForce drivers
• > OS: Windows 8 or Windows 7
• > Routers: 802.11a/g router (minimum). 802.11n dual band router (recommended).
• > Download GeForce Experience to see if your PC is ready for PC Streaming from the My Rig tab.

DISTURBING - Missing Apps

My Neo Geo app by Robert Broglia is now gone. Missing from the google play store and missing from all my android devices.  RetroArch is now missing from the Play store as well. Here is a link to the store showing it missing: http://goo.gl/JMNhj What chicanery goes on here?  I would assume that it violated SNK / Playmore's copyright and they had it pulled.  What does this mean for the rest of the emulation apps on the store.  Is their time limited?

The only part here that really bothers me is that I paid for that app and it doesn't show up under my purchased apps anymore.  That is underhanded when there is no warning.  This is when I almost side with the crazies about hating on "the cloud" but I refuse.  I enjoy the cloud.  I like everything synced to each other. It's about connivence and connivence breeds smooth user experience.

I will be keeping an eye on other disappearing apps & will post if I notice others going poof.  Of course I could be wrong about all of this. Robert Broglia could have pulled it himself.  If I was a developer, and too many people complained ... I couldn't find the pull switch fast enough.

ARGH - Hexen 2 issue

This has to be the most frustrating issue I have had so far with the Nvidia Shield. Not true because control mapping still takes #1 pet peeve.  When trying to add the data1 folder to the device, the folder would not show in the directory even though it was there. I had to restart the device for it to show. Which originally left my looking at the shield like Ben Stiller at the end of Zoolander when trying to get the information out of the computer.

I understand fist of awesome now and how much I want to punch a bear or deer right in the face.  A side note since that game works on OUYA with a controller. Would it work on the Shield with controller support? Hmmmm? Sent an email to the developer have not heard back yet.

UPDATE: 

Every time you have to restart when you try another one of these "beloko" apps.  It won't let you create the folder because it is already there but does not show. I'm punching invisible air demons right now.

Beginning part with the linking to the data1 file issue

Ok got it working. now wtf!! this menu eats bull penis.
what am i suppose to do from here? hit random buttons.
(hit android return key)

Ok got to this menu. Now what. None of my button mapping is working. Shit.
(You use the onscreen commands and that return command on the bottom left
is actually what you push to go forward. Argh!!!!)

Now I'm in the game sweet. Took about 5 tries to setup the game
mapping the way I wanted it to work.  Everything works great.
I'm playing Hexen II on the Nvidia Shield

Try to leave and now I am back to this poor menu.

Testing Hexen & Heretic Apps

Testing out some Hexen & Heretic apps on the Shield today.  So far Heretic is great playing on the shield. I will up load some pics of it running later on today.

Doom 3 on Nvidia Shield - Screenshots UPDATE

Made some setting changes and fooled around with the doomconfig file. It now looks like this. Lighting is important. Doh! Plus you need to disable the shadows & advanced special effects to get the sound to stop skipping. If you are messing around in the settings of the game and it all of a sudden does not boot back up on the next retry, make sure to delete the DoomConfig.cfg file from the directory. And then it should start working again.  Wouldn't be a bad idea to make a backup of that folder.

Updated screenshots of the game running:

Earlier screenshots of it running:

Initial App Screen

Main Screen

Loading Up

Loading the level

In game

Bounty Hunter: Black Dawn

New Segment Called: WHY GOD WHY!?!

Just give it gamepad controls

Why God why does Bounty Hunter: Black Dawn not have support for game pads?  It boggles the mind. A Borderlands clone like this deserves to have game pad controls and for it to work on the nVidia Shield. Well technically it runs. I did boot it up. Silently hoping controls were in the game but just not listed. No such luck. Grumble. Grumble. 

Please beg the developer for game pad support support@ifreyr.com

Please ifreyr!!!!!!!

Game play video of Bounty Hunter: Black Dawn:

Tested the new game Neon Shadow

Neon Shadow on the App Store Now!!

Tested the new game Neon Shadow. It runs great on the nVidia Shield. SciFi FPS yes please.





Droidgamers (awesome site for android gamers. subscribe now if you are into android gaming) has more info on the game listed here: http://goo.gl/YEuipS

Here is what Droidgamers have to say about it:

"Crescent Moon Games and Tasty Poison Games have teamed up and released a new cyber punk themed FPS game calledNeon Shadow today for Android gamers to dig into. Before you ask the inevitable question when it comes to FPS games let us answer it for you right now - yes there is controller support.

Quick Update: Oct. 16, 2013 7:28am PST: The game is back up on Google Play for people to buy.

Quick Update: Oct. 15, 2013 2:02pm PST: Due to an unforeseen issue the game has been temporarily pulled from Google Play to fix something real quick. It should be back up at some point in the next 24 hours. We will post an update when it is back up.

For those of you who missed our little preview of Neon Shadow when we got to see some early footage and screenshots of the game, essentially this 3D FPS game takes a good amount of inspiration from classics like Doom but embeds the entire world in a cyber punk theme. Instead of demons, monsters and Hell to worry about, in Neon Shadow you'll have to deal with deadly Mechanoids who have taken over your space station. You'll need to defeat them in order to save yourself, humanity and the galaxy.

Neon Shadow Features:

- Old school first person shooter game-play.
- Single player campaign.
- Online multiplayer death-match mode.
- LAN multiplayer death-match.
- Cyber Punk soundtrack from Abducted by Sharks.
- On Tablets: 2 player split screen on one device: co-op campaign and death-match modes.
- When playing with a controller: Support for multiple control layouts: South paw and legacy
- Online multiplayer with Google Play Game Services
- Controller support for Moga Pro Mode B.
- Controller support for Game Stop Red Samurai"

Needless to say with the amount of mobile gamers out there who generally point out that a lot of FPS games on Android don't have controller support, now there is at least one more to add to the list of a few FPS titles that do."

Here is a link to the app store. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.crescentmoongames.neonshadow If you own a nVidia Shield I say check it out.