Pentanet, NVIDIA’s first GeForce NOW Alliance Partner in Australia and New Zealand, is proud to announce GeForce NOW™ Powered by Pentanet will be available next week. Local pricing and other opportunities have also been announced.
The Beta Quest phase saw Aussie Gamers complete over 250,000 quests. As Beta Play continues to provide invaluable feedback, Pentanet revealed that more than 3 million minutes have been played on GeForce NOW during Beta Play, equalling over 5.7 years in since invitations were first sent mid-September. In that time, over 100,000 cloud gaming sessions have taken place.
Launching on October 19, all players across Australia will be able to experience the amazing visuals of real-time ray tracing streamed with RTX ON via GeForce NOW Powered by Pentanet, using a vast variety of hardware options.
Users will have access to a library of over 1,000 games, and can play them by connecting accounts from popular game stores, including Steam, Epic Games Store, Ubisoft Connect, GOG.COM and more. Players will also have access to almost 100 free-to-play titles, instantly, included with GeForce NOW Powered by Pentanet.
At launch, players have two membership options: ‘Basic’ and ‘Priority’. With GeForce NOW Powered by Pentanet’s limited-time Founders 'Priority membership, players will be able to truly unleash the power of the service, with RTX-ON enabled gaming and extended play sessions. If there’s a queue to play GeForce NOW, priority members will always be right at the front.
These are lifetime prices for users as long as they remain an active subscriber. Available for a limited time, conditions apply. Subscribe now to claim this limited Founders Priority offer from 5pm AWST today.
Pentanet Founder Stephen Cornish celebrated the occasion, commenting, “For the first time ever GeForce NOW Powered by Pentanet connects Australian Gamers with real-time game-streaming technology, allowing users to turn their supported device into the gaming rig they have always dreamt of.”
What is GeForce NOW Powered by Pentanet?
GeForce NOW is NVIDIA's cloud-based game streaming service, delivering real-time gameplay straight from the cloud to your laptop, desktop, Mac, SHIELD TV, Android device or iPhone and iPad.
With GeForce NOW Powered by Pentanet, Australian gamers can instantly transform underpowered or incompatible hardware into the PC gaming rig you've always dreamed of. Experience instant loading, real-time ray-traced graphics and smooth FPS, even when playing the most demanding games.
Connect to your store accounts and stream your own library of games, or play your favourite free-to-play games. With cloud saves for supported games, you can pick up your game where you left off, on any supported device, wherever you are.
How To Begin:
The https://cloud.gg portal is currently live for players to access. You can begin your Beta Quests, earn XP, achievements, badges, prizes, and be in the running for Beta Play until launch on October 19, 2021.
An FAQ about Pentanet and the GeForce NOW service in Australia is available here: https://cloud.gg/faq/
This is the current list of GeForce NOW games, subject to Australian classification: https://cloud.gg/games
