Pleasant update for tablet SHIELD: Android 5.0 Lollipop, Valve games as a gift and streaming PC games from the cloud

NVIDIA Corporation presents new opportunities and new content for the tablet NVIDIA SHIELD, which will be available with the next software update.

Android 5.0 Lollipop, a set of games from Valve, including Half-Life 2: Episode One, and PC games from the cloud when NVIDIA GRID, includes more than 20 games level AAA, - all this in the next software update for the tablet SHIELD, which will already this month.

Android 5.0 Lollipop appear on plates SHIELD November 18. SHIELD will be one of the first tablet with a new version of the OS, so - with the new Google interface in style «Material Design» and higher speed applications.

This update will also include a new version of the preinstalled applications NVIDIA Dabbler. Drawing application will receive full support to work with layers, as well as the process of creating the work can now be broadcast on Twitch.

In addition, users waiting for an updated version of SHIELD Hub - applications NVIDIA, which helps users to find games optimized for the tablet SHIELD and organize streaming PC games on the tablet on the web or from the cloud.

One of the best games of all time - Half-Life 2: Episode One from Valve - get a mobile version optimized for the processor Tegra K1 and available exclusively on the plates SHIELD.

The game will go down in the box Green Box, which will be available as a gift when buying a tablet version of SHIELD 32GB / LTE. Also Half-Life 2: Episode One, The kit will include Green Box 2 more games from Valve: Half-Life 2 and Portal.

Among other novelties Google Play, optimized for tablets SHIELD:

     OddWorld: Stranger's Wrath - an exciting adventure action;
     Pure Pool - virtual billiards with rich visuals and multiplayer;
     Strike Suit Zero - Space Action from Born Ready Games, abundant space battles, which can be experienced as an 8-inch screen, SHIELD, and on the big screen TV;
     Turbo Dismount - legendary crash simulator will be available on Android with FSAA on the plates 4xMSAA SHIELD.

NVIDIA Corporation is pleased to introduce its own service streaming PC games from the cloud - NVIDIA GRID. NVIDIA GRID brings GeForce GTX gaming experience on the device SHIELD.

Netflix and Spotify have become common nouns in renting movies and music. NVIDIA GRID has all chances to become a household name in the same name in the field of cloud services for video games.

Service NVIDIA GRID will be available in North America later this month, in Western Europe - in December, in Asia - in the next year. On the timing of availability of service in Russia and the CIS countries will be announced.

Currently GRID already supports 20 popular games, including Batman: Arkham City, Borderlands 2 and Psychonauts, with new games will appear weekly.

Until June 30, 2015 GRID service is available for free on all consoles, tablets and SHIELD.