Bad news for users of Nvidia’s cloud gaming service. GeForce Now is losing access to the popular games from Activision Blizzard, including Overwatch and StarCraft II. 

“Per their request, please be advised Activision Blizzard games will be removed from the service,” Nvidia posted in the company’s forums on Tuesday. “While unfortunate, we hope to work together with Activision Blizzard to reenable these games and more in the future.”

It’s a big loss for GeForce Now, which launched as a public release last week. The service enables you to stream PC games on a laptop, phone or TV via an internet connection, without the need to pay for the pricey gaming hardware.

One of the major advantages with Nvidia’s cloud gaming service is how you can play games you already own. GeForce Now does this by offering you access to an Nvidia server, which until today could be used to install games on your Blizzard account.

Why Activision Blizzard suddenly decided to bail from the service is unclear. But today's forum post from Nvidia suggests the two companies still need to hammer out a business arrangement regarding GeForce Now.  

“In an ideal world, every game would be playable on GeForce Now, and that's the kind of world we're working toward,” Nvidia said in a separate forum post two months ago. “But the reality of the situation is that this is a new area in gaming: cloud streaming. There are both technical and business hurdles that must be cleared when we're bringing a game to the service.”

On GeForce Now, other noticeable omissions include games from Capcom, Square Enix and Rockstar Games.  In the meantime, Nvidia's service still supports more than 500 other games available on Steam and the Epic Games store, including the Witcher 3 and Fortnite. GeForce Now is free, but if you want priority access to Nvidia’s cloud servers, you’ll need to pay a $4.99 monthly subscription fee.  Otherwise, you may end up waiting around for access to a cloud server. 

“In addition to the hundreds of games currently supported, we have over 1,500 games that developers have asked to be on-boarded to the service. Look for weekly updates as to new games we are adding,” Nvidia added in today's forum post.

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