14 DAY TRIAL // Earlier this week, NVIDIA unexpectedly announced that all Activision Blizzard games have been pulled from its game streaming service, GeForce Now. The company didn't offer any explanation to why it happened, but said it will try and bring back Activision Blizzard's entire catalog in the future.
Although many people bought games like Overwatch or any Call of Duty titles just to play them on GeForce Now, Activision Blizzard decided to remove them without further notice or any explanation whatsoever. Many asked for refunds, but many more wish Activision Blizzard would bring back its games to the game streaming service.
Now Bloomberg obtained an official statement from NVIDIA concerning the issue and judging by what the company's official say, it appears that everything was just a misunderstanding, a big one that affected a lot of customers.
"Activision Blizzard has been a fantastic partner during the GeForce Now beta, which we took to include the free trial period for our founders membership. Recognizing the misunderstanding, we removed their games from our service, with hope we can work with them to re-enable these, and more, in the future."
Basically, NVIDIA asked Activision Blizzard permission to include their games in the GeForce Now beta, but they didn't asked for their approval before the game streaming service launched on February 4. It's one thing to offer a product for beta testing, and a completely different one to offer the same product for money.
GeForce Now offer players two tiers – one it's free and the premium one charges you $5 / €5.5 per month. The free tier allows you to play any game you own that's compatible with GeForce Now uninterrupted for 1 hour. The premium subscription lets you play for 6 hours, gives you priority on the NVIDIA's servers and enables Ray Tracing for those games that support it.