GeForce NOW loses games from the likes of Microsoft and Warner Bros.

Publishers and developers Warner Bros, Xbox Game Studios, Codemasters and Klei Entertainment will withdraw support for GeForce NOW later this week. This means that the streaming service will lose seven game publishers and developers in a short time.

A reason for the departure of the four publishers and developers is not given in the Nvidia message. The company does write that it hopes the games will return. They will no longer be available on the platform as of April 24. Nvidia also writes that games will be added and removed until the end of May. It is not known which games will be taken off the platform. Earlier this year, Activision Blizzard, Bethesda and 2K Games pulled their games from the game streaming service.

At the same time, Nvidia reports that Ubisoft will make more games available on the platform. As of this week, the Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry games can be played via GeForce NOW. More Ubisoft games should be added in the coming weeks. Series and games like Watch Dogs and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege were already available on the streaming service.

Nvidia says it should also be possible for publishers to make a game immediately available on GeForce NOW upon release. That implies that there is now a delay. It is not clear how big that delay is. With this, Nvidia wants to be able to bring games to the platform faster.

GeForce NOW is a streaming service that allows players to run their previously purchased games on Nvidia servers. This makes the service comparable to, for example, Google Stadia. However, with GeForce NOW there is a link with the player’s game stores such as Steam and Uplay. Players therefore do not buy games from GeForce NOW, but can play their games via Nvidia’s servers, provided Nvidia supports the game. The service has been available as a free and paid variant since February.