GeForce Now launches in India

Nvidia opened GeForce Now in India on April 16, starting with early access for pre-registered users and a paid beta rollout. (gadgets360.com) The service streams PC games from Nvidia servers instead of running them on a local gaming computer, and Nvidia said it works on personal computers, Mac computers, phones, smart televisions, and handheld devices. Nvidia is selling 90-day passes at 999 rupees for the Performance tier and 1,999 rupees for the Ultimate tier, with 200 gigabytes of added persistent storage priced at 299 rupees. (gadgets360.com) Nvidia said a free tier is planned in the coming weeks, while access during the current phase is being distributed by invitation and waitlist. The India launch uses Blackwell-based RTX 5080 SuperPOD servers, according to Nvidia and local launch coverage. (gadgets360.com) (nvidianews.nvidia.com) India has a large mobile gaming market, but high-end personal computer gaming hardware remains costly for many players, which is the gap cloud gaming tries to close by moving the expensive graphics hardware into a data center. Nvidia first said at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2025 that GeForce Now was coming to India, then missed later launch targets before landing on April 16, 2026. (in.ign.com) (talkesport.com) The delays were tied to local server build-out, with Nvidia saying in November 2025 that servers were still being built in India and the service would move to the first quarter of 2026. By launch day, local reports said the service was running on in-country infrastructure rather than requiring users to connect through a virtual private network. (in.ign.com) (moneycontrol.com) GeForce Now is not a Netflix-style all-you-can-play catalog. Nvidia said the India version supports libraries tied to Steam, Epic Games Store, Xbox Game Pass, Ubisoft Connect, and GOG, meaning players generally need to own or subscribe to the games elsewhere before streaming them. (gadgets360.com) Nvidia said GeForce Now supports more than 4,500 titles globally, including more than 100 free-to-play games, and the company has been pushing higher-end cloud features such as AV1 video encoding, ray tracing, and low-latency modes. In India, the Ultimate tier supports streams up to 5K at 120 frames per second, according to Gadgets 360. (gadgets360.com) (nvidianews.nvidia.com) The launch also puts Nvidia into a market where cloud gaming has had uneven traction because performance depends on stable broadband and low network delay, not just price. Nvidia’s pitch in India is that local servers and lower introductory pricing can make that tradeoff workable for more players. (business-standard.com) (invenglobal.com) For now, the launch is narrower than a full public debut: early access, waitlisted users, and a promised free tier still to come. But April 16 is the date GeForce Now finally moved from repeated India launch promises to a live service with local pricing. (gadgets360.com) (in.ign.com)