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Be Among the First to Wield SHIELD: Taking Pre-Orders Now

By on May 14 2013
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A console-grade controller. A high-definition, 720p HD retinal display. The rich graphics and blazing performance of Tegra 4 – the world’s fastest mobile processor.

These pieces, put together by a company full of gaming fanatics, add up to an amazing new open platform gaming portable. It’s the best way to play Android games. And because it’s an Android device, it works with both Tegra-optimized and regular Android games – as well as Android apps.

Project SHIELD is now, officially, SHIELD. The price is $349. Newegg, GameStop, Micro Center and Canada Computers will all carry SHIELD. It ships in June.

SHIELD is a new kind of portable.

SHIELD is a new kind of portable.

Pre-order will go live on May 20th from the partners listed above, and on shield.nvidia.com. Fans who have signed up to receive SHIELD updates by clicking “Notify Me” on the SHIELD website will have an exclusive opportunity to pre-order starting today.

If you’re an Android gamer, this will fit into your life the moment you open the box.

SHIELD is the one device that taps into the planet’s largest ecosystem of games — spanning NVIDIA TegraZone, Google Play and Steam. Rediscover your Android games with the mobility, control and performance of SHIELD. Connect to your Google Play account to enjoy your favorite movies, music and apps.

And GeForce game streaming, launching as a beta feature, will give SHIELD the power to access your NVIDIA GeForce GTX GPU-powered computer from the comfort of your couch. We’re working on streaming your favorite PC games to SHIELD, including great titles from Steam.

Here’s what you’ll get:

  • Tegra 4 – The world’s fastest mobile processor delivers rich graphics and unbeatable performance thanks to 72 GPU cores, four CPU cores and 2GB of RAM
  • Console-grade controller – Precise control thanks to dual analog joysticks, a full-sized D-Pad, left and right analog triggers, full-sized bumpers and A/B/X/Y buttons
  • Multi-touch display – 5-inch, 720p retinal multi-touch display for high-fidelity visuals
  • Integrated speakers – Custom, bass reflex, tuned port audio system – we think this is SHIELD’s sleeper feature
  • Wi-Fi – 802.11n 2X2 MIMO game-speed Wi-Fi for game streaming
  • Pure Android – Latest Android Jelly Bean operating system from Google, for access to Android games and apps
  • There’s more – We put into SHIELD everything we would want in a premium mobile gaming device: 16 GB memory, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, a mini-HDMI output, micro-USB 2.0, a microSD storage slot, a 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack. See the full spec sheet, here.

To everyone who’s been following SHIELD, thank you. This is going to be fun.

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  • https://twitter.com/carlos_rincon Karl rincon

    I would like to try it, it would be something different but my question is if it comes in Spanish, and when it comes to Latin America?

  • https://twitter.com/carlos_rincon Karl rincon

    I would like to try it, it would be something different but my question is if it comes in Spanish, and when it comes to Latin America?

  • http://twitter.com/QUICKSILV3Rs DANIEL S

    waste of technology, fail right out of the box

  • Zac Alling

    Now wait just a second, this I did not consider. What games can I stream from my PC to the SHIELD? Must the game be designed for this application and specifically with the SHIELD? Or can I stream any title, like The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, Steam version or otherwise? Thanks.

    -Zac

  • Edward Lampson

    i have a question do you need a  NVIDIA GeForce GTX gpu to be able to use steam on this or can you just get a app for steam?

  • http://www.facebook.com/ic3man05 David Rebbe

    What is there not to trust? The whole OS is open source and you can view it anytime you want.

  • Ukee Themonkey

    Well I for one am really excited for this and have preordered one on the site (some one has to bite the bullet). I just hope that it can break the 5 hour battery curse that we have been having with post DS handhelds since I care more about being able to play my handheld when I need to more than graphics.

  • Brian_Caulfield

    Yes, you’ll need a GeForce GTX GPU. Check shield.nvidia.com for all the details –> http://shield.nvidia.com/play-pc-games/

  • Fredy Nativi

    I would like to see the portability. By that I mean in someones pocket. Not a bag pack. Most likely not possible.

  • aphotic

    You can stream any game, as long as you have a GTX 650 or better powering your rig. And I admit that this feature is cool, but I still can’t justify that price. Others, however, will certainly deem it acceptable. I really do like Nvida and I just hope they realize they are targeting a super small niche that never asked for something like this.

  • VSanity

    Perhaps you’re right. Maybe I’ve outgrown a system like this, after thinking about it some more last night there really isn’t a price point I would buy this at, regardless of how good it is. Ergo I am no longer the target market :( I guess people/priorities change, I used to be an avid gamer but I can’t remember the last time I played a game other than solitaire on my gaming PC and I haven’t even turned on my Xbox in 2 months…

  • Kryptography

    I’m going to need to see a game list before I purchase.

  • Brian_Caulfield

    Understood. You’ll find all the latest details on http://shield.nvidia.com/. Thanks!

  • Edward Lampson

     ah thanks for the info

  • Sonal Pinto

    Will it ever release in India? Or will you ever offer International Shipment…

    Kinda been waiting on this for far too long :(
    A lot of gamers (including your employees) exist outside of US/Canada… and good deal of them were indeed looking forward to the Shield. I feel let down.

  • Younanomous

    The list of games that can be streamed hasn’t been released yet, but so far it seems like a handful of games to start off with, and more games being added down the road. It’s probably a given that they will focus on the most popular/triple A games first, like Farcry 3, Metro, Skyrim, etc.

  • Younanomous

    This is definitely a niche product, but hopefully one that’ll force other companies to come up with better/cheaper alternatives. My only other option currently is to build a new PC if I want to play games in the living room, and playing on the 5″ screen while getting ready for bed would be pretty cool too.

  • Chris Anton

    reasons its awesome: much more hackable than sony’s and nintendo’s handhelds, plays a ton of games you already have including android (which ouya and gamestick don’t do) and who cares if there’s no 3g when most new phones have a portable hotspot, and this is the best developer console to start with for tegra 4. In terms of developing, this unit is going to sell A LOT

  • Chris Anton

    I actually have one other thing to point out, shouldn’t you have made a phone instead? I mean, then you’d have a 5 inch screen phone, which isn’t unheard of at all, and then you could attach it to that controller. That would make it portable and you wouldn’t have the weird portrait mode problem….Just sayin.

  • nvdawang99

    China market is huge, I wonder when will you launch it in Beijing ?
    It’s only matters how many you can build, we will buy it out. Check out the
    iPhone sales in China, you know the idea.

    One more suggestion, since you can use wifi, why not add iMessage capability
    To it , let the gamers talk to each other . I think you may have it, just one download
    Away.

  • nvdawang99

    You got Wifi, you got everything , I am not sure
    How it work in the US, but in China , you can download
    Android Apps to talk & IM to eachother for free. So,
    Can Shield download other Apps except games?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000577034535 Muhammad Rizki Darmawan

    When it will be on Asia ( Indonesia ) ?

    I will buy this
    SHIELD can’t pre order exclude US and Canada :(

  • socrfan

    Why would anyone pre order an overpriced and untested device like this one? This article is worth reading first.
     http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2418941,00.asp

  • http://www.facebook.com/yannick.ghozland Yannick Ghozland

    I cannot find an international shipping option which is quite bad because you might potentially upset European people and miss he market here. Soon Samsung will make their gamepad for their phones and will be followed by big ben gamepad for all the phones and tablets compatible with 90% of the games. With the PS4 and Xbox 720 launching soon as well, If you don’t hurry and release worldwide the shield will be forgotten very quickly.

  • Riva3D

    I’m ordering one right now.

  • Riva3D

    Actually, Steam is a service.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000354905077 Ben Wigginz

    I don’t think it will be worth it, gaming on such a small screen and handheld and controller format, they all suck (I played on a psp for a painfull 1.5yr or so, and a xbox 360 for 1yr) (to the guy kinda talking about the ps4, the ps4 wont be worth it, it says 8 cores and whatnot but its slow 8 cores are they physical or logical? nomatter howmuch power you put into a console pc will smoke it up for dinner) im sure whenever you wanna game for long periods of time, gotta haul that charger with ya :D

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=678860260 Darren M. Swan

    Is there/will there be a developer’s kit for making Shield exclusive or optimized games/apps?

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