Half Life 2 and Android 5.0 Coming to NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet

Nvidia has announced its latest product which focused more on gaming capabilities in their Shield Tablet.  The table will be running on Android 5.0 Lollipop and stating from November 18, the software upgrade will become publicly available for Shield Tablet owner.

On top of that, Nvidia has revealed that it will be partnering with Valve to bring the optimized version of Half-Life 2: Episode One to the tablet too. This new addition will also be included the game and Portal as part of Green Box bundle which is free when you purchase 32GB/LTE-enabled Shield Tablet for $399 through Nvida’s webstore and also online retailer. However, Nvidia have not decided until when this promotion will end.

The new Shield Tablet will comes with 192-core Tegra K1 chip which offers gamers with a unique blend of performance, value and serious gaming chops. A few media has named it as one of the top tablets to consider for their holiday gift guides and buying lists.

SHIELD tablet’s preloaded Dabbler app is also included in this update. Apart from the new interface inspired by Lollipop’s material design language, the software will also comes with full support for layers and users can now share live Dabbler sessions over Twitch.

Four other new SHIELD-optimized games which is available through Google Play:

-. OddWorld: Stranger’s Wrath – a drifter turned bounty hunter is set loose in this sprawling action-adventure game.

-. Pure Pool – superb visual effect and multi-player action make for a sophisticated take on a virtual pool hall.

-. Strike Suit zero – Born Ready Games’ space combat game features sprawling space battles gamers can experience on SHIELD’s 8-inch display or big-screen TVs.

-. Turbo dismount – The legendary crash simulator is now on Android, with smooth full resolution 4x MSAA visuals on SHIELD tablet.

Half Life 2 and Android 5.0 Coming to NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet

Half Life 2 And Portal Released For (some) Android Devices [VIDEO]

People in the Android community have been talking about this for a few months and now its finally here. The one and only world renowned super game publisher Valve has brought two of its most famous games to the Android operating system, but its not for everyone.

The hype started last week when Valve leaked a few pictures of what seemed like a port of Half Life 2 for Android. They also sent a crowbar which had the Half Life 2 logo on its side to a publication. As many of you might know, the crowbar is the first weapon that you are given in the game and its your trusted weapon for many levels in the game. This was a clear indication that something was gonna be announced soon.

Both games went on sale today for a price tag of $9.99. All the hype was pointing towards Half Life 2 and than Portal was released rather silently, but thats just how Valve does things. They know what they’re doing.

As of this release these games can only be played on the nvidia Shield. No other Android device is currently supported. This means that a lot of people will not be able to play Half Life 2 or Portal on their Android devices but there’s a chance that some hackers will take a shot at circumventing this restriction soon.

Both of these games have been around for quite some time  on the PC. Half Life 2 was released in 2004 and Portal was released in 2007. Both of these games have won numerous Game of the Year awards. Portal  has better graphics than Half Life 2.

Video games from major game developers are coming to the Android platform. Android devices are taking more and more of the portable gaming market from Sony and Nintendo. It should be interesting to see what they intend to do about it. Maybe they both should start migrating some of their services to iOS and Android, at least Nintendo seems to think so.

Half Life 2 And Portal Released For (some) Android Devices [VIDEO]