Like most things in life, many games are better when played with others. While everyone knows that the SHIELD Android TV is a great way to enjoy Android games natively and AAA-caliber PC titles with GeForce NOW, when it comes to multiplayer gaming, the list of games that you can play with your friends and family is constantly growing. While games like Super Mega Baseball, NBA Jam and Bomb Squad are obvious multiplayer favorites, we’ve assembled a list of some of our favorite multiplayer games for SHIELD Android TV. The LEGO games are some of the most popular titles available for both SHIELD Android TV and the tablet K1. Playing on everyone’s love for all things LEGO and various movie and comic book franchises, these games aren’t just great for families, they also support multiplayer gaming. Be sure to charge up both of those SHIELD controllers and enjoy the following titles, many of which are even included with a GeForce NOW membership: When it comes to split-screen multiplayer action few genres work as well as racing games.
The following titles represent dramatically different interpretations of what it means to be a racing game but they’re all 1) extremely compelling and 2) included with your GeForce NOW membership: It’s one thing to go off on a quest all by your lonesome, but it’s a much more enjoyable experience to travel with a buddy. Whether you’re more into action / adventure games like the Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light or more traditional adventure games like Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara and Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power you can’t go wrong with any of these titles: When it comes to getting back to our roots the NVIDIA SHIELD team knows where it all began: at the arcade. While we love retro games the fact remains that arcade games, and especially multiplayer arcade games, are a great way to waste time with friends. The following three titles are favorites among the SHIELD crew and they’re all included with your GeForce NOW membership. While many fighting games aren’t necessarily “family friendly” these two titles are fun for the whole crew.
If you follow esports you’ll no doubt see professional gamers doing what looks like any manner of random button mashing. But don’t get it twisted, there’s a ton of strategy that goes into becoming a master at fighting games. That said, before you run out and embarrass yourself publicly why not take on your friends and family from the comfort of your couch. And like with many of the games in this article, these two are included with your GeForce NOW membership. So there you have it. If playing multiplayer games is your thing then the NVIDIA SHIELD has you covered. Of course, if you don’t already own one, run out and buy an NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV today. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed - Play It on SHIELD with GeForce NOW EA Brings NASCAR to Real Racing 3 on NVIDIA SHIELD Plex Now Supports Photo-Tagging on SHIELDHaptic Feedback Comes to SHIELD! This Week On SHIELD - February 23, 2017 Brut@l - Play it on SHIELD with GeForce NOW!Alongside the galaxy of features within Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we’re pleased to report that PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 players will also be receiving some free DLC content with the exclusive Droids Character Pack coming right at launch on 28th June, featuring a host of Droids from across the Star Wars galaxy.
The Droids have always been some of my favourite characters in Star Wars films. Even though they’re machines, they still seem to have more personality and charm than a lot of humans do! Which is why it’s really exciting to be able to give players a pack that features these awesome characters. To show you what I mean, we’re here to reveal our latest vignette detailing this exciting content, have a look… As you can see from the video, these Droids are a cool bunch and should be familiar to many Star Wars fans. For starters, we have R5-D4 (or “Red”), a lesser-known but important astromech droid to join your galactic quest. For the super fans, this is the droid that Luke Skywalker purchased in the original Star Wars film instead of R2-D2 until a malfunctioning motivator set into motion all of the events we now know to have shaped the Star Wars galaxy! Alongside R5, we have IG-88, the chrome bounty hunter droid fans will remember from Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back who carries with him a unique heavy blaster rifle, capable of tracking down his foes.
Continuing the theme of combat droids, players will get to use Battle Droids from the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series, including the Captain Battle Droid, Super Battle Droid and the agile Captain Commando Droid. These three can certainly provide plenty of supporting fire to help you through LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Backing up all of these Battle Droids is their cyborg Supreme Commander – General Grievous. Equipped with his iconic lightsabres and a host of combat manoeuvres, he’s every bit as fearsome a foe as what you’ve seen in cinemas and on television – definitely one of my all-time favourite characters. Being able to run around with him in LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a real treat! For those wishing to take a less combat-oriented approach through the galaxy, the ME-8D9 and W1-LE protocol droids offer more civilised methods to deal with conflicts, able to talk their way through situations. Fans might recognise ME-8D9 from Maz Kanata’ castle in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and W1-LE, Lando Calrissian’s personal droid featured in Star Wars: Rebels, the animated series.
Lastly, it’s not only characters here, the droids have brought air support with them in the form of a Vulture-class droid starfighter available for players to use in flight levels, as well as an extremely adorable Microfighter version to speed around the five different free play areas within the game.That’s a lot of droids. As mentioned, the release of this pack is right around the corner, available at launch on 28th June so you’ll get to enjoy all of these awesome characters very soon. In the meantime, from all of us at TT Games… “these ARE the droids you’re looking for…“ Flawlessly embodies the spirit of The Hobbit films Massive open world to explore So much to see and do Only covers content from the first two movies Overwhelming amount of characters and skills Crafting can be frustrating How long has it been since we last played with our digital building blocks? Three games based off the popular Lego playsets in six months is a multicolored plastic brick overload, especially since each game in the series feels all too similar to the last.
And yet, it’s amazing what a simple change of scenery can do to make something feel brand new again, as Lego The Hobbit is just as fun and full of charm as we’ve come to expect from Warner Bros' long-running series.If you’ve played any of the previous Lego video games, you’ll recognize the formula instantly. Over the course of the six-to-eight-hour-long narrative, you’ll run through 16 missions that follow the plot of the two Hobbit films. Taking control of the plucky hobbit Bilbo and a band of dwarves, you’ll demolish scores of Lego objects and rebuild them out of the debris, switch characters to solve puzzles, and find tons of hidden secrets along the way. It’s actually pretty impressive how closely Lego The Hobbit follows its source material, even if most of the nuanced character development is lost in the Lego franchise's signature tongue-in-cheek fashion.In fact, Lego The Hobbit is one of the most narratively complete licensed games TT Games has made. If, that is, you don’t take into account the ending.
Because the third film in The Hobbit series hasn’t been released yet, Lego The Hobbit only covers those first two films, leaving players who finish the game with a highly unsatisfying cliffhanger. Future DLC will rectify that by adding the final film’s events to the game, but it’s still disappointing to reach what is essentially the 2/3rds mark in this story and have it just cut to credits.Other than a new crafting mechanic and a small handful of new abilities, Lego The Hobbit is almost identical to previous entries in the series. That’s not to say that the game doesn’t offer a ton of stuff to do. In between story missions, you’ll explore the massive world of Middle-earth, with your travels taking you from the humble village of Hobbiton, through the elven mountain town Rivendell, into the murky forests of Dol Guldur and beyond. There are countless sidequests peppered throughout your voyage, and the various citizens of Middle-earth have requests that reward you with Mithril bricks for crafting or those elusive cheat-enabling red bricks.
These quests range from interesting (solving riddles and platforming challenges) to dull (fetch quests or escort missions), but there’s a decent enough mix of the two to keep things from getting boring. Even after completing the main story, I was only 30 percent finished with all that Lego The Hobbit has to offer.That being said, there might even be a little too much going on. Bilbo didn’t go on this adventure alone--along with Gandalf, there are 13 dwarves that make up the company that sets off in search of the Arkenstone. During your adventure, you’ll be switching between over a dozen different characters, each with unique abilities--and all of these are required at certain points in the game to progress. I found myself frequently wondering who had the flail so I could cross a gap, or who had the shovel so I could dig up some soil; with so many characters available, this becomes overwhelming. And though Lego The Hobbit does list who does what on the character select screen, it can be difficult to parse at a quick glance due to the sheer amount of information.
The crafting system piles on top of the massive amount of characters and abilities as well. While interesting, it can also be very frustrating to deal with at times. As you break every single Lego-built object that isn’t nailed down, you’ll often find bits of wood, rope, gems, bread, or other items along with the typical Lego stud currency. Collecting these is important, as you’ll often stumble upon quests or roadblocks that require a specific number of crafting materials to progress. It’s fun when you finally get enough pieces to craft some really interesting weapons, tools, and Middle-earth-themed structures, but unless you’re breaking everything in sight on a constant basis, you’ll likely be just shy of the items needed to continue.Despite its faults, there’s a reason that these Lego games are still fun despite so frequently getting new entries. And even though the narrative here only covers the first two films, make no mistake--Lego The Hobbit is jam-packed with as many secrets, as much content, and as much plastic bricky-goodness as you would expect.