Shadow Gaming Service offers a platform for competitive gaming experiences.
Shadow Gaming Service offers a platform for competitive gaming experiences.
Shadow appears to be a fresh gaming service, comparable to ShadowPlay by Nvidia. It enables playing games through a virtual machine on their network. You can access any game you wish, though it charges $34.95 monthly and only supports purchased titles. According to the ARI Chat Bot, their virtual machines include 8 dedicated threads on an Intel Xeon server, 12 GB of DDR4 RAM, and 256 GB of storage. They offer a single-user high-end Nvidia graphics card. On their homepage, they provide more details about the virtual machines: supported platforms are Windows, OSx, Linux, and Android, with iOS expected soon. Further questions: Would this be affordable? Could the latency be worth it for long gaming sessions? How would it handle games like CS:GO, DOTA 2, League, or Overwatch? Would it support hardware such as racing wheels and joysticks? Is there a possibility to stream content on the platform? Are there concerns about malware or viruses?