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NVIDIA adds Capcom’s Onimusha: Way of the Sword to GeForce NOW, launches the service publicly in India
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Business/The Apex Times/Jul 16, 9:24 AM EDT

NVIDIA adds Capcom’s Onimusha: Way of the Sword to GeForce NOW, launches the service publicly in India

The cloud gaming platform will stream the new demo this week ahead of a Sept. 3 launch, alongside new titles including Denshattack!. NVIDIA says GeForce NOW has moved from beta to public availability in India and now supports UPI payments.

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NVIDIA is expanding its GeForce NOW cloud gaming library and widening access to the service in India. In a Thursday update, the company said Capcom’s action adventure Onimusha: Way of the Sword will arrive on GeForce NOW at launch on Thursday, Sept. 3, with a playable demo available to stream starting this week, allowing members to begin without downloading the game to a local device.

The company framed the GeForce NOW experience around immediate play. NVIDIA said Ultimate members can use GeForce RTX 5080-class performance in the cloud across PCs, Macs, handheld devices, mobile phones and TVs. It added that GeForce NOW is designed to let subscribers jump into games as soon as they are available, without needing local storage space or the purchase of high-end hardware.

Onimusha: Way of the Sword is set in a dark fantasy version of Edo Japan, centered on a lone samurai wielding the Oni Gauntlet against demonic enemies called Genma. NVIDIA’s description highlights sword-focused combat mechanics and supernatural battles, including abilities and absorbing the souls of fallen foes as the story unfolds across a “haunting world” with mystery and danger.

Alongside the Onimusha title, NVIDIA said Denshattack! is now streaming on GeForce NOW. NVIDIA described the game as a physics-driven, chaotic action title about runaway trains and “delightfully destructive” crashes, aimed at short sessions, score-chasing and replayable mayhem for players who want something lighter than a traditional campaign.

The update also changes NVIDIA’s distribution of GeForce NOW in India. NVIDIA said the service has officially exited beta in the country, moving to public availability so gamers can sign up without a waitlist. It also said GeForce NOW offers monthly Performance and Ultimate memberships, flexible day passes, and a free tier, which are intended to lower the barrier to trying cloud gaming in different usage patterns.

Payments are also part of the India rollout. NVIDIA said GeForce NOW now supports UPI payments in India, a payment system widely used in the country for bank-to-app transactions, and that this is meant to make purchasing memberships and day passes faster and more convenient for local gamers.

For consumers upgrading to higher tiers, NVIDIA said Premium memberships unlock GeForce RTX-powered features such as ray tracing (a lighting technology that can improve reflections and shadows), NVIDIA DLSS (a performance-boosting upscaling technique), and NVIDIA Reflex (which NVIDIA says can help reduce input latency). NVIDIA also said Premium members get higher resolutions, faster frame rates and priority access to streaming.

While the update is operationally specific about what is coming and where it is available, it does not provide additional commercial details. NVIDIA did not break out pricing for India in this update, nor did it disclose any agreements with publishers beyond identifying Capcom’s game and the new Denshattack! title for the streaming catalog.

What to watch next is whether NVIDIA continues to expand its India catalog at a similar cadence and how quickly cloud gaming demand grows following the end of the beta period. The next performance question will be how consistently GeForce NOW can deliver the higher-tier RTX features under load, and whether NVIDIA adds more UPI-linked billing options or promotional structures for different membership levels. For players, the immediate checkpoint is the demo window and then the Sept. 3 launch date for Onimusha: Way of the Sword.

For market watchers, the broader announcement is that NVIDIA is treating GeForce NOW as a customer acquisition funnel, emphasizing frictionless streaming (no downloads) and tiered access to advanced rendering features. The company also appears to be aligning its content calendar with cloud usage, pairing new releases and novelty titles in the same weekly announcements to keep members returning across devices. These moves could matter for NVIDIA’s gaming software strategy even as its data center business remains the larger driver of revenue and investor focus.

Why It Matters

  • Expanding cloud game access in India can broaden NVIDIA’s addressable audience beyond North America and Europe, potentially increasing recurring subscription engagement.
  • New timed arrivals like Onimusha can strengthen GeForce NOW’s content cadence, which is central to retaining users who want new releases without hardware upgrades.
  • UPI payment support suggests NVIDIA is tailoring billing to local payment behavior, which can reduce friction in conversion from trial or free tiers to paid memberships.
  • Tiered streaming features like ray tracing, DLSS and Reflex highlight NVIDIA’s attempt to tie its graphics and rendering ecosystem to a recurring software service rather than standalone GPU sales.
  • If India demand grows post-beta, NVIDIA’s cloud infrastructure planning and streaming performance under peak load could become an increasingly important operational focus.

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Key Facts

  • NVIDIA said Onimusha: Way of the Sword will come to GeForce NOW at launch on Sept. 3, with a playable demo available this week.
  • NVIDIA said Ultimate members can stream with GeForce RTX 5080-class performance in the cloud across multiple device types.
  • GeForce NOW is exiting beta in India and moving to public availability, with sign-up no longer requiring a waitlist.
  • NVIDIA said GeForce NOW now supports UPI payments in India for memberships and day passes.
  • NVIDIA said Denshattack! is available to stream on GeForce NOW now.
  • NVIDIA said GeForce NOW offers monthly Performance and Ultimate memberships, day passes, and a free offering.
  • NVIDIA said Premium memberships unlock ray tracing, NVIDIA DLSS, and NVIDIA Reflex, alongside higher resolutions, faster frame rates and priority access.

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