"Half-Life 2: Episode One" Lands on NVIDIA's Shield Tablet

After Successfully Porting 2 of VALVe's Most Popular Franchises to the NVIDIA Shield, Today's News is Only Natural -- "Half-Life 2: Episode One" is Now Available for Download on Google Play as a Shield Exclusive. The Expansion's Launch is Notable Not Only as Yet Another High-Profile PC Game Worming its Way into the Android Ecosystem but also, as a Possible Marker of Something Else: the Slow Death of NVIDIA's Original Shield Handheld. NVIDIA's Original Gaming Portable is still Available but, it Won't Run the Platform's Latest Release: That's a Tablet Exclusive. It's Not the 1st Tablet-Exclusive Game to Come to the Shield: The Slate Launched with a Handful of Tegra K1-Optimized Games, including a Handful of Native Android Games and Trine 2. There were Enhanced Ports of Half-Life 2 and Portal on the Tablet too but, those Titles were Available on the Company's Handheld Shield as well. Leaving Out the Portable Isn't too Surprising (Half-Life 2 Ran Significantly Better on the Tablet, after all), but, be Warned: Tegra 4 is apparently Getting a Little Long in the Teeth.




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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nvidia.valvesoftware.halflife2ep1