The game library in the Shadow Beyond app running on a TV or tablet. From here, you can just tap to play something Shadow will automatically boot the required service, like Origin or Steam, and launch the game. Thankfully, Blade is introducing a free add-on for its mobile app called Shadow Beyond, which organizes the files on your PC into simple categories like games, music, photos and documents with a touch-friendly interface that’s better suited to screens like TVs and tablets. Shadow gives users a full Windows 10-based PC, but of course, if you’re not using a device with a mouse to access the service, it can be a pain to navigate around the computer with, say, a touchscreen. (As long as you could pair a proper controller to your phone, that is.) You could play The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt at 60 frames per second and send it to your work laptop via Wi-Fi during your lunch break, and then transition seamlessly to your smartphone to stream the game via 4G on the toilet. This opens up a lot of possibilities for people who want to play graphically intensive games without being tied to a massive tower PC. ![]() (A small, optional console known as the Shadow “box” will let you hook up local peripherals, such as a mouse.) Blade’s technology adjusts the fidelity of the experience on the fly, depending on the device’s power and available bandwidth. ![]() The app only relies on the local device for decoding a streaming video feed of whatever you’re doing on the cloud PC, and for uploading your inputs. Shadow works through an app that lets users access their PC from a wide variety of screens, including Android, iOS, Mac, Linux and Windows devices, as well as certain smart TVs. Would you rent a cloud-based gaming PC rather than buy your own?
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