INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Blade, the French startup behind Shadow, announced plans to overhaul its subscription tiers back in October
The company is now bringing the new plans to the United States with a new entry tier at $11.99 per month as well as more powerful options
in the coming months.Shadow is a cloud computing service for gamers
For a monthly subscription fee, you can access a gaming PC in a data center near you
Compared to other cloud gaming services, Shadow provides a full Windows 10 instance
performance for a lower price
You get an Nvidia GTX 1080 GPU, 3.4GHz with 4 cores CPU, 12GB of RAM, 256GB of storage
It costs $11.99 per month if you sign up to a 12-month plan or $14.99 per month if you pay on a monthly basis.Later this year, Shadow will
also offer two additional plans:Shadow Ultra: Nvidia RTX 2080 GPU, 4GHz with 4 cores CPU, 16GB of RAM, 512GB of storageShadow Infinite:
Nvidia Titan RTX GPU, 4 GHz with 6 cores CPU, 32GB of RAM, 1TB of storageThese plans will cost $24.99 and $39.99 per month respectively if
add an option to get more storage with any plan
West Coast or the East Coast.In Europe, Shadow has had issues rolling out the new plans
While the company originally promised to deliver the new options in February, users who pre-ordered the new plans will only be able to
access their new instance by the end of the summer.Shadow offers apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and Apple devices
The company is still trying to find a solution with Apple to re-release the apps in the App Store.In other news, the startup has signed a
strategic partnership with LG Electronics
Details are thin, but LG is now a shareholder of the company
LG will also offer Shadow with some of its products.
