{"id":41998,"date":"2014-05-12T16:22:28","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T15:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=41998"},"modified":"2014-05-12T16:27:21","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T15:27:21","slug":"portal-halflife-2-released-shield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/portal-halflife-2-released-shield\/","title":{"rendered":"Portal and HalfLife 2 released for SHIELD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Nvidia has been working with Valve for months to bring a masterpiece PC game, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nvidia.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/25\/portal-shield\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/blogs.nvidia.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/25\/portal-shield\/', 'Portal to SHIELD']);\" target=\"_blank\"><b><i><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Portal<\/span><\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"> to SHIELD<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">. Today, SHIELD owners can also download <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.nvidia.valvesoftware.halflife2\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.nvidia.valvesoftware.halflife2', 'Half-Life 2']);\" target=\"_blank\"><b><i><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Half-Life 2<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"> from Google Play, in addition to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.nvidia.valvesoftware.portal\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.nvidia.valvesoftware.portal', 'Portal']);\" target=\"_blank\"><b><i><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Portal<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">.\u00a0 <em>HalfLife 2<\/em> is the winner of over 50 Game of the Year awards, multiple Game of the Decade awards, and the highest rated PC game in history. It\u2019s now available on SHIELD for $9.99.\u00a0 Each of these games requires a download of about 2GB each. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SHIELD-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-42000\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SHIELD-1-268x300.jpg?resize=268%2C300\" alt=\"SHIELD-1\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SHIELD-1-268x300.jpg?resize=268%2C300 268w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SHIELD-1-134x150.jpg 134w, http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SHIELD-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/span>Nvidia is working hard to build a thriving ecosystem of games on the Android platform. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.valvesoftware.com\/games\/hl2.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.valvesoftware.com\/games\/hl2.html', 'Half-Life 2']);\" target=\"_blank\"><b><i><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Half-Life 2<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.valvesoftware.com\/games\/portal.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.valvesoftware.com\/games\/portal.html', 'Portal']);\" target=\"_blank\"><b><i><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Portal<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"> join more than 300\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nvidia.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/30\/how-project-shield-got-built\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/blogs.nvidia.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/30\/how-project-shield-got-built\/', 'SHIELD']);\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">SHIELD<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">-supported\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/shield.nvidia.com\/play-android-games\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/shield.nvidia.com\/play-android-games\/', 'Android games']);\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Android games<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u00a0now available.\u00a0 This editor, along with the attendees of Nvidia&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/gtc-2014\/\">GTC 2014<\/a>, received a SHIELD. Since then, we have been exploring our first console since Sega Genesis, 35 years ago.\u00a0 We are quite impressed with Android gaming on SHIELD and find the controller to be intuitive and precise, so far.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">This editor is a Half-Life fan and is looking forward to playing the game on SHIELD (today!). Nvidia claims that their team paid careful attention to every detail to ensure that gamers get the full PC experience on Android. We will give ABT readers our impressions of the SHIELD controls and the gameplay to make sure that they are as precise and as natural as playing<span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"> <em>HalfLife 2<\/em><\/span> with the keyboard and mouse on PC. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u00a0Don&#8217;t wait for us to review HalfLife 2!\u00a0 To get started with Android gaming at its finest, grab a SHIELD; it\u2019s now just $199 for a limited time.\u00a0 For more information on SHIELD gaming, visit\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/shield.nvidia.com\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/shield.nvidia.com\/', 'shield.nvidia.com']);\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">shield.nvidia.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tegrazone.com\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.tegrazone.com\/', 'tegrazone.com']);\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">te<wbr><\/wbr>grazone.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">. And check out Nvidia&#8217;s video here: <\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kM5R5oGHINI\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kM5R5oGHINI', 'https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kM5R5oGHINI']);\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/<wbr><\/wbr>watch?v=kM5R5oGHINI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/GQfmmStJLOZMJEKUsTZ2Q8-ASLnFq0vMV25_0a8axqLeMZs2HTgWUm_4n8sWr_-fWw=h310\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nvidia has been working with Valve for months to bring a masterpiece PC game, Portal to SHIELD. Today, SHIELD owners can also download Half-Life 2 from Google Play, in addition to Portal.\u00a0 HalfLife 2&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":42001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2533,5],"tags":[6610,7541,121,882,6029,1432],"class_list":["post-41998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abt-news","category-gaming","tag-android-gaming","tag-halflife-2","tag-nvidia","tag-portal","tag-shield","tag-tegra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}