GeForce NOW Fortnite iOS : Epic Account Linking feature on GeForce NOW

In the latest v2.0.28 release, we have added a new single sign-on feature for Fortnite that lets you play the game without having to log in to your Epic Games Account every time you launch a new Fortnite session on GeForce NOW.

PC, macOS, and Chromebook users can check the My Library row for a notification to Connect your store accounts to GeForce NOW. Clicking this notification will take you to GeForce NOW settings, where you can turn on single sign-on for Fortnite under Connections. Once you have completed this step, you will no longer need to log in to your Epic Account to play Fortnite on any other GeForce NOW platform.

For our Priority and Founders members that have enabled Epic Account Linking, we’re also testing a new feature called pre-loading, which starts loading parts of Fortnite before you have started your game stream, so that your game launch times will be faster by up to a minute from clicking play in GeForce NOW, to when they see the Fortnite in-game lobby.

Members must enable Fortnite single sign-on to get the startup time benefit. We expect a reduction of at least a minute, starting from clicking play in GeForce NOW, to when you see the Fortnite in-game lobby.

Free members are not guaranteed Fortnite pre-loading and may see slightly longer startup times than Priority and Founders members.

How do I sync my Steam account to my GeForce NOW account to find the games I own?

GeForce NOW app v2.0.22.xx allows you to sync the Steam games you own to your GeForce NOW account. This will make it easy for you to determine which of the games you own are supported on GeForce NOW. You can find this setting under GeForce NOW app > Settings > Game Sync.

To get started, click the chain icon to set up game sync. This will start the process to log in to your Steam account.

A web browser will launch, and you will connect to Steam followed by a prompt to “Sign into www.nvidia.com using your Steam account.”. Please verify that it says “www.nvidia.com”, this will confirm you are using games sync with NVIDIA GeForce NOW. You will need a Steam profile set to public and only the Game details subcategory needs to be public so that your owned games will sync with GeForce NOW. If you elect not to do this, game sync will not work. The sync process will only trigger when you press the resync button in GeForce NOW settings.

After you have logged into your Steam account, go back to the GeForce NOW app and confirm that you are logged in and synced to the Steam account. You will see your Steam account username, when it was last updated, and the number of games you own on Steam which are available to play on GeForce NOW. In the screenshot below, this account has 92 owned games which are supported on GeForce NOW.

Now you can browse to My Library. The synced Steam games will be added as the most recent games in My Library.

Each time you buy or redeem a new Steam game you will need to resync your Steam account to add the games to My Library. Go back to GeForce NOW app > Settings > Game Sync and press the Resync button. This will add your new Steam games to your GeForce NOW My Library.

What is Fortnite Pre-Loading on GeForce NOW?

For the Priority and Founders members that have enabled Epic Account Linking, we’re also testing a new feature called pre-loading, which starts loading parts of Fortnite before you have started your game stream, so that your game launch times will be faster by up to a minute from clicking play in GeForce NOW, to when they see the Fortnite in-game lobby.

Members must enable Fortnite single sign-on to get the startup time benefit. We expect a reduction of at least a minute, starting from clicking play in GeForce NOW, to when you see the Fortnite in-game lobby.

Free members are not guaranteed Fortnite pre-loading and may see slightly longer startup times than Priority and Founders members.