In an effort to stay competitive in the mobile marketplace – and show Nintendo’s 3DS and Sony’s PlayStation Vita a thing or two – Nvidia has announced a new update for its Shield tablet (and it’s earlier Shield), as well as a new service that the company is promising will be a “Netflix for games,” according to a recent entry on its blog page.

Titled GRID, the service will be introduced on November 18, and will be free to all owners of Shield-based devices through June 30, 2015.

According to Nvidia, the tech took a decade to get in place, since it utilizes the company’s GeForce GTX for graphic superiority. “The reason: streaming games is hard,” it explained in the blog post. “You need to build a powerful gaming computer in the cloud. Then you need to get games to users in milliseconds.

“The enabling technologies of GRID are super-low-latency from controller streaming to graphics to game streaming. And, virtualization so that many gamers can share the GeForce cloud gaming supercomputer.

“The next step: putting thousands of GRID GPUs into data centers around the world,” it continued. “It’s an effort that’s put 20 petaflops of graphics processing compute power into the cloud. That’s equal to the fastest supercomputer in the U.S.

“And we’re loading it up with great games. We have triple-A titles like Batman: Arkham City and Borderlands 2, as well as classics like Brutal Legend and Psychonauts. We have 20 great games on GRID at launch worth over $400, and we plan to add more games every week.”

Only time will tell if this cloud-based gaming service will be successful, as OnLive has proven that even with all its potential, there can still be bumps in the road. Regardless, Nvidia looks to be quite serious when it comes to making it work.

Along with the announcement of the service, the company announced an upgrade to its current Shield tablet, as confirmed by VentureBeat. The update will provide faster compatibility with the Grid service.

The company has also launched a Green Box Bundle, which will come packaged with a 32 GB Shield Tablet, along with an upgrade to Android 5.0 technology and the inclusion of Valve’s classic package Half-Life 2: Episode One as a free bonus. The new bundle should be available now for $400.