Today is a big day for gamers and for NVIDIA, as the company launches SHIELD at Newegg, GameStop, Microcenter, Canada Computers and NVIDIA. Powered by the NVIDIA Tegra 4 mobile processor, the $300 gaming handheld promises to offer a new class of portable gaming with rich graphics. The device comes with a console-grade controller and can be used to play over 100 controller- enabled games available on Google Play.

SHIELD has a 5-inch HD retinal touchscreen, a custom-tuned, bass reflex audio system and comes with the latest Android Jelly Bean operating system.