Alienware unveils concept for Nyx, a new type of gaming server

Alienware introduces Concept Nyx, a video game streaming server anywhere in your home.

What if you could start playing Halo Infinite on your TV, keep beating baddies during your bathroom break, and end your session on your laptop while you have to work? That’s the idea behind Alienware’s Concept Nyx, a server powerful enough to run your games across your entire home network. Think of it like Plex for video games, but instead of plugging into your video library, you’re playing video games.

Alienware unveils its Nyx concept

Given the recent significant advances in the video game streaming market, particularly through Google Stadia and Xbox, Alienware may have found an interesting solution for households with many gamers. You can then play two games at the same time on the TV in the living room, as recently shown in New York. Or you can play Cyberpunk 2077 while someone hones their Rocket League skills on another device. And since all computing and rendering is done at home, Nyx should also offer lower latency than a traditional cloud gaming service that relies on servers often located hundreds of miles away.

Server to stream your video games anywhere in your home

The word “concept”is very important here. Alienware doesn’t want to talk about the components that power the Nyx server, which looks like a huge gaming PC. And while our colleagues at Engadget were able to see a demo of Cyberpunk 2077 and Rocket League simultaneously on the same TV, the games ran in small windows, a far cry from the split screen that Dell shows in their images.

Like the UFO concept in Alienware, a gaming PC much like the Switch that was unveiled two years ago, the Nyx may never see the light of day. But we may see some elements of this concept carried over into future products, such as how the UFO controller is used to showcase Nyx. This server concept can make it easier to stream video games locally anyway. This is something that can already be done with Steam’s Remote Play feature, but perhaps Dell can make it even easier. The company also explains that it is working on the ability to run four games at the same time, as well as methods to get all of your games back, no matter where you installed them. To be continued!