With no major new console launches - the year was described by Game Group as a "cyclical low point in the industry" - there has been a shortage of reasons for gamers to restock with new titles.

BBC: GAME over on the High Street?

"LG is very impressed by the capabilities of NVIDIA's GRID Platform to deliver high-quality game streams directly to LG Smart TVs without a game console, " said Bae-Geun Kang, vice president, head of Software Development Group, TV Research Lab, LG.

ENGADGET: NVIDIA details the Grid, a card built for powering cloud computing