Xbox Cloud Gaming Will Soon Let You Stream Non-Game Pass Titles: Details

Xbox Cloud Gaming will quickly help the power to stream video games bought exterior the Xbox Game Pass library, the Microsoft-owned gaming large introduced on Thursday. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members will have the ability to play choose titles that they personal, from the cloud, in nations the place the characteristic is supported. Microsoft has additionally introduced {that a} beta model of Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to Argentina and New Zealand, beginning at this time, together with the power to play Fortnite without cost on the sport streaming service — bringing the entire variety of supported Xbox Cloud Gaming nations to twenty-eight.

Microsoft says it intends to permit Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to convey choose video games that they already personal or have bought exterior the Xbox Game Pass library. The American firm says it’s going to add help later this yr, however is but to disclose particulars about which video games will likely be supported. Xbox Cloud Gaming is at the moment supported on telephones, tablets, PCs, and consoles, whereas help for streaming video games on Samsung good TVs is coming quickly.

Meanwhile, Xbox Cloud Gaming can be increasing to the 2 aforementioned nations, Microsoft introduced on Thursday. Starting at this time, avid gamers with an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription in Argentina and New Zealand can stream titles like Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5, and Tunic straight from the cloud with an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription. Supported platforms embody Android, iOS, Windows, and Xbox Series S/X consoles. As is the case with different areas the place Xbox Cloud Gaming is supported, avid gamers will have the ability to play Fortnite freed from price and with out a subscription.

Microsoft just lately revealed that over 10 million gamers have performed a recreation on its Xbox Cloud Gaming service. The service has additionally partnered with Epic Games to supply free entry to widespread free-to-play battle royale recreation Fortnite — Microsoft says hundreds of thousands of avid gamers have been enjoying the title on Android, iOS, and PC, whereas 20 % of those customers are new to the Xbox platform. The service can be including 1000’s of recent customized Xbox Series X server racks globally to extend its cloud gaming capability by 125 % because of international demand.

“[Xbox Cloud Gaming] should be part of you playing any game on any device, whether it’s a game that you own, whether it’s a free-to-play game: it is really about delivering great game content to any customer on any device through multiple business models,” Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer mentioned in a ready assertion.

Microsoft’s cloud-based recreation streaming service, which was launched in 2020, was beforehand accessible in 26 nations. These are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the US. Microsoft says it now helps 350 cloud enabled video games — with Xbox contact controls for over 100 video games. The wait continues for avid gamers in India, as Microsoft has not revealed any plans to convey the service to the nation.