Microsoft is reportedly set to significantly expand Xbox Cloud Gaming capabilities next month, introducing the ability for Xbox gamers to stream any of their purchased games.
Until now, Xbox Cloud Gaming’s streaming features have only been available across a select number of Game Pass titles, but Microsoft has long had ambitions to enable gamers to stream any game they own. And this feature, the edge Write nowgetting closer from here.
Quoted from “informed sources [the company’s] “, The Verge says Microsoft will offer the ability to stream “thousands” of Xbox titles — not just those available via Game Pass — starting in November, as part of a long-term internal initiative known as Project Lapland.
It’s a feature that was originally scheduled to launch as part of Project xCloud in 2020, but has repeatedly been complicated by having to set up key infrastructure for thousands of games. Even with the feature now close to launching, “some” publishers will reportedly still hold back certain games “due to licensing requirements or deals.”
According to The Verge, the ability for players to stream any game in their Xbox library through Xbox Cloud Gaming will initially launch for Xbox Insider testing sometime in November, and will then be expanded to include more users and more games.
The claim comes on the heels of news this week that it will soon be possible to purchase Xbox games via the Xbox app on Android devices in the US – a move that dovetails nicely with Xbox Cloud Gaming’s expanded streaming capabilities for mobile users.
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