Microsoft now owns its own cloud gaming platform. Named Xbox Cloud Gaming with Xbox Game Pass – formerly known as Project xCloud – it offers over 100 Xbox Series, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Xbox games to play on PC, Mac, Chromebook, Android and iOS online.
Just like GeForce Now or Google Stadia, Xbox Cloud games with Xbox Game Pass (formerly xCloud) gives Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers the ability to play multiple games through the Microsoft cloud. The principle is simple: to be able to play a hundred titles on a medium other than the console.
Here’s everything you need to know about Microsoft’s game streaming service, including compatible devices and all available games.
What are Xbox Cloud games with Xbox Game Pass?
His name was previously xCloud projectMicrosoft’s cloud gaming service is now called Xbox Cloud games with Xbox Game Pass.
Xbox Cloud Games is an all-new video game streaming platform from Microsoft, designed as a complementary service for Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S game consoles. The service is available in 22 countries, currently only under subscription Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.
Basically it is from one broadcast service In the same way as Netflix or Disney +, but for video gamesAll games are hosted on Xbox Series X, located on remote Microsoft servers. The live game video is sent to one of your compatible devices (such as an Android smartphone or Mac) over the Internet. In turn, the actions you take on the console are transmitted in another way, making it feel like you’re playing a game on your device itself.
It’s not a new idea: PlayStation Now has been available on PS4 consoles for several years, Nvidia GeForce Now has been on PC and mobile devices since 2014, and Microsoft’s main competitor is Google Stadia, which launched already in 2019. However, Microsoft’s service isn’t a separate offering: it’s an add-on at no additional cost to an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription.
And therefore , Xbox Cloud Games Not designed to replace game consoles. Instead, the service works in tandem with Microsoft devices. It offers almost the same playable titles and even allows you to restore and continue your saved games, no matter what device you’re using: mobile, console, and even PC.
Xbox Cloud Gaming: What platforms can I play on?
Early subscribers can take advantage of early access to xCloud, exclusively on Android, since last August. Later, Redmond confirmed that xCloud will be available on iOS and PC starting in the spring of 2021. The release window is almost respected since the service finally launched this summer on PC, Mac, iPhone, and iPad. “ Bringing the Xbox experience straight to the devices you use the most Microsoft confirmed in a press release.
Today, Xbox Cloud Gaming with Xbox Game Pass is available in 22 countries, as a dedicated app and still for Android devices. It is also available through a web browser on iOS, PC, Mac, and Chromebook. Safari, Chrome, and Microsoft’s Edge are all supported.
Xbox Cloud Gaming: How do you play?
The priority is to have at least a 5GHz Wi-Fi connection (if possible in optical fiber) or at least a 10Mbit/s mobile data connection in reception.
For Android, you need to download Xbox Game Pass app from Google Play Store or Samsung Galaxy Store. You can play cloud games through the app and even download games to your Xbox console or Windows PC.
On the other side, The games are only available in English At the moment, we experienced several crashes during our tests. This is normal: the service is still in beta. So we should expect issues to recur and feel free to share our experience with Microsoft to improve the service. Furthermore it, Graphics settings not available yet In all games.
If you want to play on iPhone or iPad, you need to go to xbox.com/play on your device’s Safari web browser. You can then create an app on your home screen that takes you directly to the service.
Here are the iOS and iPadOS devices supported by Xbox Cloud Gaming:
- iPad Air (3rd generation)
- iPad Air (4th generation)
- iPad Pro 11 second generation
- The fifth generation of iPad Mini
- The eighth generation of iPad
- iPhone XR
- iPhone XS
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
Many games on Xbox Cloud Gaming now offer touch controls (currently about fifty). However, most of the time you will also need Xbox One wireless controller with Bluetooth technology To play hassle free. Xbox also recommends getting a phone holder for the console (unless you’re playing on a tablet).
Xbox Cloud Gaming: How Much Does It Cost?
As the name suggests, Xbox Cloud Gaming with Xbox Game Pass is free for anyone with an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription. Currently the first month is 1 euro, the following is in €12.99 in automatic renewal. In addition to Xbox Cloud Gaming, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership includes:
- More than 100 games added for consoles, smartphones, PC and new games all the time
- Xbox Game Studios titles available on release day
- Exclusive discounts and offers for members
- Free perks, including in-game content and partnership offers
- Xbox Live Gold with gold deals, gold games and multiplayer
- A library of the best electronic arts titles on console and PC, exclusive rewards and members-only content
Xbox Cloud Gaming List
Below is the current list of all games available on Xbox Cloud Gaming (as of July 2, 2021). If you are looking for a specific game, feel free to search the page.
- A Plague Tale: Innocence
- ARK: Survival Evolved
- pioneer
- Banjo Kazooie
- banjo toy
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Battle Chasers: Nightwar
- Battletoads
- beholder full edition
- black desert
- Blair Witch
- edge bleeding
- Bridge builder portal
- sea call
- carrion
- a map
- heavenly
- Murta’s children
- City prospects
- truck block
- vein code
- Conan Exiles
- control
- funnel 3
- Cricket 19
- cross code
- cyber shadow
- Dark Alliance
- darkest dungeon
- Genesis Darksiders
- Day Z
- Died in broad daylight
- dead cells
- Deep Rock Galactic
- descend
- Desperados III
- Fate 2
- Destroy all humans!
- dirt 5
- 2 – Not being honored
- Uncredited definitive edition
- The humiliated: the death of the stranger
- Disneyland adventures
- Don’t Starve: Giant Edition
- Donut County
- Death (2016)
- Death (1993)
- death 3
- agony 64
- Eternal torment
- Doom II (Classic)
- Neon Double Dragon
- Double kick heroes
- Dragon Age: Inquisition
- Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition
- Drake hollow
- eastern shadow
- eFootball PES 2021 season update
- Dangerous Elite
- Sin Empire
- Enter Gungeon
- Formula 1 2019
- Fabi’s birthday
- Myth II
- Myth III
- fallout 3
- Fallout 4
- fallout 76
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Five nights at Freddy’s
- Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
- Five Nights at Freddy’s 3
- Five Nights at Freddy’s 4
- for honor
- exercises
- Forza Horizon 4
- Forza Motorsport 7
- Frostpunk: Console Edition
- Fusion Frenzy
- gears 5
- war gear 2
- gears of war 3
- War Gears 4
- Gears of War: Judgment
- Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
- gear tactics
- Genesis Black
- Simulated goat
- go down
- Golf with your friends
- Junior 2
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Gridvale
- grounded
- Guacamelee! 2
- Halo 5: Guardians
- Aura Wars: The Definitive Edition
- Aura Wars 2
- Halo: Spartan Attack
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection
- Haven
- Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
- hello neighbor
- Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition
- Hotshot racing
- human fall flat
- Hypnospace Outlaw
- Ikenfell
- Injustice 2
- Jetpack refueling
- Joy Ride Turbo
- jurassic world evolution
- Just Cause 4: Reload
- Cameo
- katana zero
- DE . killer instinct
- Killer Queen Black
- lonely mountains: downhill
- Madden NFL 20
- Maneter
- Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
- Mass Effect: Andromeda
- MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
- Middle-earth: Shadow of War
- Minecraft: Dungeons
- Mirror Edge Catalyst
- MLB Show 21
- Monster Hunter: The World
- monster sanctuary
- monster train
- moon light
- Morcred
- Moto GP 20
- Mount & Blade: Warband
- My time in Portia
- Narita Boy
- NBA 2K21
- neon abyss
- news
- New Super Lucky Tale
- Yoke: automatic
- night in the woods
- No Man’s Sky
- There is no place for a prophet
- amnesia
- Octopate Traveler
- Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
- Ori and the will of wisps
- Outer Prairie
- ostlast 2
- Outriders
- Overcooked! 2
- connect 2
- total darkness
- perfect dark zero
- Vogues!
- Pikuniku
- Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition
- Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire – Ultimate Edition
- Planet Coaster: Console Edition
- Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville
- Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG)
- Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid
- victim
- winter project
- Psychological pioneers
- anger
- Rage 2
- rain on your parade
- ReCore: Definitive Edition
- Red Dead Online
- The rest: from the ashes
- Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
- River City Girls
- Rush: DisneyPixar’s Adventure
- sobringer
- sea of thieves
- second extinction
- Secret Neighbor
- Shadow Warrior 2
- slay the spire
- slime rancher
- Elite Sniper 4
- SnowRunner
- Spiritfarer
- Rebel star
- State of Decay 2: Leviathan Edition
- Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones
- decline
- Stellaris
- Stranger Things 3: The Game
- Streets of Rage 4
- Snape Streets
- Subnautica
- Superhot: Delete Mind Control
- Super Land
- Tell me why Episode 1-3
- terraria
- The Fourth Poet’s Tale: The Directors Cut
- The poet’s tale reimagined and brilliance
- cool tale trilogy
- Fishing: carp and coarse fishing
- The Dark Crystal: The Age of Resistance Tactics
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
- The Sheikh’s Manuscripts Online
- inner evil
- Evil Within 2
- Falconer
- parks between
- small acre
- long dark
- Prophet
- outer worlds
- The Sims 4
- boom 2
- the tourist
- The Walking Dead: A New Frontier (episodes 1-5)
- The Walking Dead: Michun
- The Walking Dead: Season Two
- The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season
- wild at heart
- theHunter: Call of the Wild
- Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege – Deluxe Edition
- Torchlite III
- Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
- Absolutely reliable delivery service
- Toho Luna nights
- trail makers
- Train Sim World 2020
- Two Point Hospital
- undermining
- Undertale
- detect two
- wild heroes
- Till the end
- Viva Pinata
- Viva Pinata: Trouble in Heaven
- Warhammer Vermintide 2
- wilderness remas
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