In 2020, Microsoft launched Xbox Cloud Gaming and allowed gamers to stream titles from the Xbox Recreation Go library. However not each recreation was accessible on Recreation Go, which put limits on which titles could possibly be accessed. Now, Microsoft is reportedly planning to increase its streaming choices to incorporate video games that are not part of Xbox Recreation Go, so long as they’re owned by the gamers themselves.
In accordance with The Verge, Microsoft is planning to start testing this new possibility on the Xbox Cloud Gaming servers with Xbox Insiders as quickly as subsequent month. The report notes that Microsoft has been constructing in direction of this second for a while by upgrading the capabilities of Xbox Cloud Gaming to deal with hundreds of video games. However the firm has to ensure that these expanded capabilities will maintain up beneath stress earlier than rolling them out to Recreation Go subscribers.
Earlier this week, Xbox confirmed that as of November, gamers might be ready purchase or play Xbox video games on Android by way of the Xbox app. And as soon as the brand new streaming possibility turns into accessible, purchases on Android will instantly be accessible to stream regardless of which units gamers are utilizing. As a part of Epic Video games’ lawsuit win over Google, Microsoft will be capable of sidestep Google Play and keep away from giving the corporate a minimize of its gross sales.
Moreover, Microsoft continues to be planning to construct its personal Xbox cellular retailer app. That may initially give attention to offers and in-game objects earlier than finally together with Microsoft’s first-party video games.
