Xbox Cloud Gaming will reportedly allow players to stream their game library in November
Microsoft is reportedly testing allowing players to stream any of their owned Xbox titles through its Cloud Gaming service, rather than just Game Pass releases.
The details:
According to The Verge's sources, Microsoft will begin allowing players to stream "thousands" of Xbox titles in November as part of the long-running Project Lapland. Access will be granted to Xbox Insiders first, followed by more players, with more streamable games available in the future.
It's said that the feature was originally scheduled to launch with Project xCloud in 2020, but was "complicated by having to prepare key infrastructure for thousands of games."
Although the feature will work with thousands of games, The Verge notes that some publishers may not allow specific titles to be streamed "due to licensing requirements or deals."
Currently, Xbox Cloud Gaming only supports the streaming of Game Pass titles via the service's Ultimate subscription tier. This means that if a game leaves Game Pass in the future, it will no longer be available for streaming, even if the player owns the game and has previously streamed it.
Xbox president Sarah Bond announced last week that in November, players will be able to purchase games directly from the Xbox app on Android devices, which can then be streamed. This comes after a recent court ruling in Epic Games' lawsuit against Google and Samsung, which ordered Google to open up the Play Store to third-party app stores.
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