Xbox prepares to stream video games from the user library through Cloud Gaming

Oct. 14 (Portaltic/EP) –

Microsoft plans to offer users support for streaming games from their personal library through the cloud service, Xbox Cloud Gaming without the need for these titles to be available in the Xbox Game Pass catalog.

Microsoft announced in June 2022 that it intended to roll out “the ability for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to play, from the cloud, select games they already own or have purchased outside of the cloud.” Xbox Game Pass library”. Although he hoped to do it by the end of that year, he did not launch it then.

Sources familiar with the technology have now confirmed to The Verge that it has been preparing its ‘cloud’ servers so that they are capable of supporting the transmission of “thousands of games”, as recently reported by the editor of this medium, Tom Warren.

This action is part of what is known as Lampland Projectwhich seeks to expand the functionalities and capabilities of Xbox Cloud Gaming to users who use this service beyond consoles, such as on the computer.

Starting in November, the firm will begin testing its new streaming features. Xbox Cloud Gaming among Xbox Insiders users, with the aim of allowing the streaming of video games from the user’s library through its cloud service, whether or not they are available in Xbox Game Pass.

Until now, this feature was limited to some Xbox Game Pass games as long as subscribers belonged to the most advanced tier, Ultimate. However, Microsoft hopes to expand this support to more users and more titles. That way players can play them from any device compatible with Xbox Cloud Gaming.

It is worth remembering that recently the president of Xbox, Sarah Bond, announced on her X profile (formerly Twitter) that starting in November players will also have the opportunity to play and buy Xbox games directly from the Xbox application on Android.

This will be possible as a result of the ruling that forces Google to open its application store, Play Store, in the United States. The same applies to other developers and companies in the sector, such as Epic Games.