Microsoft announced Monday that its Xbox Cloud Gaming service, formerly known as Project xCloud, has officially expanded into the world of web browsers.
Microsoft announced Monday that its Xbox Cloud Gaming service, formerly known as Project xCloud, has officially expanded into the world of web browsers. Starting today, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers with Windows 10 PCs or iOS phones or tablets can use Chrome, Edge, or Safari with the official Xbox website to pull up and play a curated list of titles, including Wizards of the Coast’s brand-new game Dark Alliance. By doing so, you’re dialing into a Microsoft datacenter that’s running the game you chose. It should boot up quickly, with no local installation required, so you can run high-end games on low-end hardware and start playing in a couple of minutes. Cloud Gaming via web browser has been in an invitation-only beta on Game Pass for the last couple of months. As of today, however, all Game Pass Ultimate subscribers have access to the browser version, as long as they have a compatible PC, phone, or tablet. The Xbox Cloud Gaming service originally debuted in late 2019 under the working title “Project xCloud,” as an additional invitation-only option for Ultimate-level Xbox Game Pass subscribers. Its later attempts to bring the Game Pass to iOS via the Apple App Store were stymied back in September by a change in Apple’s terms of service, to which Microsoft reacted by looking to find browser-based solutions.
