Microsoft’s xCloud brings Xbox gaming to mobile and PC, Netflix-style

At the annual E3 trade show in June, Microsoft hinted at some kind of streaming service. Now it has a name (albeit a seemingly temporary one): Project xCloud.

The service is pretty much what you’d expect if you’ve been following all the chatter around game streaming. With xCloud, Xbox people will be able to play their games on a variety of different screens, from PC monitors to smartphones.

It’s a streaming thing, to be clear. Don’t confuse this with two other existing Microsoft offerings that give you access to Xbox games. Xbox Play Anywhere is more feature than service; most first-party Xbox games — which is to say, those made by Microsoft-owned studios — can be installed and played via the Windows 10 store, provided they support Play Anywhere. Read more…

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