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Free is always good — but there are restrictions. By Tony Maglio First, the games went digital-only. Soon, the whole console may be a relic of the past. We are in the very early innings of anything ...

CEO of gaming at Microsoft, Phil Spencer, has revealed that compared to this time last year, Game Pass cloud hours are up 45%. Spencer said Microsoft was "building a future where gaming is more ...

Xbox Game Pass cloud hours "are up," according to Microsoft's Phil Spencer. In a brief statement posted to LinkedIn, CEO of Gaming at Microsoft, Spencer said the firm was "building a future where ...

First look: Nvidia and Google are tightening their collaboration in cloud gaming with the introduction of GeForce Now Fast Pass, a new service tier created specifically for Chromebook users. The plan ...

Google is giving Chromebook users a smoother path into cloud gaming through a new partnership with NVIDIA. The two companies are launching the GeForce NOW Fast Pass, a perk designed to make streaming ...

Xbox Game Pass will have a new, higher price for the game subscription service starting Nov. 4. A Microsoft official confirmed to The New York Times on Friday that it is conducting internal tests of ...

Microsoft announced the launch of our upgraded Xbox Game Pass plans, designed to offer more flexibility, choice, and value to all players across each plan. Starting today, Xbox Game Pass subscribers ...

Sony advertises cloud gaming as one of the main attractions of PS Plus Premium, which is the most expensive tier of the service. Microsoft, too, previously limited cloud gaming to the priciest Game ...

TL;DR: Microsoft is beta testing cloud game streaming for all Xbox Game Pass subscribers, potentially expanding access beyond the current Ultimate tier. This move could increase multi-device ...

Xbox Cloud Gaming has been offered at higher tiers of Game Pass for a while, allowing Ultimate subscribers to livestream their digital Xbox library to a variety of platforms, including mobile devices, ...

Microsoft is finally pushing cloud streaming to lower Game Pass tiers. They made this announcement on their site: Xbox Insiders subscribed to Xbox Game Pass Core or Standard now have even more freedom ...