Gamers will be able to play Xbox PC games on Nvidia’s GeForce Now service.
According to The Verge, Microsoft is planning to bring the company’s PC Game Pass titles to Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud game streaming service. The move was confirmed by a senior Xbox employee, Sarah Bond, during a separate Xbox media conference in Los Angeles (USA) on Sunday, June 11.
In addition, Xbox Wire editor-in-chief Joe Skrebels also said in a blog post that players will be able to stream PC Game Pass game catalogs on any device with GeForce Now, such as PC, Mac, Chromebook, mobile device, or TV. The feature will be officially rolled out by the company in the next few months
This plan will bring great benefits to PC Game Pass subscribers, allowing them to use Nvidia’s powerful cloud game streaming service with RTX 4080 user-class performance. In testing by The Verge. , GeForce Now’s user-level RTX 4080 outperforms Microsoft’s own Xbox Cloud Gaming offering in terms of performance and latency.
It also means that GeForce Now will have an additional Microsoft Store store and the range of applications of the platform will be greatly expanded.
This Microsoft plan is part of a new partnership between the company and Nvidia that will see Xbox PC games come to GeForce Now. Accordingly, Microsoft signed a 10-year deal with Nvidia earlier this year to supply Xbox PC games to GeForce Now as part of an effort to appease regulators over its billion-dollar deal with Activision Blizzard
