cloud play Archives

AppWizard

August 29, 2025

Specs Don’t Matter Anymore, Play AAA Games on Cheap Hardware

Microsoft has expanded Xbox Cloud Gaming access to subscribers of the Standard and Core plans, allowing them to stream games included in their subscription and access titles in their personal library that support cloud play. This change aims to reduce barriers for gamers without high-end setups. Select PC titles will also be available for play on desktops and handheld devices for Xbox Insiders subscribed to Game Pass Core or Standard. Premium features remain exclusive to Game Pass Ultimate subscribers, and Xbox Cloud Gaming is currently available only in select regions. Microsoft continues to offer PC Game Pass, which does not include cloud gaming or console games, and may introduce a free, ad-supported version of Game Pass in the future. The company is also committed to producing Xbox hardware and hints at a hybrid console launch next year, with a successor to the Xbox Series S/X expected by 2027.

BetaBeacon

October 15, 2024

Xbox Cloud Gaming will get three Call of Duty games this month

Xbox will have three Call of Duty games available on its Cloud Gaming service starting on October 25. These games include Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, and Call of Duty: Warzone. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will have access to these games. NVIDIA's GeForce NOW service also offers access to these games, including Black Ops 6 once it launches.

AppWizard

August 22, 2024

Journey to the Savage Planet developer says Google only wanted ‘monstrous’ games with major licenses for Stadia: ‘They were very strange’

Alex Hutchinson, co-founder and creative director of Raccoon Logic, discussed the challenges faced by Google's gaming platform Stadia, which collapsed three years after its launch due to a lack of substantial content and a misunderstanding of the gaming landscape. His studio, Typhoon Studios, was acquired by Google in December 2019 and was shut down shortly after the launch of their game, Journey to the Savage Planet, in February 2021. The closure coincided with the Covid-19 pandemic, leading to a difficult experience for the team. Hutchinson noted that Google’s insistence on creating games exclusively for cloud play complicated matters. Despite these challenges, he mentioned that the only positive outcome was financial support, which has influenced Raccoon Logic's upcoming sequel, Revenge of the Savage Planet, set to release in 2025. The sequel will explore themes of capitalism and corporatocracy, with a narrative involving a mid-tier corporation that is abandoned during a space exploration mission.