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Microsoft’s xCloud Game Streaming to launch on 15th September on Android in 22 Countries!

With a promise of providing a set of more than 100 games for Android supported phones and tablets, the xCloud Game Streaming is now ready for launch in 22 countries. The bundle of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is priced at $14.99 per month is initially made available for android devices.

A Microsoft spokesperson in an interaction with The Verge said “It’s our ambition to scale cloud gaming through Xbox Game Pass available on all devices, but we have nothing further to share at this time regarding iOS.”

iOS users will have to wait meanwhile Microsoft completes the testing of xCloud on apple devices which was delayed due to the Apple’s App Store Policies.

The list of 22 countries which are first to receive the streaming platform next month are Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, South Korea, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Canada, Denmark, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Although now the list all those 100 games are not available but we till now know the titles of 36 of them:

  • Ark: Survival Evolved
  • Tell Me Why
  • Costume Quest 2
  • Crackdown 3 (campaign)
  • Destiny 2
  • Halo Wars 2
  • Forza Horizon 4
  • Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
  • Killer Instinct Definitive Edition
  • Gears 5 Ultimate Edition
  • Grounded
  • Halo 5: Guardians
  • Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
  • F1 2019
  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection
  • Halo: Spartan Assault
  • Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
  • Gears of War 4
  • Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
  • Minecraft Dungeons
  • The Outer Worlds
  • Wasteland 3
  • Ori and the Will of the Wisps
  • Quantum Break
  • ReCore: Definitive Edition
  • Ryse: Son of Rome
  • Sea of Thieves: Anniversary Edition
  • State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
  • Sunset Overdrive
  • Super Lucky’s Tale
  • Bleeding Edge
  • The Bard’s Tale Trilogy
  • Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut
  • Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
  • Wasteland Remastered
  • Yakuza Kiwami 2

The gamers can use both Xbox controllers as well as the Sony DualShock 4 controllers to play games on the xCloud. There are reports that Microsoft is also partnering with various other firms like Razer and Nacon to create accessories and controllers for the xCloud.

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