Quickly jump into the fun with your friends in multiplayer games, like Sea of Thieves, as soon as you get the invite so you can set sail without waiting for an install.Discover and play over 100 high-quality games in the Xbox Game Pass library without having to use valuable storage space or wait for installs.With the ability to play games before you install, it’ll be easier than ever for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to:

It’s a way for console gamers to play some of their favorite games as quickly as possible, jump into games with friends more easily, and try out Xbox Game Pass titles before installing them. Now granted, we’re lucky enough to have a fast broadband connection, and what I’m enjoying here is likely at the higher end of what many people might have experienced from a service that, after all, is still in beta.Today, during the gamescom 2021 Xbox stream, we revealed we’re bringing cloud gaming to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One this holiday, enabling Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to play 100+ games right from the cloud and discover new games with the click of a button. It’s also perfect for getting the best from Game Pass, since you can hop in and out of games on a whim, with no need to wait around for games to download or disk space to manage. This was a full-on console level gaming experience, without the console. There was zero degradation in graphical fidelity. Why, I felt like doing just the same!įorza Horizon 5, Fallout: New Vegas, The Pedestrian, and Rain On Your Parade followed (OK, that last one was mainly the kids). Immediately Raz was legging and leaping about with no lag at all from the buttons I pressed. Similar to my first game of Wii Tennis many moons ago, there was that magical sense of ‘Just how is it doing that?’ when I started up a game in my Mac’s browser and was propelled back into the familiar dream worlds of Psychonauts 2 in mere moments.

In an instant it clicked, and I saw the future. But for me the true hero of Microsoft’s latest offering is its fledgling cloud gaming service. As a predominantly Sony (and Nintendo) gamer, I was immediately impressed with Game Pass, it’s range of games, and of course its incredible value for money.

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