The Xbox Insider program on PC has just brought a little new feature for certain games that are available in the Xbox cloud. Around ten games have just been compatible with the keyboard/mouse combo.
14 more keyboard and mouse compatible games in the cloud
PC Preview users can now update their Xbox PC app and Game Bar to enjoy 14 new keyboard and mouse compatible games in the cloud. To benefit from it, you must have the Xbox application on PC in version 2404.1001.24.0 (released April 16) and the Game Bar in version 7.124.3191.0 (released April 1.
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To find your Xbox app version number on PC:
- Launch the Xbox app on your PC.
- Select your profile picture and go to Settings.
- Go to “About” to view your version number.
A list of 14 Xbox games has just been communicated by Microsoft as supporting the keyboard/mouse combo in the cloud:
- Cities: Skylines – Mayor's Edition
- Cities: Skylines – Remastered
- House Flipper
- Inkulinati (Game Preview)
- Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
- Norco
- Pikuniku
- Quake
- Quake 2
- Slime Rancher 2
- State of Decay 2
- Terraria
- The Sims 4
- Valheim (Game Preview)
A service still in beta
Despite being available for years, the Xbox cloud gaming service still remains in beta today. Keyboard/mouse support in the cloud has only been available since March, and only for insider members for the moment.
We tested the feature on Quake and Valheim and we can confirm that it works by being an Insider with the latest version of the Xbox app on PC. But that doesn't seem to be the case for everyone yet, one member of the editorial team can't yet play keyboard/mouse in the cloud even though he ticks all the boxes for the requirements.
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At the moment, only Edge and Chrome browsers are compatible with the Xbox cloud keyboard/mouse as well as a handful of games. It is also specified that browser users will have to activate the preview functions to access the functionality.
To do this, you must click on your profile image on xbox.com/playthen select Settings and activate “ Preview Features “.
It is also mentioned that the game stream must be in fullscreen mode for keyboard/mouse support to work, while pressing the F9 key exits keyboard/mouse use in-game.