Microsoft is making further improvements to cloud gaming and also has an innovation for the Xbox app on the PC.
Xbox is changing. While the Console sales decline massively and the already large gap to the PS5 is increasing, Microsoft has long been expanding its activities to other platforms. The first ex-exclusive games landed on the PS5. But other sales opportunities are also on the agenda.
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According to a recent announcement from the Redmond company, Microsoft is taking the next step in the expansion of cloud gaming and is also paying more attention to gaming on the PC. This is how the Xbox app on the PC launches “Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2” a new channel started.
Xbox Cloud gets browser support for keyboard and mouse
With the May update, Microsoft is expanding cloud gaming and letting players who access cloud games with the Edge and Chrome web browsers play with a mouse and keyboard. The function is initially available for 26 games.
Later this month, games that support this option will also be available for selection via the Xbox app on PC, Microsoft writes on the Xbox News Wire. They are marked with a badge.
If necessary, it is possible to switch between the keyboard-mouse combination and a controller at any time. All you need to do is press any key on the keyboard or the Xbox button on the controller.
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The following 26 games support mouse/keyboard support:
- ARK Survival Evolved
- Atomic Heart
- Cities: Skylines – Mayor's Edition
- Cities: Skylines – Remastered
- Deep Rock Galactic
- Doom 64
- Fortnite (browser only)
- Gears Tactics
- Grounded
- Halo Infinite
- High on life
- House Pinball
- Inculinati (Game Preview)
- Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
- Norco
- Pentiment
- Quake
- Quake 2
- Sea of Thieves
- Slime Rancher 2
- Sniper Elite 5
- State of Decay 2
- Terraria
- The Sims 4
- Valheim (Game Preview)
- Zombie Army 4: Dead War
New features for PC gaming and Xbox app on PC
The launch of “Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2” is imminent, even if the manageable marketing doesn't give the impression. The title will launch in parallel on PC and Xbox consoles on May 21, 2024, prompting Microsoft to make further revisions.
Users of the Xbox app on the PC will find a new channel that focuses on the upcoming adventure. The previous experiences should also become more visible. The new channel is accompanied by all sorts of videos.
The compact mode should also be improved. Participants in the test phase can already take a close look at the new features of compact mode, including the “Jump back in” and “Friends” options.
Further releases on the PS5 could also follow. Yesterday there was a rumor that the next games that were previously available exclusively on Xbox consoles and PC will conquer the PlayStation Network. Apparently there is there are no more “red lines”..
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