"Xbox Cloud Gaming will allow you to stream your own games in November."
Finally, you will be able to stream the games you own through Xbox Cloud Gaming.
Microsoft is preparing to offer support for streaming Xbox game libraries next month. According to information from sources close to the company, the tech giant is about to begin testing the feature that will allow streaming of games you already own that are not part of the current Xbox Game Pass library.
This development is part of an ambitious project internally known as Project Lapland, which aims to prepare Xbox Cloud Gaming servers to facilitate the streaming of thousands of games. The initial tests of these new streaming capabilities will take place with selected players, known as Xbox Insiders, during the month of November, before expanding the service to a wider audience and a larger number of games.
Furthermore, this launch occurs in the same month that Microsoft is set to enable game purchases through its Xbox mobile app for Android in the United States. This measure has been made possible due to a recent court ruling that obliges Google to remove the requirement to use Google Play Billing for apps in its store, starting November 1.
Xbox President Sarah Bond announced that starting in November, players will be able to buy and play Xbox titles directly from the app on Android. Once Microsoft completes the integration of its entire library into Xbox Cloud Gaming, users will be able to purchase an Xbox game on Android and start playing it immediately on their devices.
The xCloud project had planned to launch along with the option to stream game libraries in 2020. Although support for the game library on Xbox Cloud Gaming was announced in 2022, that launch did not materialize. This type of integration has proven more complex than expected, as the company must prepare the necessary infrastructure for thousands of games, far more than the few hundred that are currently available on Xbox Game Pass. Despite the imminent arrival of thousands of titles to Xbox Cloud Gaming, some publishers are expected to withhold certain games due to licensing requirements or prior agreements.
On another note, Microsoft is developing a browser-based Xbox store that was initially set to launch in July. This store will begin by offering promotions and in-game items, but it is expected to eventually include first-party games as well. The company indicated in August that they had begun testing the new web store and that the process is progressing positively, promising more information in the future.
