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Microsoft pushed Apple for compromise to get Game Pass on the App Store

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Last year, Apple rolled out a set of onerous guidelines that required streaming game subscription services like Xbox Game Pass to package each available title as a separate app in the iOS App Store. At the time, Microsoft said this solution “remains a bad experience for customers. Gamers […]

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Xbox unveils cloud-centric strategy: New hardware, servers, regional plans

Enlarge / If you want to play Xbox Game Pass titles on a weaker device, you’ll need to sync to the subscription service’s cloud library—and Microsoft is bullish that people will do just that from here on out. (credit: Microsoft) Ahead of Xbox’s next major game-reveal event, slated to air online this Sunday, the console-maker’s […]

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Analyst: Nintendo says Microsoft’s xCloud streaming isn’t coming to Switch

Enlarge / That Android Note Ultra 20 (with removable controller) at the top of the image is the closest you’re gonna get to a Switch-like xCloud streaming experience. (credit: Reddit / AS Empire) For years now, there have been rumors that Microsoft and Nintendo were planning a major partnership to bring the xCloud game streaming […]

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After years on PlayStation, MLB The Show hits Xbox Game Pass at launch

That “PS Studios” logo on an Xbox retail box still looks a bit weird… It’s been over a year now since Sony first announced it would be bringing the previously PlayStation-exclusive series MLB The Show to Xbox as early as 2021. Today, Microsoft announced even better news for Xbox-owning baseball fans: MLB The Show 21 […]