Microsoft seems to be in the process of rolling out Xbox Series X-based servers for the Xbox cloud gaming service. With this update, the cloud-based streaming service will provide users with the computing power of the Xbox Series X, which will significantly reduce the launch time of games and boost the frame rate. Microsoft is also removing the browser version of xCloud from beta testing, so the service will soon be available on Apple devices and beyond.
Right now, the Xbox cloud gaming service is powered by the Xbox One S, but Microsoft recently confirmed plans to upgrade to the Xbox Series X in the near future. According to many users, series X servers are already in use in some cases and provide significant performance gains.
“We’re in the final stages of internal testing right now, and we will be updating the [Xbox Game Pass] Ultimate member experience over the next few weeks,”
said Kareem Choudhry, head of cloud gaming at Microsoft this month.
While Microsoft has yet to make an official announcement about the launch of Xbox Series X servers for cloud gaming, many users are reporting significantly faster load times and higher frame rates.
it looks like xCloud just got the Xbox Series X hardware upgrade for certain games. Yakuza, Rainbow Six Siege, and others are showing 120fps or gfx options, and are loading faster pic.twitter.com/BUU866V0BF
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) June 22, 2021
According to reports on the web, the following games in the cloud version are now executed on servers based on the Xbox Series X:
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege ;
- Outriders ;
- Sea of Thieves ;
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon ;
- Wolfenstein: Youngblood ;
- Gears 5 ;
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps ;
- The Elder Scrolls Online;
- Gears Tactics ;
- MLB The Show;
- No Man’s Sky;
- State of Decay 2;
- ARK: Survival Evolved;
- Call of the Sea ;
- Conan Exiles;
- CrossCode;
- Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance;
- Dead by Daylight;
- Descenders;
- Desperados III ;
- Destiny 2 ;
- Dirt 5 ;
- For Honor ;
- Gonner 2;
- Grounded;
- Of Halo: to Master Master Chief of The Collection ;
- Haven ;
- Human Fall Flat;
- Maneater ;
- Minecraft Dungeons ;
- Morkredd;
- Planet Coaster ;
- Second Extinction;
- Stellaris ;
- Subnautica;
- Superhot Mind Control Delete;
- The Falconeer;
- The Touryst;
- The Wild at Heart;
- Warhammer: Vermintide 2 ;
- We Happy Few;
- Yes, Your Grace;
- Zombie Army 4: Dead War .
Microsoft currently offers cloud gaming on Android mobile devices as part of its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription. And in April, she began inviting Game Pass Ultimate members to beta cloud gaming for Windows 10 PCs and Apple devices via Edge, Chrome, and Safari web browsers.
