Xbox Cloud Gaming can be tested on Steam Deck

Xbox Game Streaming – also known as Xbox Cloud Gaming or Project xCloud – has been officially available since September 15, 2020. A valid Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription is required to access it. This regular system costs €13 per month and includes both local games with games installed on PC and Xbox as well as game streaming over an internet connection. Now Microsoft officially owns a file Beta testing has begun on Steam Deckas the Community Manager from the Microsoft Edge team reports on Reddit.

Steam Deck: A Few Steps Required to Use Xbox Cloud Gaming

Microsoft is currently working on a special version of its web browser Edge, which is supposed to run on the mobile device. If you go to Microsoft Edge (Beta) on Steam Deck, you can access and use the Xbox Cloud Gaming beta. However, for now, you still have to click File Go back to the command line and take a few steps, before you can use Microsoft Game Streaming on your Steam handheld device. With Xbox Cloud Gaming, games like Forza Horizon 5, Halo Infinite, and many more from Microsoft, Bethesda, and EA can be streamed to the end device via an internet connection.

However, it will take some time before Xbox Cloud Gaming is available in a definitive version on Steam Deck. However, this may be the first step towards further collaboration between Valve and Microsoft. In a recent interview with PC Gamer, Valve CEO Gabe Newell said he would be “more than happy” to help Microsoft bring PC Game Pass to Steam as a subscription so that Steam Deck users, for example, can also access it. It’s entirely up to customers, if there’s an interest here, Microsoft and Valve will band together to bring Microsoft’s gaming subscription to Steam. However, Valve is still not interested in its game subscription service.

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The collection related to Xbox Cloud games on Steam Deck:

• Microsoft is beta testing Microsoft Edge on Steam Deck. A web browser can also be used to access the Xbox Cloud Gaming trial.
• In addition, Steam Deck users must take additional steps to participate in the beta.
• Anyone who wants to sign up for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate can now participate in the beta.

swell: MicrosoftAnd the reddit