Xbox Cloud Gaming gets a much-needed boost after Sony's PlayStation Portal news

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• 🙌 Xbox Cloud Gaming just got better

• 👏 You can finally stream games you already own

• 🎮 50 titles are now available, with more on the way

• 👀 The news comes after Sony revealed PlayStation Portal can now stream PS5 games via the cloud

Microsoft has announced that players will finally be able to stream games they own via Xbox Cloud Gaming, five years after revealing the feature was on the way.

The announcement comes the day after Sony shared that PlayStation Portal will now be able to play games via the cloud if you’re a PlayStation Plus Premium member. The news makes Sony’s portable much more appealing, and it’s now shot to the top of my Black Friday wishlist.

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members can stream over 50 games they own, which Microsoft says will continue to grow. You’ll find all the compatible games under a new “Stream your own game” section, but Microsoft has also shared the full list of supported titles below:

1. Animal Well 

2. Assassin’s Creed Mirage 

3. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora 

4. Balatro 

5. Baldur’s Gate 3 

6. Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden 

7. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) 

8. The Casting of Frank Stone 

9. Cyberpunk 2077 

10. Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake 

11. Dredge

12. Dying Light 2 Stay Human 

13. Farming Simulator 25 

14. Fear the Spotlight 

15. Final Fantasy XIV Online 

16. Final Fantasy

17. Final Fantasy II 

18. Final Fantasy III 

19. Final Fantasy IV 

20. Final Fantasy V 

21. Final Fantasy VI 

22. Hades 

23. Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions  

24. High On Life 

25. Hitman World of Assassination 

26. Hogwarts Legacy 

27. House Flipper 2 

28. Kena: Bridge of Spirits 

29. Lego Harry Potter Collection 

30. Life is Strange: Double Exposure 

31. Metro Exodus 

32. Mortal Kombat 1 

33. NBA 2K25 

34. PGA Tour 2K23 

35. Phasmophobia 

36. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown 

37. Rust Console Edition 

38. 7 Days to Die 

39. Star Wars Outlaws

40. Stray 

41. The Crew Motorfest 

42. The Outlast Trials 

43. The Plucky Squire 

44. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 

45. Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 

46. TopSpin 2K25 

47. Undertale

48. Visions of Mana 

49. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 

50. WWE 2K24  

It’s great to see Microsoft has finally delivered on a feature fans have been waiting for, and it comes just after the company launched its new “This is an Xbox” campaign, which highlights you can use other devices to play Xbox games, not just a console.

However, despite launching in 2020, Xbox Cloud Gaming is still in beta. Even with a strong internet connection, you’ll encounter input lag and mediocre image quality, which needs to improve if Microsoft really wants to offer Xbox Cloud Gaming as an alternative to its consoles.

Thankfully, Microsoft is reportedly working on giving Xbox Cloud Gaming a big overhaul. Key changes include improving the visual quality of streams, releasing a direct-to-cloud controller to reduce latency, and adding additional features.

We’ll have to wait and see how long it takes for Microsoft to implement these recent changes, but with Sony now offering a handheld that offers cloud streaming at an attractive price point, it may act faster than usual.

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Adam Vjestica is The Shortcut’s Senior Editor. Formerly TechRadar’s Gaming Hardware Editor, Adam has also worked at Nintendo of Europe as a Content Marketing Editor, where he helped launch the Nintendo Switch. Follow him on X @ItsMrProducts.