Microsoft is continuing its ambitious mission to leave consoles in the past and bring Xbox games to pretty much any device with a screen.
Last year the company rolled out Xbox Cloud Gaming on Android phones, bringing a huge library of Game Pass games to mobile. Now, Cloud Gaming has been extended to include Apple iOS devices and Windows PCs via browsers.
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Since I decided to test this new Game Pass feature by playing GTA V, why not take a look at some of the best Grand Theft Auto wins and fails below?
As long as you're an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriber, you can log in and access the service via www.xbox.com/play. From there, all you need to do is set up a controller and choose which of the many, many games you want to play. In the interests of research for this article I booted it up on my browser (Chrome) just now and was playing GTA V in a matter of minutes using my DualSense controller. I should also point out that my internet is awful but this still ran pretty well for me - you'll probably have a good experience even if your internet connection isn't the best around.
Even better, Microsoft has recently improved the cloud gaming experience by upgrading its data centres with "custom Xbox Series X hardware", meaning games will look better, run faster, and load quicker. Xbox Could Gaming streams can run at 1080p up to 60 frames per second, which is not too shabby at all.
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This is a huge leap forward for Xbox Game Pass, which was already objectively one of the most unbelievable services in gaming. It's no secret PlayStation fans everywhere are kind of upset that a ton of Bethesda games - including Starfield and The Elder Scrolls VI - won't be coming to Sony's console, but when you can play those games on day one via your web browser - any web browser - does it really matter? No, no it does not.
Topics: GAMING, News, Microsoft, GTA 5, Xbox Game Pass, Grand Theft Auto