Xbox Cloud now lets gamers take their own games with them anywhere

What timing! Yesterday, Sony announced the launch ofa major new feature for its portable consolePlayStation Portal. Until now, the latter only allowed games launched from the user's PS5 to be played in “remote play”. Since yesterday, it can also allow access to a vast catalog of 120 PS5 games via the cloud, as long as you have a Playstation Plus Premium account. And the next day, Microsoft also announced changes to its cloud gaming offering.

Interesting timing

Until then, the only games accessible from the Xbox Game Cloud were those from the Game Pass catalog. It was impossible to play your own games using cloud gaming, even though the function had been expected for a long time. Today, Xbox Cloud Gaming becomes compatible with games purchased by players. But be careful, there is a condition: the games eligible for such a practice must be part of a list provided by Microsoft. At the moment, the service is in beta, so the list is relatively thin.

In total, 50 games are eligible for streaming via the cloud. Among them, we find in particular Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Balatro, Baldur's Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Star Wars Outlaws, Hogwarts Legacy, Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake… Here is the complete list:

• Animal Well
• Assassin's Creed Mirage
• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
• Balatro
• Baldur's Gate 3
• Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
• The Cast of Frank Stone
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
• DREDGE
• Dying Light 2 Stay Human
• Farming Simulator 25
• Fear the Spotlight
• FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
• FINAL FANTASY
• FINAL FANTASY II
• FINAL FANTASY III
• FINAL FANTASY IV
• FINAL FANTASY V
• FINAL FANTASY VI
• Hades
• Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions
• High On Life
• HITMAN World of Assassination
• Hogwarts Legacy
• House Flipper 2
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• Lego(R) Harry Potter(TM) Collection
• Life is Strange: Double Exposure
• Metro Exodus
• Mortal Kombat 1
• NBA 2K25
• PGA TOUR 2K23
• Phasmaphobia
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• Rust Console Edition
• 7 Days to Die
• Star Wars Outlaws™
• Stray
• The Crew™ Motorfest
• The Outlast Trials
• The Plucky Squire
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Tom Clancy's The Division 2
• TopSpin 2K25
• UNDERTALE
• Visions of Mana
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
• WWE 2K24

So, if you own these games, and only these games, and you are a Game Pass Ultimate subscriber, you can now play them through the cloud. In other words, you can continue your save on these titles by playing on PC (browser, for example) or on mobile.