Reviewers who’ve weighed in on Capcom’s Resident Evil 2 refresh are almost unanimous in their praise for Leon Kennedy’s survival horror story. “…We have a huge back catalog, which is: We have our own games.”Īnnounced in October of last year, the idea behind Project xCloud is to take the processing workload away from your console and place it on a server somewhere far away, leaving your connected device - whether it’s a phone, a console, or a laptop - free to simply stream your future co-op Halo missions anytime you feel like dialing up a game and plugging in.įor now, Project xCloud doesn’t have an announced launch date, although public testing is expected to begin sometime this year, via the report.Įven as current-gen titles vie for attention as the next great thing in gaming, a little old remake of a PlayStation horror classic from 1998 is already getting game-of-the-year buzz…and it’s only January.
“We describe it as, shorthand, ‘Netflix for games,’” Nadella said, via Business Insider.
Microsoft’s Project xCloud, the company’s planned cross-platform gaming hub, he said, is intended to be the one service gamers think of when they think of games streaming - much as Netflix has become a shorthand reference for the whole video streaming phenomenon.
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With established online brands probing the gaming landscape for a suitable entry point into the subscription streaming space, Microsoft has thrown down the gauntlet with its modest declaration that it’s aiming to become nothing less than “Netflix for games.”Ĭiting a strong back catalog and an install base that already carries a committed following of gamers, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella dropped the ambitious remark at a recent press event.