First Microsoft Xbox Game Arrives on Nvidia's GeForce Now
Microsoft’s commitment to bringing its PC/Xbox games to rival cloud platforms is coming to fruition with the first of several Xbox first-party titles arriving on Nvidia GeForce Now.
The first title to hit GeForce Now is Gears 5, a gritty sci-fi shooter from Microsoft's Xbox studio, The Coalition, which published the game in 2019. “More Microsoft titles will follow shortly, starting with Deathloop, Grounded, and Pentiment on Thursday, May 25,” Nvidia says(Opens in a new window).
Microsoft didn't say when its other titles—such as Halo Infinite, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and Microsoft Flight Simulator—will arrive. But the partnership fills a hole in the GeForce Now game catalog, which lets you stream PC games you already own from Nvidia’s GPU-powered servers.
Microsoft added(Opens in a new window): “This is just the beginning stage of our forward-thinking 10-year partnership with Nvidia to make PC games from Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda available to their GeForce Now members.”
The company is bringing its games to Nvidia’s GeForce Now in an effort to win regulatory approval of Microsoft’s bid to buy Activision-Blizzard, which owns several major gaming franchises, including Call of Duty, Diablo, and Starcraft.
UK and US regulators, which have moved to block the deal, are concerned Microsoft could make the franchises exclusive to the Xbox platform, including its game streaming service, Xbox Game Pass. In response, Redmond has made commitments with several cloud-gaming services, including Nvidia’s GeForce Now, to make Microsoft’s PC/Xbox games available on their platforms.
The remedy was enough to sway regulators in the European Union, which cleared the acquisition bid earlier this week. Hence, if Microsoft can win
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