Xbox Game Pass continues to be one of the core focuses of Microsoft's position in the video game industry, already becoming one of the biggest video game subscription services less than five years since its launch. The subscription service has undeniably changed the industry, introducing a subscription in which fans can experience major new releases such as Halo Infinite and The Outer Worlds the day of their release. Now, Microsoft has announced another major addition to Game Pass that could change how demos for upcoming games are released. Through an initiative called Project Moorcroft, Xbox Game Pass will receive demos for upcoming games before their release beginning in 2023.
The announcement of Project Moorcroft comes alongside news that Xbox Cloud Gaming will be making its debut on select Samsung TVs starting June 30th and that Xbox Game Pass subscribers will soon be able to play games they own through Xbox Cloud Gaming. These reveals come just ahead of the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase 2022, which is scheduled to air in just a few days on June 12th, and will reveal updates and announcements on upcoming games headed to PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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Project Moorcroft is slated to be a program that allows developers to release curated demos of upcoming games that are currently in development to Xbox Game Pass subscribers in order to gather feedback and allow players to try their games early. Speaking in a video shared by The Verge's senior editor Tom Warren, Xbox Vice President Sarah Bond compares the demos to ones previously released to the public and media at events such as E3 and PAX, claiming that this new program replaces the
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