How to play Baldur’s Gate 3 and more on your phone with Xbox Game Pass

Microsoft announced Wednesday that it is expanding its Xbox Cloud Gaming (beta) capabilities, letting Game Pass Ultimate subscribers stream some games they own to more devices. This means subscribers can stream 50 games, such as Baldur’s Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077 and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, as long as they own a digital copy of the game and have a Game Pass Ultimate subscription.

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An XGPU subscription costs $20 a monthand gives you access to a catalog of over 500 games, as well as access to Xbox Cloud Gaming. This lets you play most games in the game catalog from a device without an Xbox console. Microsoft recently doubled down on this feature with its This is an Xbox ad campaign that showed people playing Xbox games on their phones, laptops and other devices via cloud gaming independent of a console.

“We believe gaming should be easily accessible and accessible to all players, no matter what device you choose to play on,” Microsoft said online Wednesday.

How to stream one of the 50 supported Xbox games to a device without an Xbox console. Note that cloud gaming relies on a good internet connection, so you probably won’t be able to stream games from a busy library or coffee shop or while on public transport.

Stream a game to your phone, tablet, PC and other devices

1. Open a compatible browser — Updated versions of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Safari are all compatible.
2. Go to xbox.com/play.
3. Tap or click Log in button — at the top of the browser window — and log in to your Game Pass Ultimate account.
4. Look for Stream your own game carousel.
5. Click or tap Show all.
6. Select the game you want to play.

If you own the game, you can click or tap Game and the game will load. You should connect a Bluetooth-enabled controller to your device—even if you’re on a PC—before hitting Game. All the games are optimized to work with controller input and will not work otherwise.

If you don’t own the game, Game the button is replaced with a link to buy the game.

Once your game is loaded, it may take a few seconds to sync your save data, but then you can play your game without your console.

Streaming games to your TV and VR headset

To stream games to a VR headset or your TV, use the Xbox app or the Xbox Cloud Gaming app on your device. The Xbox app works on compatible Samsung TVs and Amazon Fire devices, and the Xbox Cloud Gaming app works on the Meta Quest 2, 3 and Pro, so this doesn’t work on all TVs or VR headsets.

If you have a compatible device and the right app, log into your Game Pass Ultimate account, click Show all in Stream your own game carousel, select the right game and press Game. Again, you’ll probably need to connect a Bluetooth controller before pressing Game, otherwise you will probably feel bad.

What you need to know about cloud gaming

Cloud gaming is similar to watching a video on Netflix in that you stream the experience to your device, except in some cases you own the game. Since the game is not stored on your device, you don’t have to worry about storage space or system requirements.

Because cloud gaming relies on your internet connection, you may experience some lag or latency issues when playing. When I played Cyberpunk 2077 on my iPhone, there were moments when there was a lot of action on the screen and my frame rate dropped. I was the only person home at the time, so I imagine if someone else was home playing another game or watching a video online, my frame rate would have dropped.

For more Xbox news, here’s what you need to know about Game Pass Ultimate and the latest games on Game Pass. You can also check out how your mobile device will likely be the only gaming console you’ll need soon.

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