today, Microsoft and Nvidia Announced that the two companies have agreed to a 10-year partnership to bring Xbox PC games to GeForce Now.
The agreement will enable gamers to stream Xbox PC games from GeForce Now to PCs, macOS, Chromebooks, smartphones and other devices, enabling Activision Blizzard PC games such as Call of Duty to play on Nvidia’s cloud following Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Streaming on streaming services is off.
The deal with Nvidia will bring the franchise to more than 100 million devices that don’t have Call of Duty today, paving the way for other cloud services on PC.
“Xbox remains committed to giving people more choice and finding ways to expand the way people play,” said Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming. Streaming games.
“With this partnership, more of the world’s most popular games are now just one click away from the cloud and playable by millions of gamers,” added Jeff Fisher, senior vice president of GeForce at Nvidia.
Since the partnership gives players more options, it should help regulators approve the Activision-Blizzard acquisition.
Speaking at a news conference in Brussels today, Microsoft President Brad Smith said the deal with Nvidia addresses “all of the issues that regulators have raised that are not only topics of interest, but also concerns in some cases.” of.”
Microsoft and Nvidia will immediately begin integrating Xbox PC games into GeForce Now, so members can stream PC games they buy in the Windows Store, including third-party partner titles that publishers have granted Nvidia streaming rights to.
Xbox PC games currently available on third-party stores such as Steam or the Epic Games Store will also be able to stream through GeForce Now through its more than 25 million members in more than 100 countries.
Microsoft also signed a deal with Nintendo to bring Call of Duty games to the company’s console lineup for the next decade. It reportedly promised Sony the same deal, but as far as we know, the company has yet to respond to the offer.
