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Prior to October 2010, the free service was known as Xbox Live Silver. [42] It was announced on June 10, 2011, that the service is going to be fully integrated into Microsoft's Windows 8. [43] In October 2011, Microsoft announced live streaming cable television with various providers. [44] The third Xbox Live logo, used from 2013 until 2021
Xbox Cloud Gaming is a cloud gaming service as part of Xbox offered by Microsoft Gaming. [5] Initially released in beta testing in November 2019, the service later launched for subscribers of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on September 15, 2020. Xbox Game Pass cloud gaming is provided to subscribers of Ultimate at no additional cost. [6]
After the official announcement of Games for Windows – Live, many PC gamers were upset with Microsoft's move to charge PC gamers a fee of $49.99 to use the service. Many PC gamers felt this move was unfair, as playing online and many of the other services GFWL offered has, for the most part, always been free on the PC. [52]
Digital content through Xbox Live on the Xbox 360 and original Xbox are also region-locked, such as DLC, movies, and apps. The Xbox One was initially planned to have a region blocking policy that would have prevented its use outside its region in an effort to curb parallel importing.
Competitions: Join and create tournaments directly through the in-game Xbox Live menu. Xbox Live Aware: Receive invitations and view Xbox Live friends, even when playing single player modes. XSN: Xbox Sports Network, a service for Microsoft-developed sports titles that allows for web-based player tournaments and statistics.
Xbox Game Pass availability by country: [3] Console and PC Only PC Game Pass is a subscription service as part of Xbox and offered by Microsoft Gaming.Launched on June 1, 2017, the service allows users to download and play video games via video game consoles, Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS, iPadOS, web browsers, smart televisions, and cloud.
The original logo of the Xbox One SmartGlass app. Xbox 360 SmartGlass was originally announced at E3 2012, for Windows 8, Android and iOS.Microsoft demonstrated use cases for the new app within both games and entertainment, including a minimap for Ascend: New Gods, a second screen experience for School of Rock with supplemental content, and Game of Thrones (with interactive maps and family ...
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. [2] Founded in 1975, the company became highly influential in the rise of personal computers through software like Windows, and the company has since expanded to Internet services, cloud computing, video gaming and other fields.