Update from August 14, 2022: Microsoft has confirmed it was a bug! “If you’ve seen Elden Ring and other games look like they’re playable on Xbox Cloud Gaming or Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft says this is a bug and they’ve pushed out a fix,” as Tom Warren of The Verge via Twitter indicates.
if you’ve seen Elden Ring and other games appear as if they might be playable on Xbox Cloud Gaming or Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft says this is a bug and it has rolled out a fix pic.twitter.com/cnYuANBaBo
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) August 10, 2022
“We are aware of an issue where some titles were incorrectly showing as available with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate,” a Microsoft spokesperson said Eurogamer. “We rolled out a fix and this is now updated.”
Original article from August 10, 2022:
The Xbox Store pages for GTA 5, Elden Ring and Soul Hackers 2 have changed: Everyone enters “Cloud Gaming Beta”-Logo. However, there is a catch to the story! None of the games are currently enabled for Xbox Cloud Gaming because they are not in Xbox Game Pass. The games mentioned might not be part of the Game Pass, but directly to Xbox Cloud Gaming become available.
Microsoft has already confirmed its intention to introduce the ability for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members to play select games that you already own or have purchased outside of the Xbox Game Pass library from the cloud. At that time it was still said that this function would start in 2022.
As Twitter user “Knoebelbroet” found out, the Xbox Store pages of GTA 5, Elden Ring and Soul Hackers 2 have changed. He guesses there might be a “Gamescom announcement”.
Was bringt Xbox Cloud Gaming? This allows you to stream games from Game Pass using Microsoft’s cloud technology. Previously this was limited to games that are part of the XGP.
Seems like #Xbox is ramping up their plans to bring Games that are not a part of #XboxGamePass to Xcloud.
Like GTA V, Soul Hackers 2 and Elden Ring.
Could be a Gamescom Announcement.
Elden Ring:https://t.co/zNII7pgWiF
News from June:https://t.co/pLgovQFW3i pic.twitter.com/FDPQXW4XDL
— Knoebel (@Knoebelbroet) August 9, 2022
Microsoft is also planning mouse and keyboard support for Xbox Cloud Gaming. Currently only controllers and touchscreen controls are supported on phones. Last night we told you that at the end of August a very special game in the Xbox Game Pass comes.
What’s happened in Xbox Game Pass in the last few months?
The Xbox Game Pass is currently available for only 1 euro for the first three months.