Xbox Cloud Gaming expands to Core and Standard, day-one titles added

Microsoft is expanding the reach of Xbox Cloud Gaming and confirming several high-profile day one additions to Xbox Game Pass as the service heads into a busy autumn. Beginning this week, members of the Xbox Insider program subscribed to the lower Game Pass tiers Core and Standard can test cloud streaming and access PC versions of select titles, while Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will see new day one releases arrive in September and a stacked October and November lineup on the calendar.

The Insider pilot, rolled out in late August, allows Core and Standard members to stream cloud playable games included with their subscription and, in some cases, stream cloud playable games they already own. Microsoft also said select games in those tiers will now include PC versions, enabling play on Windows devices and handheld PCs. The company described the initiative as part of an effort to make play more flexible and device agnostic, inviting Insiders to try the features before broader availability is announced.

For Game Pass Ultimate subscribers, the headline September arrivals include Hollow Knight Silksong on September 4 and Deep Rock Galactic Survivor on September 17, both landing on...