Project xCloud will bring Xbox gaming to mobile screens in October

Microsoft is ready to present its own version of cloud-based gaming to the world, and it's happening so, so soon.

Let's be clear: Project xCloud isn't the final Microsoft product that will bring cloud-streamed games to your smartphone, tablet, or some other screen with an internet connection. The thing that's launching in October – yes, the October that's just days away – is a preview program.

"Public preview is a critical phase in our multi-year ambition to deliver game streaming globally at the scale and quality of experience that the gaming community deserves and expects," Microsoft exec Kareem Choudhry said in a prepared statement. "It’s time to put Project xCloud to the test in a broader capacity, with a range of gamers, devices, network environments and real world use-case scenarios, and this is where you come in." Read more...