The partnership will bring Xbox games, including Activision games like Minecraft and Call of Duty, to the NVIDIA GeForce NOW cloud gaming service.
Microsoft and NVIDIA have announced that the companies have agreed on a 10-year partnership to bring Xbox PC games to NVIDIA GeForce NOW.
Xbox library coming to GeForce Now
The deal will allow gamers to stream Xbox PC games from GeForce NOW to PCs, macOS, Chromebooks, smartphones and other devices. It will also enable Activision Blizzard PC games like Call of Duty to be released on GeForce NOW after Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision ends.
“Xbox remains committed to giving people more choice and finding ways to expand the way people play,” said Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming. “This partnership will help expand NVIDIA’s game catalog to include games like Call of Duty, while giving developers more ways to deliver streaming games. We’re excited to give gamers more ways to play the games they love,” he said.
“Combining the incredibly rich catalog of Xbox first-party games with the high-performance streaming capabilities of GeForce NOW will make cloud gaming a mainstream offering that appeals to gamers of all interest and experience levels. Through this partnership, the world’s most popular streaming services are available,” said Jeff Fisher, GeForce Senior Vice President, NVIDIA. “More of their games will now be accessible from the cloud with just one click and can be played by millions of players.”
This partnership gives gamers more options and addresses NVIDIA’s concerns about Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. That’s why NVIDIA offers its full support for legal confirmation of the purchase.
Microsoft and NVIDIA will begin work immediately on integrating Xbox PC games into GeForce NOW, so GeForce NOW members can play PC products they purchase from the Windows Store, including third-party partner games for which the publisher has given the publishing rights to NVIDIA. Xbox PC games currently available on third-party stores such as Steam or the Epic Games Store will also be playable via GeForce NOW.
The deal was announced today at a Microsoft press conference in Brussels, Belgium. Microsoft also shared today that it has signed a 10-year deal to bring the latest version of Call of Duty to the Nintendo platform following its merger with Activision.