NEWS | Microsoft and NVIDIA Announce 10-Year Gaming Partnership to Stream Xbox PC Games on GeForce NOW

MICROSOFT and NVIDIA have announced a new 10-year partnership, which will bring a blockbuster lineup of Xbox games, including Minecraft and Activision titles such as Call of Duty, to NVIDIA's cloud gaming service, GeForce NOW.

This new partnership was announced on Tuesday at a Microsoft press conference in Brussels, Belgium. Microsoft also shared that it had finalized a 10-year agreement to bring the latest version of Call of Duty to the Nintendo platform following the merger with Activision.

This partnership will allow gamers to stream Xbox PC titles from GeForce NOW to devices such as PCs, macOS, Chromebooks, smartphones and other devices. It will also enable Activision Blizzard PC titles, such as Call of Duty, to be streamed on GeForce NOW after Microsoft's acquisition of Activision closes.

The deal promises to offer increased choice to gamers and addresses NVIDIA's concerns with Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which NVIDIA is now supporting for regulatory approval.

"Xbox remains committed to giving people more choice and finding ways to expand how people play," said Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer. "This partnership will help grow NVIDIA's catalogue of titles to include games like Call of Duty while giving developers more ways to offer streaming games. We are excited to offer gamers more ways to play the games they love."

"Combining the incredibly rich catalogue of Xbox first-party games with GeForce NOW's high-performance streaming capabilities will propel cloud gaming into a mainstream offering that appeals to gamers at all levels of interest and experience," said Jeff Fisher, senior vice president for GeForce at NVIDIA. "Through this partnership, more of the world's most popular titles will now be available from the cloud with just a click, playable by millions more gamers."

Microsoft and NVIDIA plan to begin work immediately to integrate Xbox PC games into GeForce NOW. GeForce NOW members will be able to stream PC games they buy in the Windows Store, including third-party partner titles where the publisher has granted streaming rights to NVIDIA. Xbox PC games that are currently available in third-party stores like Steam or Epic Games Store will also be able to be streamed through GeForce NOW. — Geeks Republika