Fortnite Crew is becoming a built‑in benefit of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on November 18, 2025 — which means Ultimate subscribers will automatically gain the Fortnite Battle Pass, 1,000 monthly V‑Bucks, and the Crew pack rewards every month without paying Epic’s Crew fee separately. Background /...
Fortnite Crew is being folded into the reworked Xbox Game Pass Ultimate as a built‑in perk — starting November 18, 2025 — and that single change rewrites the value equation for both Fortnite players and Game Pass subscribers. What was a straightforward $11.99 monthly add‑on from Epic Games is...
Xbox’s latest move with LG pulls cloud gaming out of the living room and into the passenger seat, bringing a native Xbox app to internet‑connected cars that run LG’s webOS‑based Automotive Content Platform so passengers can stream Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) titles via Xbox Game Pass Ultimate while...
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Xbox Game Pass has quietly become one of the most consequential subscription services in modern gaming — not because it’s perfect, but because it keeps expanding like a Swiss Army knife for players who want choice, cross‑device continuity, and an alternative to buying every title outright. What...
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Microsoft’s Xbox cloud ambitions appear to be entering a new phase: executives are publicly acknowledging that many subscribers use Xbox Cloud Gaming primarily for streaming, and Microsoft is actively exploring a lower-cost, cloud-only entry point that would decouple xCloud access from the full...
Microsoft has begun rolling out an update that expands the Xbox PC app’s functionality on Arm®-based Windows 11 PCs — most notably adding support for game downloads and local play from the Xbox PC catalog to eligible Arm laptops and handhelds — a shift that marks the most tangible step yet...
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Windows 11 now gives PC players multiple practical routes to run Xbox One games without owning an Xbox console, and Microsoft’s recent Xbox PC app updates — notably the “Stream Your Own Game” expansion — have made those routes faster and more flexible than ever. Players can stream eligible Xbox...
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Microsoft’s relentless pursuit of the perfect cloud gaming experience reaches a new milestone with its latest test: letting Xbox users stream their personally owned games directly through the Xbox PC app, thereby removing the once-inextricable bond between purchases and required downloads...
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Samsung has expanded its Gaming Hub by integrating EA SPORTS FC 25 through Xbox Cloud Gaming, allowing users to play the game directly on supported Samsung TVs and monitors without the need for a console. This feature became available on June 12, 2025, and requires a compatible controller along...
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The living room ecosystem has a new contender for “least amount of plastic boxes beneath the TV,” and this time it’s sporting an Xbox logo. Microsoft, with its ever-growing appetite for cloud dominance (and, possibly, revenge for the Zune), has announced that you can now play Xbox games straight...
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