Project xCloud’s Preview Selection Makes Stadia’s Launch Lineup Look Tiny

Dozens of games are coming for testers of Microsoft's game streaming service.

News by Mathew Olson, Reporter

14 November 2019

On November 19, early adopters of Google Stadia will have just 12 games to pick from. For the launch of a brand new console, 12 new titles wouldn't be so bad, but most of Stadia's launch lineup is already out in the wild, as are most of the 14 other games coming between now and 2020.

Meanwhile, Microsoft's preview program for Project xCloud is growing. After launching last month with just four games (Gears 5, Halo 5: Guardians, Killer Instinct, and Sea of Thieves), at X019 Microsoft announced that it is expanding the xCloud preview library to over 50 titles, including Madden NFL 20, Forza Horizon 4, and Tekken 7.

It's a bit of an apples and oranges comparison considering that Google's just entering the games space now. Still, performance and bandwidth usage aside, variety is definitely important for selling consumers on the idea of game streaming.

Right now, the xCloud preview program is only available in select regions (America, United Kingdom, Korea) on compatible Android devices. Early next year, Microsoft will expand the preview program to Windows 10 PCs and to markets including Canada, Japan, Western Europe, and India. With the addition of xCloud on PC, Microsoft will also add support for non-Xbox controllers including the DualShock 4 and Razer Junglecat.

Here's the full list of titles being added to the Project xCloud preview program:

505 Games

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Avalanche Studios

theHunter: Call of the Wild

Bandai Namco

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
RAD
SOULCALIBUR VI
Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition
Tekken 7

Bigben Interactive

WRC 7

Capcom

Devil May Cry 5

Codemasters

F1® 2019

Curve Digital

For the King

Devolver Digital

Absolver

EA

Madden NFL 20

Fatshark Games

Vermintide 2

Focus Home Interactive

Vampyr

Funcom

Conan Exiles
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

IO Interactive

Hitman

Klei Entertainment

Mark of the Ninja: Remastered

Koch Media

Dead Island: Definitive Edition

KRAFTON

TERA

Mad Dog Games LLC

World War Z

Pearl Abyss

Black Desert Online

Rebellion

Sniper Elite 4

SEGA

Puyo Puyo Champions

Square Enix

Just Cause 4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
World of Final Fantasy® Maxima

Studio Wildcard

ARK: Survival Evolved

Take-Two Interactive

Borderlands: The Handsome Collection
WWE 2K20

Team17

Overcooked!
Yoku's Island Express

THQ Nordic

Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Darksiders 3

tinyBuild

Hello Neighbor

Unknown Worlds

Subnautica

Wargaming

World of Tanks: Mercenaries
World of Warships: Legends

Xbox Game Studios

Crackdown 3
Forza Horizon 4
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
Halo Wars 2
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
ReCore: Definitive Edition
State of Decay 2
The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut

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Mathew Olson

Reporter

Mathew Olson is a writer formerly of Digg, where he blogged and reported about all things under the umbrella of internet culture (including games, of course). He lives in New York, grew up under rain clouds and the influence of numerous games studios in the Pacific Northwest, and will talk your ear off about Half-Life mods, Talking Heads or Twin Peaks if you let him.