Microsoft Makes More of its PC Games Available on Boosteroid
- Laurent Giret
- Mar 07, 2024
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Microsoft is bringing more of its PC games to Boosteroid, one of the cloud gaming platforms it signed a 10-year cloud licensing deal with during the long Activision Blizzard acquisition saga. After making Gears 5, Deathloop, Grounded, and Pentiment available on Boosteroid in June 2023, Microsoft is now following up with more “high-quality, immersive PC games.”
“Starting today, you can play Deathloop, Dishonored, Dishonored 2, Dishonored: Death of The Outsider, Gears 5, Gears Tactics, Ghostwire: Tokyo, and Pentiment,” the Xbox team said today. “You can also enjoy cross-play and cross-save features with your Xbox console and Windows PC for these games. We’ll continue to add more hits and fan favorites from our extensive catalog of PC games over time.“
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Boosteroid uses the same business model as Nvidia’s GeForce Now, which means that it doesn’t sell games directly. Boosteroid users need to pay a subscription to stream the PC games they already own on Steam, the Epic Games Store, the Microsoft Store, Ubisoft Connect, EA’s Origin app, and more. Just like GeForce Now, Boosteroid also integrates with PC Game Pass, though only the 8 games in the library Microsoft mentioned today can be currently played on Boosteroid.
If Nvidia’s GeForce Now has a free tier (now with ads), a Boosteroid Standard subscription offering up to 1080p/60FPS performance is priced at €9.89/month in Europe. The Boosteroid Ultra subscription with up to 4K/120FPS performance is priced at €17.89/month.
Boosteroid offers apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and smart TVs running Android TV or LG’s webOS, though all of them currently have a “beta” label. The company has servers in various European countries as well as a couple of US states, as with all cloud gaming services today, your experience may differ based on your location and Internet connection.
Last year, Microsoft signed cloud licensing deals with other companies including EE, Nware, and Ubitus. The software giant is still working to make its games available on more cloud gaming platforms, though this process will likely take some time.