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Nvidia is about to roll out some big changes to their GeForce Now cloud streaming service. Some are good changes, such as a bump to 1440p resolution for lower tiers. Some are disappointing changes, such as the 100 hour monthly limit. The company announced these changes through Reddit earlier this week.

When it comes to the 100 hours of playtime limit per month, Nvidia said that most members will not at...

Plus several other titles out now or coming very soon.

Microsoft shared the list of upcoming titles that will be added to Game Pass in the first half of July. This includes several titles coming to Game Pass for Xbox consoles, PC, and even the cloud. A couple of the new additions are out today while the rest will show up throughout the first couple of weeks in July.

Available right now is none other than Grand Theft Auto 5. That's right, the game that has been released...

Get scared through the power of the cloud.

During today's Nintendo Direct, Capcom revealed cloud versions for four recent Resident Evil titles. The first will be Resident Evil Village Cloud and it will vape cloud its way onto the Switch on October 28, 2022. The Winters' Expansion will be out on December 2, 2022 for Switch.

After Village will be cloud releases for Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3, and Resident Evil 7 biohazard. Those games are still in development for the...

The announcement confirms months of rumors.

For quite some time now, it has been said that one of the handful of projects that Kojima Productions has been working on is an exclusive game for Xbox. During the recent Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase, that rumor was confirmed when Hideo Kojima made a brief appearance and shared that yes, his studio is working on an Xbox exclusive title with Xbox Game Studios.

There wasn't too much else shared about this game at all. All...

Square Enix pushing forward on blockchain, AI, and the cloud.

In the early hours of Monday, May 2, Embracer Group announced that they had acquired several Square Enix studios as part of a $300 million (USD) deal. This deal included the acquisition of Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montreal, and Square Enix Montreal. It also included several popular IPs such as Deus Ex and Tomb Raider plus over 50 back-catalog titles.

Following the announcement, Square Enix released a documen...

PLACEHOLDER <Insert some witty Final Fantasy VII Cloud joke here> PLACEHOLDER

In speaking with Nintendo Life, Kingdom Hearts series producer Ichiro Hazama revealed why the decision was made to be playable only through the cloud on the Nintendo Switch. In fact, the cloud streaming option is the only way that players will get to experience the Kingdom Hearts games on the Nintendo Switch when they release in 2022.

Ichiro Hazama told Nintendo Life that the decision to...

The entire series will be playable through the power of the cloud.

Nintendo and Square Enix announce that the Kingdom Hearts series is coming to the Nintendo Switch. Specifically, ten Kingdom Hearts titles will be released on the Switch as three different standalone cloud releases. You can purchase the games separately or buy all of them at once with the Kingdom Hearts Integrum Masterpiece for Cloud version.

Why can't they just do normal names for these?

Anyway,...

This partnership focuses on "game and content-streaming services."

Microsoft announced today that they and Sony have formed a partnership that will see the two working together on AI solutions and "innovations to enhance customer experiences in their direct-to-consumer entertainment platforms." That's probably as close as you're going to get to them strongly hinting at some form of actual gaming partnership in this announcement release.

The two studios...

So the good news here is that Resident Evil 7 is coming to the Nintendo Switch! The bad news is that it's only coming out in Japan. The potentially worse newsis that it's only being made available as a cloud based streaming game. I suppose that's why they're actually calling it Resident Evil 7 Cloud Version there.

Resident Evil 7 Cloud Version seems to be the first streaming only game that has been announced for the Switch. The "download" for the game is just 45MB but you...

So the good news here is that Resident Evil 7 is coming to the Nintendo Switch! The bad news is that it's only coming out in Japan. The potentially...

Kareem Choudhry, the corporate VP of Gaming at Microsoft announced that they have acquired PlayFab. PlayFab is a "complete backend platform provider of services to build, launch, and grow cloud-connected games." For those of you still rocking the "cloud to butt" extension, this is probably a chuckle inducing news post for you. Heh, butt-connected games.

Microsoft is going to make use of PlayFab's tools and expertise to improve services such as Microsoft Azure.
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Kareem Choudhry, the corporate VP of Gaming at Microsoft announced that they have acquired PlayFab. PlayFab is a "complete backend platform...

In a continuing effort to tease and incorporate some Final Fantasy VII Remake content, Square Enix has added Cloud and some Final Fantasy VII specific content to Mobius Final Fantasy.
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In a continuing effort to tease and incorporate some Final Fantasy VII Remake content, Square Enix has added Cloud and some Final Fantasy VII specific...

Corrin from Fire Emblem and Bayonetta from Bayonetta are the final two main additions coming to Super Smash Bros. Nintendo revealed the two characters tonight during their latest Nintendo Direct event. In addition, Midgar will be a new stage in Smash alongside the Umbra Clock Tower stage from Bayonetta. New Mii Fighter outfits will also be added.

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