{"id":245700,"date":"2023-08-24T10:15:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T14:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=304015"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:24:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:24:26","slug":"the-biggest-deal-in-history-between-xbox-and-nvidia-starts-today-and-it-affects-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-biggest-deal-in-history-between-xbox-and-nvidia-starts-today-and-it-affects-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundbreaking Xbox-Nvidia Deal Takes Effect Today, Changing the Gaming Landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you remember well, at the beginning of the week we had an unexpected bombshell: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/madness-in-microsoft-to-get-green-light-in-uk-sells-the-cloud-of-activision-to-ubisoft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft reached an agreement with Ubisoft to bring Activision Blizzard games to the French cloud<\/a>. This move is nothing more than avoiding being accused of a monopoly by entities like the UK&#8217;s CMA.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Xbox Game Pass\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/8b773de5-0b20-429f-a535-c159557192df\/2791990695\/xbox-game-pass-Xbox%20Game%20Pass%20for%20PC-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Xbox Game Pass<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/xbox-game-pass.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/xbox-game-pass.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The thing is, this move wasn&#8217;t the first step Xbox took in that direction, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/microsoft-nvidia-deal-cloud-geforce-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">as you will know if you read our magazine<\/a>. Microsoft has been working with Nvidia for a while to bring their cloud games to the graphics and ray tracing company&#8217;s cloud. And today, that deal comes into effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nvidia has started offering access to PC Game Pass and Microsoft Store titles through its GeForce Now streaming service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Microsoft&#39;s PC Game Pass is arriving on Nvidia&#39;s GeForce Now service this week. If you&#39;re a subscriber or you purchased Microsoft Store games you&#39;ll be able to access them on GeForce Now. Details here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Csudz76ldd\">https:\/\/t.co\/Csudz76ldd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tom Warren (@tomwarren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomwarren\/status\/1693971362778406975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Today, Microsoft&#8217;s games arrive on GeForce Now<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PC Game Pass subscribers will be able to start streaming titles through GeForce Now today, August 24th<\/strong>, including Microsoft games like Deathloop and Grounded, as well as third-party titles like No Man&#8217;s Sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although PC Game Pass and Microsoft Store games will be available on GeForce Now, not all of them will be immediately playable on Nvidia&#8217;s service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nvidia has integrated the Microsoft Store into GeForce Now<\/strong>, but it still needs to add all the 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