Microsoft is serious Cloud gaming: Xbox Game Studios Publishing Has actually announced an opening New section, Entirely dedicated to cloud-native games. Leading the charge was former Wolverine Kim Swift, best known for the portal and Left 4 Dead, who joined Redmond last year as director of cloud gaming.
Rumors of interest Microsoft They are now more and more pushing for cloud gaming, so the novelty is quite amazing. There is also talk of Kojima Productions’ exclusive game for Microsoft Cloud, the news has not been confirmed yet.
However Xbox Game Studios Publishing provided the new division VideoTargeting developers, Swift explains that the goal of the project is to work with world-class developers around the world to create cloud-native games.Provide players with experiences that can only be achieved through the cloud.”
Although many people immediately think of operating systems such as Stadia or Xcloud as examples of cloud gaming already active, it should be noted that there are significant differences between a game created specifically for the cloud and other systems running in the cloud. A native game can actually utilize the cloud to implement certain aspects of the game, such as physics, lighting, environments and artificial intelligence, to get the most advanced results and to ensure that all players connected have the same experience.
As mentioned in the video, cloud gaming is still in its infancy, but its future will be in three ways: Anywhere, cloud artificial intelligence and runtime calculation. The first is the ability to stream games on any device, even the less powerful ones. Cloud, on the other hand, makes it possible to use artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing and reinforcement learning. Finally, run time calculations can be used to improve rendering, AI, process element creation and special effects.
At this point it only remains to see what the new division’s first cloud plans will be.
