Crackdown 3 image: Sumo Digital/Microsoft Studios

Project xCloud, the game streaming project unveiled by Microsoft last fall, has been tested by the company’s employees through a take home program and is capable of streaming more than 3,500 games, without any changes or mods required by a developer. Custom blade servers have been deployed to data centers in 13 Azure regions, with an emphasis on proximity to key game development centers.

Game developers are now able to test their games directly from Project xCloud without having to port to a new platform. There are currently more than 1,900 games in development for the Xbox One, all of which could run on Project xCloud. There’s an API dubbed “IsStreaming” API that Microsoft provides to allow games to know if it’s streaming from the cloud. In response to this, it can then cue features are functionality — for example, adjusting font sizes for smaller displays or hosting multiplayer matches on a single server to reduce latency — to enhance the streaming experience.

A Call of Duty Xbox bundle image: Microsoft

There’s still no word on a public release of the game streaming service.

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