GeForce Now to Offer Microsoft’s PC Game Pass

In the coming months, Microsoft Game Pass subscribers will have the ability to stream PC games on NVIDIA’s GeForce Now, thanks to a partnership between the two companies that was announced earlier this year. According to a blog post by Microsoft, this will allow the PC Game Pass collection to be accessed on a variety of devices that are compatible with GeForce Now, including low-end PCs, Macs, Chromebooks, mobile devices, and televisions.

It doesn’t appear to include the full list, as GeForce Now members can “stream select PC games” from the library, the company wrote. Still, it gives PC Game Pass subscribers access to what we called “the enthusiast’s choice for game streaming” thanks to the high performance offered by NVIDIA’s latest RTX 4080 cards.

Previously, the companies announced that the Microsoft Store will be available for purchase for GeForce Now. Additionally, Xbox games have already arrived on GeForce Now, starting with the arrival of Xbox exclusive Gears 5 last month.

In February, Microsoft and NVIDIA signed a 10-year deal to bring games to GeForce Now, including Activision Blizzard titles such as the Call of Duty series. Microsoft also signed a deal with Spanish cloud gaming provider Nware in April, and previously signed deals with Nintendo, Steam, NVIDIA, Boosteroid, Ubitus and EE to make games available on those companies’ platforms.

Many of them came as Microsoft’s potential acquisition of Activision Blizzard came under scrutiny from European, US and other regulators. However, UK regulators have since blocked the deal over cloud concerns, saying it would give Microsoft “an incentive to deny [Activision Blizzard] games to competitors and significantly reduce competition in this important growth market”. With the news that it will offer its PC Game Pass subscription on GeForce Now, it may still believe it can convince regulators to go along.