A Plague Tale, Cities: Skylines, and more join Project xCloud

Savage Planet
Savage Planet (Image credit: 505 Games)

What you need to know

  • Project xCloud is Microsoft's game streaming service.
  • It's available for free to testers right now.
  • A Plague Tale: Innocence, Cities: Skylines, and more are now a part of it.
  • You can sign up for Project xCloud on the Xbox website.

Project xCloud is Microsoft's game streaming service that competes with Google Stadia, NVIDIA GeForce Now, and Shadow. The company keeps on adding amazing games to the preview and today is no different. A Plague Tale: Innocence, Journey to the Savage Planet, and more are now available on Project xCloud on Android devices. You can read about all of them below.

A Plague Tale: Innocence

Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history.

Age of Wonders: Planetfall

Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.

Cities: Skylines

Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new gameplay elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.

Journey to the Savage Planet

As the newest recruit of Kindred Aerospace — the fourth-best interstellar space exploration company — your job is to determine if the planet ARY-26 planet is fit for humans. You may be short on equipment and experience, but good luck!

MudRunner

MudRunner is the ultimate off-road experience putting the players in the driver seat and dares them to take charge of incredible all-terrain vehicles, venturing across extreme Siberian landscapes with only a map and compass as guides!

All of these games are available for free to those in the Project xCloud preview. It's unclear when the service will launch or how much it'll cost at this time. However, if you're in the program, be sure to check out these free games and remember to give your feedback to improve the service.

Asher Madan

Asher Madan handles gaming news for Windows Central. Before joining Windows Central in 2017, Asher worked for a number of different gaming outlets. He has a background in medical science and is passionate about all forms of entertainment, cooking, and antiquing.