When is Xbox Live coming to Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android? Microsoft have done their best to incorporate cross-platform play into a wide variety of games in the last few years. Now, they may have a plan to take that one step further and make Xbox Live available on a number of other devices. Utilizing cross-platform play is a difficult thing to do as a number of parties have to agree and the technology has to be available to make it work. Games like Fortnite and Rocket League have shown the success of allowing games to be cross-platform but Microsoft is perhaps looking to innovate further. Now, taking a massive new step, they\u2019re looking to go beyond just the normal cross-platform play. How can you use Xbox Live on Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android? Microsoft is releasing a software development kit (SDK) which will allow game developers to integrate Xbox Live into titles across multiple platforms, according to a statement released by Microsoft on March 14. The statement details just how it will be possible, as the company creates \u2018Game Stack,\u2019 which puts together all it\u2019s key tools and resources, including Xbox Live, Mixer and Azure \u2013 with Azure being a key player in the cloud-based service. Read More: Rick Fox discusses his motivation for creating Echo Fox and the organization\u2019s biggest successes and failures – As and when your favorite game will be playable through Xbox Live on your handheld device will somewhat rely on the developer\u2019s own embrace of the new technology from Microsoft \u2013 but the Xbox creator has made some huge steps forward in the process. Will there be Xbox Live cross-play between Xbox, Switch, iOS and Android? Just because Xbox Live is coming to Switch, iOS and Android, doesn\u2019t necessarily guarantee that cross-platform play will be available for all applicable games. However, it does make it a lot more likely. Conference attendees will get an early glimpse of the new SDK technology that will open up the world of cross-platform play even further \u2013 allowing titles from Xbox to be played on other devices like the Nintendo Switch and an iPhone and vice versa. Microsoft have been pushing for more and more cross-play opportunities, even voicing ambitions to pair up players on their rival console, PlayStation 4. With Xbox Live coming to more devices, Microsoft are sure to at least attempt to push more cross-play, which they believe will drive more engagement with players. Will Xbox add more than just Live to Switch, iOS and Android? It looks possible. According to a report from Direct Feed Games, Xbox are gearing up to add it\u2019s Game Pass subscription service to the Switch \u2013 handing over access to a huge library of games, including some of their own exclusives. The report adds that Xbox games would have port versions for the Switch, with a title such as Ori and the Blind Forest mentioned by name. Xbox\u2019s own Gears of War title has a mobile version \u2013 Gears POP! \u2013 in the works, making it possible that the spinoff game could be headed for the handheld console. However, there is no word on if the service would also be transferred over to iOS or Android. A further report from GTPlanet states that there may also be a Forza Mobile game in production. Turn 10 Studios, the developers of Forza, are not slated to release a console game in 2019 \u2013 instead, looking at their options for a mobile title that could be ported to iOS and Android devices. Update: Journalist Brad Sams, who has been privy to some interesting Xbox related scoops, said the following in regards to Xbox Game Pass coming to the Nintendo Switch, \u201cThere has been a lot of talk out there about Game Pass on the Switch. I\u2019m hearing from multiple sources that is not happening. Let me qualify, that is definitely not happening in the near term. I can\u2019t ever say never, because Microsoft wants Game Pass on TV\u2019s, they want it on PC\u2019s, they want it on Xbox, they want it everywhere with their XCloud stuff, but as of right now I am hearing from multiple people that it isn\u2019t coming to the Switch. Obviously things could change and all that good stuff, but yeah don\u2019t expect Game Pass on the Switch anytime soon. At least that is what I\u2019m hearing.\u201c The video of Sams discussing this and more can be seen below. Game Pass is discussed at 8:03. Rumors around the next Xbox console release \u2013 codename Scarlett \u2013 have suggested that a diskless version may be on the way, utilizing a cloud-based streaming system to run games instead \u2013 which would also make it possible to have Live products on other devices. While it\u2019s not yet confirmed if Microsoft is planning to release a console without the ability to use discs, there may be a demonstration of how it could work at the GDC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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