A few weeks ago, Microsoft finally started testing support for games on the Xbox Cloud Gaming service with mice and keyboards, which was promised a while ago. However, the number of games on the service that received this support was limited to only 14 games,
This week, Xbox Insiders on Beta and delta Rings, together with the members of the PC game preview channelCan log into Xbox Cloud Gaming to try out a new list of additional games that now support playing with mice and keyboards:
- Cities: Skylines – Mayor’s Edition
- Cities: Skylines – renewed
- The house flipper
- Inkulinati (game preview)
- Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
- Norco
- Piconico
- Earthquake
- Earthquake 2
- Slime Rancher 2
- state of decay 2
- Terraria
- The Sims 4
- Valheim (game preview)
This new list brings the total of current Xbox Cloud Gaming titles with mouse and keyboard support to 28.
This feature is currently available for games on the service with Microsoft’s Edge and Google’s Chrome web browser, along with the Xbox app for Windows PCs. No word yet on when mouse and keyboard support will roll out to all Xbox Cloud Gaming users or if it will expand to include access to Samsung smart TVs and monitors or other platforms where the service is available.
In addition to mouse and keyboard support for select games, members of the Xbox Insider and PC Gaming preview programs can also try new social features for Xbox Cloud Gaming through a new user interface. They include a way to view user profiles and achievements, along with the ability to message others and start play parties outside of the actual games. Again, no word yet on when these new social features will roll out to all Xbox Gaming users.