Microsoft Reveals Gaming App for Samsung TVs, Expanded Design Lab, and More

Written by Brandon Hofer on June 09, 2022

News: With an eye to the future, Microsoft has just revealed a few new initiatives that will be taking place in the near future.

Microsoft has revealed a partnership with Samsung that will help propel Xbox and games for the next 20 years. They are on a mission to make gaming more accessible to a broader range of people and, in some instances, you won’t even need their hardware to play their games.

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says, “We’re building a platform that can reach billions of players—whether it’s on console, whether it’s on PC, whether it’s through Xbox cloud streaming – where players on any device they want to play on should be able to find the content they want to play.”

Some of the ways they will achieve this include:

Bringing the Xbox app to Samsung 2022 Smart TVs

Expanding Xbox Cloud Gaming to more countries

Bringing new gaming experiences to Microsoft Edge and Windows 11

Rolling out updates forr Xbox Game Pass members

Introducing more options to express yourself with Xbox Design Lab

With the partnership between Microsoft and Samsung you will be able to play hundreds of cloud-enabled games without having to buy an Xbox or gaming PC.

Hundreds of games in the Game Pass Ultimate library, including Fortnite without a subscription.

It will be a seamless experience working just like any other streaming app on your television.

Beginning on June 30 you will be able to access the Xbox app from the Samsung Gaming Hub or Media Hub. You will be able to log into your existing Microsoft account and connect a Bluetooth controller.

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members in Argentina and New Zealand will have access to cloud gaming and can play on Apple and Android devices, Windows PCs, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and soon, Samsung Smart televisions.

In addition to all of that, Microsoft revealed “Project Moorcroft”. This will be a program that delivers new, curated demos of upcoming games to Game Pass members. The program will begin rolling out in 2023 and will start with a focus on independent developers and trying to drum up interest in their respective games. If you participate in this program you will be able to see how your demo performs and you will be compensated. This should be a great new way to see what is working and what isn’t in your upcoming game.

Finally, Xbox Design Lab is expanding. Microsoft has revealed that they are adding a new range of colors and customization options. These include the following:

New Colors

Soft Pink

Softt Orange

Soft Green

Soft Purple

New Camo Top Cases

Mineral Camo

Arctic Camo

Forest Camo

Sandglow Camo

Blaze Camo

The Xbox Design Lab is also going to be available in more countries later this summer. The new countries on the list include Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Norway, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Taiwan. If you live in any of those countries and have wanted to design your own Xbox controller, your wait is almost over.

All of these announcements were made ahead of the two showcases Microsoft will be holding next week to showcase (hopefully) a lot of games that are coming out. What do you think of today’s announcements? What do you hope to see over the next week from Microsoft?

source: Microsoft