Microsoft introduced earlier this month that it partnered with ASUS to create the ROG Xbox Ally (and extra highly effective Ally X) handheld system, revealing it should allow you to play video games throughout your complete Xbox library and different platforms like Battle.web, GOG, and Steam. Now, Xbox Insiders can get the primary have a look at how that may work on the devoted handheld gadgets once they launch later this 12 months.
Revealed in a brand new Xbox Wire blog post, Xbox Insiders enrolled within the PC Gaming Preview can get the primary have a look at the “aggregated gaming library” within the Xbox PC app for Home windows 11 computer systems and handheld gadgets beginning this week. Microsoft says this new library function can be out there this vacation with the Xbox Ally gadgets. With this function, customers will see their Xbox library, out there Recreation Move titles, and “all of your put in video games from different PC sport shops” within the aggregated library.
Meaning video games from Xbox, Recreation Move, Battle.web, and different main PC storefronts like Steam will be discovered and launched from this single library inside the Xbox PC app. “Whether or not you are on a Home windows PC or a handheld system, your Xbox library, a whole bunch of Recreation Move titles, and all of your put in video games from main PC storefronts will now be at your fingertips,” the weblog put up reads. “When a participant installs a sport from a supported PC storefront, it should routinely seem in ‘My library’ inside the Xbox PC app, in addition to the ‘Most up-to-date’ checklist of titles within the sidebar – making it simpler than ever to leap again into your video games.”
To entry this aggregated library, Microsoft says, “So long as you may have sport titles from supported PC shops, it’s best to see them listed in each My Library and the Most Current part.” You too can disguise particular person video games out of your varied libraries if you want. For those who aren’t a part of the Xbox Insiders program, you can sign up here.