Xbox Cloud Gaming's beta now lets you play your own games, even outside the catalogue

• Xbox Game Pass has moved to let players stream releases from outside their catalogue
• It means titles not in the Game Pass catalogue can be streamed via your phone or tablet
• Witcher 3, Space Marine 3, Baldur's Gate 3 and more are all available

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members will soon be able to stream titles they own, even ones that are not included in the usual Game Pass catalogue, via a number of new devices. The newest update to the Xbox Cloud Gaming beta currently supports 28 countries, and the addition of 50 new releases means you can stream even more via your chosen device.

Previously only regular Game Pass releases that were available through their catalogue were available for the cloud gaming feature, which has itself been in beta for a while. So the move to allow you to play your own catalogue is a key one in expanding the available releases on streaming.

It also means that some amazing titles like Baldur's Gate 3, Space Marine 2, Balatro and more will be available to stream via your phone or tablet! A pretty amazing, if not totally unprecedented new feature for streaming like this.

The Cloud's the limit

Personally speaking, I feel like as a feature this is long overdue. One of the many issues with cloud gaming for me is the amount of hoops you have to go through to play through titles outside of a very limited selection in a service. So the ability to actually stream games that would otherwise be unavailable just makes sense.

I also reckon it'll be very crucial to see how well streaming can do competing with classic mobile gaming. After all, this is something that's been bouncing around for a long time, but a new feature like this is sure to push the envelope even further.

If you need some basic pointers on how to get set up for console streaming, we've got a guide for just that. Not to mention another guide for streaming from your PC to boot! So you can play wherever and whenever you want.