The Xbox Cloud Gaming Controller Is Dead, Apparently
01-10-2026 18:25 via gamespot.com

The Xbox Cloud Gaming Controller Is Dead, Apparently

Microsoft agreed to several big changes to appease regulators in its effort to get the blockbuster $75.4 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard approved, including tweaks to its cloud-gaming projects. Now, more than a year later, we're still learning more about this, including a new claim from The New York Times that Microsoft canceled plans for a new Xbox controller "devoted to cloud gaming."
A spokesperson for Microsoft denied that the controller concept was abandoned due to the regulatory pr
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