Microsoft's Project xCloud streaming service moves to "take-home" testing phase

Xbox's Phil Spencer has revealed Microsoft's game-streaming service, Project xCloud, has moved to its "take home" release.

We already knew that Project xCloud - a major new game-streaming service designed to bring console-quality gaming to devices such as smartphones - had begun private testing at the end of last year using mobile phones and tablets paired with Xbox controllers, but this is the first time Microsoft has publicly confirmed that tech is moving on from internal testing.

"Congrats to Project xCloud team for completing their takehome release," Spencer tweeted. "Excited to get feedback from our internal teams ahead of public trials later this year."

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