The shake-ups at Xbox are continuing, but this time, there's the possibility of something free on the way, with an ad-supported tier of Xbox Cloud Gaming coming at no cost.
That's according to a report from The Verge on Friday, which claims that this tier is currently in testing internally at Microsoft. In its current iteration, this free Xbox Cloud has players watch two minutes of ads before having access to play for an hour, with up to five one-hour sessions available in a month.
Players using free Xbox Cloud will be limited to select games they already own, titles that are free to play during a particular weekend, and Retro Classics.
The report adds that Microsoft plans to announce a public beta soon before fully rolling the feature out, which lines up with how the company usually allows members of the Xbox Insider Program to test various features ahead of a full launch.
Windows Central can corroborate this report, with sources confirming that the system will have an ad come up while players are in the queue to play.
Back in July, executive editor Jez Corden wrote about how Microsoft was exploring cheaper tiers for Cloud gaming, with the possibility of a free tier that is supported by ads.
