It’s another sign that cloud gaming is starting to get some traction. Other signs include the $10 million funding round for Phynd, a new ad-supported free cloud gaming service coming this year.

However, the industry is facing steep operational costs, expensive hardware upgrades and competition from home gaming setups.

Ahead of the Game Developers Conference (GDC), Xbox revealed on Thursday that it’s experimenting with an AI-powered gaming sidekick. “Copilot for Gaming,” powered by Microsoft’s AI ...