With streaming solutions looking to become the future of entertainment, it's only a matter of time before video game streaming services take off. While there is a surprisingly storied history of different competitors attempting such a thing (OnLive, Gaikai, etc.), the only ones currently going are Google's Stadia and Nvidia's GeForce Now. We can now count Valve among the companies trying its hand at a similar service.

This morning, the house of Half-Life unveiled plans for what it is calling "Steam Cloud Play." Currently in beta for development partners, Valve's attempt at bridging the gap between physical hardware and cloud-based solutions is more like a hub than its own bespoke system. As a matter of fact, it will actually be utilizing GeForce Now as a launching point.

"The first service we are connecting to Steam to allow users to play games from their Steam Library from the Cloud is Nvidia GeForce NOW," reads official documentation. "Steam users will need to download the GeForce Now client and connect their Steam account to the GFN service to play their Steam Library. The user may pay a subscription cost to use the GFN service. Customers will continue to acquire games on Steam the same way they do today, and partner payouts will remain the same."

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What all of that means is you'll simply link your Steam account to GeForce Now and a bunch of your games will become playable via the cloud. There are limitations, of course, as publishers need to opt into Valve's program, but it's a rather elegant way of bringing your library across to different hardware.

Valve has also expressed an interest in expanding Steam Cloud Play to other services. "We may add additional Steam Cloud Gaming services in the future. At that time we would reach out to you to opt your games into the new service," says the update. This could mean Stadia support is coming or possibly even Microsoft's xCloud.

For the time being, users won't be able to try out Valve's solution. It sounds like the best way to directly buy games and play them via a cloud service, though.

Source: Steamworks, WCCFTech

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