SberPlay Cloud Gaming Service

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2020: Launch of Cloud Gaming Service SberPlay

December 25, 2020 Sberbank announced that all owners of a smart TV console SberBox are available a free beta version of cloudy the SberPlay gaming service, which allows you to run popular ones on PERSONAL COMPUTERgames TV without the need to buy an expensive game console or a powerful PC, while providing excellent picture quality. So SberPlay plays the role of a virtual console based on an inexpensive extender from Sber, and an additional access channel to games purchased from to content popular publishers. After the beta period ends, the user will only pay for access to the SberPlay when using the service.

During the testing phase, games from Gaijin Entertainment are available to users for free:

• War Thunder is a large-scale free multiplayer online game dedicated to World War II and Cold War military equipment. Aviation, ground forces and the fleet fight together in the same battle, as happened in real battles;
• CRSED: F.O.A.D. - a brutal online shooter, the action of which takes place in the most beautiful corners of the Earth. The player must survive by fighting opponents with firearms and knives, as well as using supernatural abilities and mystical rituals;
• Crossout is a post-apocalyptic MMO action in which you can assemble a unique design armored vehicle from dozens of parts, and then fight it in hot multiplayer battles.

Also in SberPlay there is the opportunity to play any game that has already been purchased by the user earlier in one of the most popular digital game distribution stores, with more than 30 thousand titles for any taste.

For management of games it is possible to use the virtual gamepad in a prilozheniisber the Salute for which complete with the SberBox prefix there are special overlays joysticks for the smartphone. So, cloud gaming on smart Sber devices gives the user a similar game experience as on the consoles of the latest generation. You can also connect a compatible Bluetooth controller - Xbox-compatible controllers or controllers for PlayStation 4 second version and higher. To register and enter user data in cloud games, the virtual keyboard and mouse mode on the controller are used.

In the near future, it is planned to add the ability to connect the second controller to the SberBox and supplement SberPlay with competitive games, after which the console can be fully used, including for playing in the company or with family.

The test period will last until January 25, 2021.