NHL 26 on PC with GamePass Ultimate is alive!

Only about 7 months after the release people lucky enough to have a GamePass Ultimate subscription are now able to play NHL 26 on their PC by using Microsoft's CloudGaming platform. Even when the game is full of glitches and matchmaking seems to be flawed a lot, I am eager to give it a go. I was playing NHL 25 for a bit on the same platform on my PC, but it was useless, because there were almost no online matches available in NHL 25. Let's see if it works better with NHL 26 now. I might regret it, but let's do this.

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12 Replies

rwgoose
New Novice
3 days ago
Do you know if it supports 1440p streaming?
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Seasoned Adventurer
3 days ago
Not sure if it should. Maybe EA_Aljo can comment on this. I am currently only able to make it work with 1920x1080 and something about 30 FPS. I have the newest version of the Xbox App and I also tried under xbox.com/play with the newest version of the Edge browser. While I can (and have) set the resolution to 1440 (in both, the Xbox App and in Edge directly) the game is running on 1080. I will try out the "Better xCloud" extension, a friend of mine recommended to me. It might be a skill issue or a missing setting. I will update this post, if I can find a way to have it on 1440.
rwgoose
New Novice
3 days ago
Thanks for the update. I'd definitely play it with 1440p + 60 fps
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Seasoned Adventurer
3 days ago
Yeah, me too. Honestly, with 1080 and less than 60FPS it is unplayable. But as already mentioned, it might well be my fault. Because if the Xbox-Cloud cannot deliver more performance, that would be strange.
rwgoose
New Novice
2 days ago
Have you been able to make it work with the extension? How is it?
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Seasoned Adventurer
2 days ago
Nope. No chance so far. I tried a lot of things, but the game will not give me more than 1920x1080 with 30FPS. I enabled all possible settings in the Xbox App as well under xbox.com/play on Edge browser. Setting the quality to 1440 has no effect. Also installing the tamper monkey chromium extension with the "Better xCloud" extension script has no effect. You cannot set the resolution in the tool to 1440 either. I guess this is all you get. I will post another thread to ask if somebody managed to have it running at 1440.
rwgoose
New Novice
2 days ago
Thank you for the update. No way i'm spending 30 USD/month for 30 fps lol
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Seasoned Adventurer
2 days ago
I have GamePass Ultimate for other games too, but I agree. Only for NHL 26 with 1080 I would never pay that amount of money. It might still be possible, that someone else could make it work with 1440, but I doubt it.
Kl3m3nT1n0
Seasoned Newcomer
14 hours ago
Can't start the game via Xbox App on PC. Located in Czechia. Can play it via browser but that's not the point.
Kl3m3nT1n0
Seasoned Newcomer
14 hours ago
Can't start the game via Xbox App on PC. Located in Czechia. Can play it via browser but that's not the point.