You can control Xfinity Games on your cable set-top box with mobile devices.
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EA partners with Comcast to bring cloud games to your TV

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Video game giant Electronic Arts and cable entertainment leader Comcast are teaming up to bring cloud-based video games to your television. With Xfinity Games, you’ll be able to play EA games for free using a smartphone or tablet in conjunction with a Comcast X1 set-top box.

Under the trial service, the game images will show up on your TV, and you’ll be able to swipe or tilt your mobile device to make things happen in the game. Your phone, for instance, could be the steering wheel for a racing game such as Real Racing 2. To play, you’ll need an X1 set-top box from Comcast — a machine that can deliver movies and TV shows over the Internet to your home. For the first time, Comcast is using the processing power of its cable box to deliver high-definition gaming experiences to the TV.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.