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Google Stadia has generally been regarded by most to be a disappointment. The game streaming service has until now underdelivered on its promises, and has failed to capture the market in any meaningful way. Despite all of these issues, the marketing lead for Stadia has told “any non-believers to take …

Google recently held its latest Stadia Connect stream, outlining the next 6 months or so of games and updates coming to the service. While many of the games announced are already available elsewhere, the search giant did unveil a few Stadia exclusives including a 64-player Battle Royale featuring the classic …

Google recently held its Stadia Connect digital stream, announcing that a number of pre-existing third-party titles are set to arrive on the service over the next 6 months or so. Alongside these announcements however, Google revealed that it has signed a number of exclusivity deals with 5 separate studios – …

Since its launch, Google Stadia has struggled to gain a foothold within the video games industry. The online-only game streaming service has encountered a number of issues on many fronts, including but not limited to its lack of games. In its latest Stadia connect, the search giant tackled this issue …

Though Google Stadia has slowly seen more support come to its game streaming service, one of the biggest issues still is the fact that many titles arrive at a much later date than on dedicated hardware. Unfortunately, it seems as though this trend will continue, as according to CD Projekt …

Take-Two was one of the first major publishers to support Google's Stadia streaming service, bringing titles like NBA 2K20, Borderlands 3 and Red Dead Redemption 2 to the platform. Now roughly a year on from Stadia's initial unveiling, Take-Two CEO, Stauss Zelnick, believes Google over-promised. As reported by Gamespot, Zelnick …

After decompiling the Google Stadia 2.19 APK, the team at 9to5Google have discovered a number of possible new features coming to Stadia. Some of these features include wider smartphone compatibility, touch controls, free weekends, and more. For now, Stadia only works on a limited number of smartphones, but it appears …

Since Google Stadia was first announced the game streaming service has kept its fans updated through its ‘Stadia Connects’ – a digital Nintendo Direct and PlayStation State-of-Play styled livestream. Though it has been over 8 months since the last Stadia Connect, it looks like the streaming platform finally has new …

Since Google Stadia first launched back in November 2019 for ‘Pro’ users, the streaming service provider has been quiet when it comes to how many users the service has amassed. Though no concrete details exist still, the Stadia app has now officially surpassed 1 million downloads, suggesting a rough estimate …

The promise of Google Stadia when it was first announced was that the streaming platform would allow for users to play games at 4K and 60fps regardless of the hardware capability of one’s PC. Since Stadia’s release however, many of the games featured on the platform have failed to hit …

Earlier we reported that Shannon Studstill, the Head of Sony Santa Monica and Executive Producer of 2018’s God of War would be leaving the studio in order to join Google Stadia as Head of their second studio. PlayStation have now announced Studstill’s replacement. Yumi Yang, the Director of Product Development …

Though Google Stadia hasn't exactly enjoyed great success since it launched, the game streaming platform isn’t ready to give up just yet. Though the platform is lacking any major exclusive titles, it would appear as though Stadia is gearing up for a second wind. Making the announcement on their blog, Stadia …

Project xCloud is Microsoft’s cloud streaming service which allows players to stream Xbox titles directly to their phones or tablets. The service is currently in Preview with access available only through invites, but despite this new titles are being added on a regular basis. The the latest set of games …

We already know that Larian Studios has some Baldur's Gate 3 news planned for later this month, but it turns out that we may already know a little bit about what's to come. The upcoming sequel has been touted as a launch title for PC and Stadia and while no …

We already know that Microsoft plans to continue competing in the console hardware space with the Xbox Series X, but services and more specifically, cloud gaming, are becoming increasingly bigger areas of focus. With that in mind, Phil Spencer is eyeing up competition from the likes of Google and Amazon, …

When Google first announced Stadia, one of its core advantages was that users wouldn’t have to wait to download updates or patches – the latest version of the game would always be available for users to play. It would seem that this isn't the case however. Borderlands 3 launched yesterday …

While console and PC gaming remains the current way that most gamers choose to play their AAA games, many companies are taking an interest in introducing cloud gaming as an alternative. While PlayStation has PS Now, Xbox has Project xCloud, and Google has Stadia, it seems that Nvidia and Tencent …

Google’s new cloud-based gaming platform Stadia may not have got off to a great start and has received some negative press since launch. However, Google has announced that it will be trialling a new method of information delivery this week to improve communication. An announcement was made via Reddit on …

When Google Stadia was first announced, it was promised that pro users of the service would receive free games on a regular basis, similar to Xbox Live Games With Gold, or PlayStation Plus. At the time, Google didn't clarify how often that would be. It seems that we now have …

Google Stadia has struggled to find any good press recently. Stadia launched with comparatively few games, the service itself was missing many of its promised features, and game technology analysts such as Digital Foundry revealed that many of the games that Google promised would run at 4K60, in fact run …

While Google's initial Stadia cloud gaming pitch made grand promises of playing on any screen at any time with minimal fuss, the reality is that there will be some restrictions at launch. Those that forked out the money for a Stadia wireless controller for instance will need to use a …

Google has claimed that its upcoming game streaming platform Stadia, will be faster and more responsive than local gaming hardware within a “year or two” after launch. According to the Vice President of engineering, Madj Bakar, Google believes its Stadia gaming platform will be faster than traditional gaming systems of …

Alen Ladavac, Co-founder of Croteam, the guys behind the Serious Sam series and The Talos Principle, has left the studio to join the Google Stadia team, hailing the project as a “landmark undertaking”. The co-founder of Croteam, Alen Ladavac has been with the company for 25 years, the past 14 …

When Google first announced Stadia, I think many of us assumed that PC versions of major games would be hosted on the servers for all to play. As it turns out, Stadia versions of games are separate from other platforms, so some titles like Destiny 2 will have multiplayer limited …

Cloud gaming is a big topic of conversation within the industry once again. The concept went away for a while after OnLive went under but now heavy weights like Google, Microsoft, Amazon and more are all working on the technology. Google Stadia and Microsoft’s Project xCloud will be part of …

Google Stadia is heading our way later this year and while there are still plenty of doubts surrounding the idea of cloud gaming and plenty of unanswered questions surrounding Stadia, we will finally start to get answers soon. This week, Google announced its E3 plans and will finally discuss new …

An unlikely alliance has formed between Microsoft and Sony to jointly develop Azure for better AI and streaming services.

Not too long ago, we were talking about a confident Slightly Mad Studios with plans to launch its own gaming console that would surpass even next-gen offerings. Since then however, Google has announced Stadia, and the upcoming resurgence of game streaming has caused some investors to walk. The Mad Box …