While Google first announced Stadia with a lot of promise, the service fell flat almost instantly and the disbanding of first-party studios and publishing services has led to interest dropping almost completely. Google may still be able to salvage Stadia though, by providing the cloud gaming tech to other developers …
Read More »Stadia’s marketing lead directly addresses “non-believers”
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 …
Read More »Even more developers have left Google Stadia
Recently we reported that the vice president of Google Stadia had left the company, a troubling move for Google’s game streaming platform. It has now been announced that even more developers have left the company, bringing doubt into the platform’s future. Yesterday we reported that John Justice, the Vice President …
Read More »Stadia’s Vice President has left the company
In less than two years, Google Stadia has gone from a promising new cloud based platform which positioned itself as the future of gaming, to a shell of itself, with many of its promises still unfulfilled. In another blow to the game streaming service, the Product Head for Stadia has …
Read More »Super Bomberman R Online announced for PC and consoles
Recently we reported that Super Bomberman R Online was rated by the ESRB for release on PC. Now, Konami has made it official. The 64-player Super Bomberman R Online will be coming to PC and consoles in 2021. Making the announcement, Konami said “Building on the success of its initial …
Read More »Stadia exclusive Super Bomberman R Online is coming to PC
At this point, it is safe to say that Google’s Stadia streaming platform failed to live up to the expectations set upon it by the tech giant. Though the service remains, Google will no longer focus on offering first-party experiences. One of Stadia’s few exclusives, Super Bomberman R Online, now …
Read More »Stadia turned down exclusives from Hideo Kojima and Yu Suzuki
While many have questioned Google's commitment to Stadia since launch, the tech giant had no qualms with throwing large amounts of cash around. It turns out that Stadia shelled out millions for ports of games on Stadia. Aside from that, Stadia also had exclusives lined up from famed game creators …
Read More »Stadia struggles to fix game bug after firing its developers
It has been just a few weeks since Google shut down all of Stadia's game development and publishing activities. This impacted jobs, with many staff being let go and now, that move is starting to cause issues. Journey to the Savage Planet has a new game-breaking bug on Stadia and …
Read More »Microsoft claims cloud gaming will create previously-impossible experiences
While cloud gaming is currently in its infancy, many publishers and companies are betting on the technology being the future of the games industry. Though services such as Stadia have tried and failed to capture the market, Microsoft continues to bet on its own service, with the console manufacturer claiming …
Read More »Stadia Games shutdown partially brought on by Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda
As we learned a few weeks ago, Google Stadia is no longer in the first-party game business, having shut down all of its internal studios and publishing outlet. While many doubted Google's commitment to Stadia, we weren't expecting studios to be shut down so soon and as it turns out, …
Read More »Stadia to get ‘over 100 games’ before the end of 2021
Recently, Google Stadia lost what little trust the service had left when it shut down all of its internal development studios. Now, in an effort to keep players on board, Stadia is announcing new games coming to the service, claiming that ‘over 100' third-party games are coming before the end …
Read More »Yakuza spin-off ‘Judgment’ gets next-gen remaster; Xbox release
The Yakuza series has seen a recent resurgence in popularity ever since the launch of Yakuza 0 back in 2015. Since then, the long running franchise has seen its expansion to a number of different platforms through remasters and remakes. Judgment is a spin-off of the Yakzua series which launched …
Read More »Google Stadia shuts down first-party game studios
It has been just over one year since Google launched Stadia to the public, but the company's interest in funding its own games has already waned. Last night, Google shut down Stadia's internal game development studios. Stadia Games was being run by Jade Raymond, who previously held executive positions at …
Read More »CES 2021: Google Stadia and Nvidia GeForce Now are coming to LG TVs
Both Google Stadia and Nvidia’s GeForce Now allow those with a strong internet connection to stream games to a multitude – though still somewhat limited – number of devices. The number of compatible machines which can use these services will soon expand however, as LG has promised that both Google Stadia …
Read More »Ubisoft+ library now available through Google Stadia
While EA Play won't be coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC this year, things are going a bit better for Ubisoft and its partnership with Google Stadia. Back when Stadia was announced, Ubisoft said it had plans to bring uPlay+ (now known as Ubisoft+) to the cloud platform and …
Read More »Google’s services appear to be down in countries across the world
As one of the biggest search engines and service platforms on the internet, many of us rely on Google. Not just for search, but for email, YouTube, cloud services and even Stadia. Unfortunately at the moment, Google appears to be having a widespread outage in countries across the world. At …
Read More »Google Stadia expands to eight more countries
Prior to launch, Google announced Stadia with the goal of delivering games across the world at the press of a button. As we know though, the number of countries that Stadia is available in has been quite limited. As we head towards the end of 2020, that is beginning to …
Read More »Stadia Pro subscribers get six more free games this month
Recently, we learned that interest in cloud gaming has been growing this year, in part due to COVID-19 and the associated lockdowns. If you happen to have made the jump to Google Stadia, then there is some good news this month, as Stadia Pro subscribers are getting six free games. …
Read More »Interest in cloud gaming has increased following COVID-19
Though many industries have suffered in the wake of COVID-19 and the global pandemic, one industry which has seemed to benefit in some ways is the gaming industry. While the proportion of games bought digitally have increased over the course of 2020, it would appear as though interest in cloud …
Read More »Google Stadia is coming to iOS as a Safari web app
It looks like most major cloud gaming providers have figured their way around Apple's iOS App Store restrictions. Earlier this year, Amazon Luna presented the idea of streaming to iOS via the Safari browser instead of a dedicated app. Since then, Nvidia has rolled this out with GeForce Now and …
Read More »YouTube Premium subscribers can currently claim a free Chromecast Ultra and Stadia controller
If you still have a mild interest in Google Stadia, or simply want to nab yourself a free Chromecast, then you may be in luck. This month, Google has begun giving away Stadia Premiere bundles for free to existing YouTube Premium subscribers. If you are subscribed to YouTube Premium and …
Read More »Google distances itself after Stadia employee’s controversial tweets
There has been some controversy in the live streaming space this week, as not only did thousands of videos get hit by copyright takedowns on Twitch, but a Creative Director at Google Stadia kicked up a stir for his stance on game streaming as a whole. Now, Google has had …
Read More »Creative Director at Stadia claims streamers should pay for the right to stream games
The relationship between streamers and video game publishers has always been an interesting one. For most, there is a mutual understanding that streamers provide a level of free advertising and exposure to games, in exchange for the freedom to stream the art without encountering any copyright issues. It seems not …
Read More »Apple to remove custom browser from iOS for allowing Stadia streaming
Last month, an independent developer discovered a way to get Google Stadia working on iOS devices. The workaround was achieved by using a custom web browser and shipping that on the App Store. It took a while, but Apple has seemingly caught on. Stadium is a full screen browser on …
Read More »Ubisoft brings a boost to Google Stadia library
Ubisoft was one of the earliest supporters of Google Stadia, announcing plans to integrate uPlay+ with the service, in addition to releasing one of the very first new games available on the cloud gaming platform. Now to cap off the year, Ubisoft is adding more of its back catalogue to …
Read More »Google’s latest Chromecast won’t support Stadia at launch
Though Google has been much quieter on Stadia than when the service first launched late last year, the search giant still very much supports the game streaming service. Still, it appears as though Stadia is far from the company’s main priority, as the new Google Chromecast, which was announced at …
Read More »Google Stadia runs on iOS thanks to new browser app
While Apple might not be all that interested in helping pave the way for game streaming services on iOS, others are. This week, a lone developer shipped a new browser app on iOS, which contains everything needed to stream games from Google Stadia. Stadia is not officially available on iOS …
Read More »A Super Bomberman Battle Royale is coming exclusively to Stadia
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 …
Read More »Stadia announces exclusivity deal with studio behind Until Dawn; among others
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 – …
Read More »Google announces over a dozen third-party titles coming to Stadia
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 …
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