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The rise of cloud gaming has plenty of question marks around it, with ISPs controlling our connections to streaming services being the biggest. Here in the UK, BT is the first ISP to openly support cloud gaming by partnering up with Google to offer a new Stadia bundle. Starting from …

Things have been quiet on the Google Stadia front since the Christmas break but the team is now back and has begun teasing what’s to come for 2020. Aside from promising at least ten Stadia exclusives by July, there will be more than 120 games added to the service this …

In keeping with its promise to keep early adopters more informed, Google has announced the next set of free games due to arrive for Stadia Pro subscribers. Everyone currently on Stadia is required to have a Pro level subscription and so far, those users have received Destiny 2, Tomb Raider, …

Google has been slowly adding new features and games to Stadia since it’s launch last month. There is still a long way to go before the service fully lives up to its potential but for now, at least most of the important basics are now in place, including an Achievements …

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 …

When Google Stadia first launched, one of the grievances consumers had with the service was the inability to buy games from anywhere other than the Stadia mobile app. Google appears to have rectifed this issue, with users now being able to buy games from their desktop via the Chrome browser. …

One of the big selling points for cloud gaming services is the removal of update downloads, as all patches are applied server-side, removing the need for players to sit around waiting. Unfortunately, it looks like somebody forgot to tell the NBA 2K team about this, as the game continues to …

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 …

Stadia hasn’t had the best launch but sometimes those controversies don’t have as huge an impact on launch-week sales as we would expect. Google hasn’t announced the streaming service’s earnings yet or mentioned a specific number of engaged users, but some mobile app store analyses gives us a pretty solid …

Google Stadia has officially launched for early adopters and as anticipated, there have been a number of reported problems along the way. This time around, a small number of users have begun reporting overheating issues when streaming Stadia via the Chromecast Ultra- although Google isn’t convinced that it is a …

For years now, Amazon has housed several game studios and has reportedly been working on a game streaming service of its own. As one of the top three cloud server providers in the world, it is in a unique position to compete with the likes of Google and Microsoft in …

Update: Following plenty of questioning, Google has clarified the situation with a follow up tweet, confirming that it won’t be revoking access to games purchased on discount after unsubscribing to Stadia Pro. You can see the full tweet below: Hi! To clarify, free games claimed with your Pro subscription will …

Google’s new streaming platform ‘Stadia’ finally arrived yesterday, after having suffered many controversies on the path to its release. The streaming-only service was criticised due to its lackluster launch line-up, its overpromising of features, only to delay some of them until an indeterminate period, and Google’s inability to fulfil its …

Google Stadia’s journey from announcement to release has been a controversial one. From the announcement that preorders were unlikely to arrive on launch day, to the meagre 12 titles that were listed for launch, among other various odd restrictions, the new ‘console’ by Google has faced many setbacks. With Stadia …

When Google announced the launch titles that were to be released alongside the ‘console’ on Tuesday the 19th of November, it brought with it a wave of criticism. With only 12 games, and many of them over a year old, Google Stadia’s launch line-up appeared lackluster to many ‘Founders’ who …

When Google recently announced its launch line-up of games coming to the Stadia platform before the end of the year, most of the games appeared to be simple ports of the PC versions. One of the games however, will have an exclusive mode only possible on Stadia. GRID for Stadia …

Ahead of its soft launch on the 19th of November, Google has announced the list of games that those who have purchased the Founder’s or Premiere editions will be able to play on Stadia’s launch day. Stadia will have “12 carefully-chosen games on day one, and an additional 14 will …

It appears that Google Stadia is here for the long run. After recently announcing it would be opening its first games studio in Montreal, Stadia Games and Entertainment now look to be planning to open 2 more studios, one in London, and the other in Tokyo.  Google Stadia is Google’s …

Back in June, around the time of E3, Google held a Stadia Connect event where it revealed the “Stadia Founder’s Edition”. It was announced that this founder’s pack would be in limited supply, and it seems like it has now been sold out. If you only preordered it recently however, …

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Last night, Google officially announced the launch details for Stadia. At this point, we know that it won’t be based on the Netflix model as some had hoped, instead, those looking to embrace streaming will need to buy games individually. You can stream for free at 1080p and 60 frames …

Since Google first announced Stadia as its cloud gaming platform, there have been questions surrounding the game library and the business model. Many assumed it would adopt the Netflix model, as we’ve seen with similar services. Instead, Google is borrowing pieces of the Netflix model but will also sell full-price …

Back in March, Google announced Stadia, a wide-reaching cloud gaming platform that will integrate with YouTube and other forms of social media to provide instant access to games, in addition to reaching a wider potential customer base. A lot of the technical details sound impressive but information on pricing, real-world …

We were all surprised last week when heads at Microsoft and Sony came together to jointly announce that the two companies would be working together on future game streaming technology and services. It turns out, the announcement may have also caught the PlayStation team off-guard too, who weren’t clued in …

Just last week, we learned that Microsoft and Sony were partnering on a joint development effort for game streaming and services based on Microsoft’s own Azure datacentres. This was an interesting move that will see two of the biggest companies in gaming working towards a unified infrastructure to compete with …

In the ’70s and ’80s, gamers all around the world flocked to arcades to challenge their friends by setting new records at games like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, and Frogger. It was a gaming revolution like no other, and it wouldn’t be brought to a close until the original Nintendo Entertainment …

Today at GDC, Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, took to the stage to announce the company’s new gaming service, known as Stadia. Built on the technology tested last year as part of ‘Project Stream’, Stadia is Google’s cloud gaming platform, aiming to tie together playing games and watching games.