Our latest coverage of Google Stadia.
Google Stadia is giving its users one final game to play for free as a parting gift before the streaming service officially shuts down this week. Before you get too excited, know that it’s not a AAA game or any of the popular games available right now but a game that the developers used for network nesting prior to the [...]
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A few months ago, Google made the unfortunate announcement that it will be shutting down Google Stadia by January next year and that they’ll be issuing refunds for all purchases made through the Stadia Store, including games, hardware, and DLCs, and subscription fees apart from Stadia Pro. The good news is that the refunds are now on the way and [...]
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Google Stadia put up a good fight but it’s about to join Google’s list of deprecated projects when the new year comes around. The platform was the tech giant’s first foray into cloud gaming and was first launched in November 2019. Sadly, it wasn’t able to compete with other cloud gaming services, including the widely-popular Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation [...]
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Things aren’t looking good for Google Stadia as several high-profile employees jump ship, including Vice President and Head of Product at Stadia John Justice. Justice has yet to update his LinkedIn account but a Google representative confirmed his departure from the company in a statement to 9to5Google. “We can confirm John is no longer with Google and we wish him [...]
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Google is going to great lengths to bring more publishers and their games to Google Stadia following the closure of their internal video game development studio. The tech giant reportedly payed publishers “tens of millions of dollars” for each game ported into the cloud-streaming platform. According to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, sources claim that Google paid Ubisoft $20 million to port [...]
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When Google Stadia launched in 2019, Google also decided to dip their toes into game development with the creation of an internal development studios. Unfortunately, that didn’t pan out as well as the tech giant would have hoped and they’ve now decided to shut down the studios and focus on the game streaming platform instead. According to Kotaku, around 150 [...]
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Since Google Stadia launched in November 2019, the app’s functionality on iOS devices has been limited to setting up and managing an account thanks to the App Store’s strict Game Streaming policy. Starting today, iPhone and iPad users with the latest firmware will be able to play their favorite games on Google’s game streaming service with a simple workaround. Google [...]
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Here we are again for your daily dose of game-related COVID-19 news. Google is offering Stadia Pro for free for the next two months to encourage people to stay at home and prevent the further spread of the virus. All you need is a Gmail account to access the free games currently available on the game streaming service, including Destiny [...]
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Google is currently being bombarded with allegations of false advertising related to their recently launched cloud gaming service, Google Stadia. A number of users and reviewers are accusing the tech giant of under-delivering and exaggerating their claim that “all” games will support Ultra HD 4K at 60fps at launch. Apparently, Google Stadia renders games at 1080p and upscales it to [...]
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