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New report links closure of Google's Stadia game studios to Microsoft's acquisition of Bethesda
In a new report from Kotaku, Stadia exec Phil Harrison said that Microsoft’s upcoming acquisition of ZeniMax Media/Bethesda was one of the reasons that pushed Google to throw the towel on its first-party games ambitions, in addition to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Google is done making Stadia games and looks for partners to use its platform technology
Google is shutting down all of its internal studios making exclusive games for Stadia. While the service will live on, Google is now looking for industry partners to use its proven Stadia technology to bring their games to players
Here are the top 5 changes Xbox needs to make to woo gamers this year
Microsoft still has a lot of work to do to make the Xbox ecosystem more attractive to the billions of gamers across the world. It all starts with the games, but there are also many thing Microsoft can do on the platform level to make playing games on Xbox better compared to other platforms.
Games for Amazon’s Luna cloud gaming service will run from Windows servers
Amazon's Luna game streaming service will use Windows servers, which should make it easy for game developers to bring their existing and upcoming Windows games to the service.
Microsoft's Surface Duo becomes the perfect showcase for both Google Stadia and Project xCloud
There seems to be a growing wave of Surface Duo enthusiasts that are finding new ways to capitalize on a dual-screen smartphone experience, and proving how effective the device can be at being a Swiss Army-like device for gaming.
[Updated] Apple's App Store now allow streaming games, but there's a catch
Apple has now updated its App Store terms of services to allow streaming apps, potentially opening the door to Google Stadia and Microsoft's Project xCloud, though there’s a catch.
Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney says Google Stadia lacks userbase to make Fortnite port worth the effort
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said that Google Stadia’s userbase remains too small to make a port of its massively popular Fortnite game worth the effort.
Google Stadia starts rolling out Click to Play links on YouTube
The YouTube Click to Play feature that was teased ahead of the launch of Stadia last year has now started rolling out, and it’s the beginning of a promising integration between the two cloud-based services.
Mixer is dead, Microsoft partnering with Facebook for game streaming future
For anyone who rode the Windows Phone to Windows Mobile to eventually iOS or Android train, today's news feels all too familiar.
Google Stadia adds support for touch controls and more Android phones
Stadia mobile players can now try a first version of Google’s touch controls for the game streaming service.
Google Stadia free tier is now available, and everyone can get 2 free months of Stadia Pro
Following a rocky launch last fall, Google is making its Stadia game streaming service free for everyone with a Gmail address starting today.
Amazon joins the crowded field of 1st party game developers, beginning with Crucible
Amazon pitches both Crucible and New World as seemingly stand-alone offerings from a relatively nascent gaming company.