Microsoft and Google are amongst the two companies that mirror each other most in the tech industry. Both software companies offer a portfolio of products that are seemingly carbon copies of one another such as Gmail and Outlook, Google Docs … Read more
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 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
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.
Google Stadia is getting a second free-to-play game this week Super Bomberman R Online, a game that launched exclusively on Stadia on September 1, 2020. For those unfamiliar, Super Bomberman R Online is a Battle Royale spin-off of the original … Read more
It’s been a year today since Google launched its new Stadia game streaming service, and the company is doing something special to celebrate its first anniversary. Destiny 2, a launch title for Google Stadia is going completely free-to-play today at … Read more
Google Stadia, the search giant’s cloud gaming service that launched back in November 2019 is getting its first free game demo today. That’s an interesting addition for the game streaming platform that still lacks free-to-play games like Fortnite, even though … Read more
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
For anyone who rode the Windows Phone to Windows Mobile to eventually iOS or Android train, today’s news feels all too familiar.
Stadia mobile players can now try a first version of Google’s touch controls for the game streaming service.
Following a rocky launch last fall, Google is making its Stadia game streaming service free for everyone with a Gmail address starting today.
Amazon pitches both Crucible and New World as seemingly stand-alone offerings from a relatively nascent gaming company.
Yesterday, at the Google for Games Developer Summit, Google announced the Stadia Makers program “is the first step into an expansion of self-publishing for experienced independent game developers” who want to publish their game on Stadia’s streaming service. To date, … Read more
Doom Eternal to be released on March 20 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Google Stadia, is apparently a more demanding game than expected, with the Stadia version not running in true 4K despite Google’s promises from a year ago.
Google has quietly started to roll out support for 4K streaming for the web version of its Stadia cloud gaming service.
Game devs have other established opportunities to consider for the moment.
Stadia users who don’t own a Pixel-branded phone will soon be able to stream their games on more devices, ranging from the S8/Note8 series all the way to the S20 series from Samsung, plus the Asus GOG and Razer phones.