It launched its own Stadia Games and Entertainment studio to make Stadia games.
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To be clear, every current Stadia user is officially a Stadia Pro subscriber.
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Stadia launch Stadia, Google's cloud video game streaming service, will launch on November 19th.
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Google is even creating its own game studio for Stadia-exclusive titles, Stadia Games and Entertainment.
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When Google Stadia was first revealed back in March, a handful of Stadia-specific features were touted.
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Notably, you don't need the Stadia gamepad, nor do you need a Chromecast Ultra, to use Stadia.
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With Stadia, you don't need a box, nor do you need a Chromecast Ultra or Stadia controller.
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Additionally, you'll get three months of Stadia Pro service, a copy of "Destiny 2" (the first free game included with Stadia Pro), and early access to a username on the Stadia Pro service.
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If you're looking to enjoy Stadia gaming with the highest quality image and sound, you'll need Stadia Pro.
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They're not cheap, though Google offers slight discounts through Stadia if you pay for the Stadia Pro subscription.
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Stadia is a new type of video game platform: Like Netflix, Stadia streams games to whatever device you're on.
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If you're streaming Stadia using a Chromecast Ultra connected to a Stadia controller, you'll have to use wired headphones.
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Stadia has a single, underwhelming exclusive at the moment, so everything about Stadia relies on other games being excellent.
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Then, using the Stadia smartphone app, I tried to get the Stadia game controller to synchronize with the Chromecast.
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Notably, users operating Stadia through Chromecast will need the mobile app for controlling the screen output and making Stadia purchases.
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Google also knows how important games will be to Stadia, and it has formed its own studio for Stadia-exclusives.
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Stadia arrives in November (exact date is up in the air), and the "Stadia Pro" subscription costs $23 per month.
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But in the event of a Stadia shutdown Doronichev said "The games you buy on Stadia are yours to play" and that Stadia will support Google's Takeout feature so users can download game saves, metadata, and more.
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You won't need to buy new hardware to access Stadia, but Stadia won't be available on all devices from day one.
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To help alleviate the problem, Stadia will partner with Ubisoft and other publishers to let players stack their subscriptions on Stadia.
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The company's Founder's Edition launch bundle includes a Chromecast Ultra, Stadia controller, and three months' worth of Stadia Pro for $210.
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If you want to play Darksiders Genesis on Stadia, you need to buy it for Stadia because it's a unique platform.
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The latter package comes with Google's Stadia controller and a Chromecast Ultra — the necessary hardware for playing Google Stadia on a television.
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In Google's Stadia event, the company put a "transfers from PlayStation 103 to Stadia are pending approval from Sony" note on its stream.
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Google is launching its $21 Stadia Founder's Edition which includes its custom Stadia controller, a Chromecast Ultra, and three months of premium service.
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Google's Stadia game-streaming platform kills downloads and lets you play anywhere Despite the initial hiccup, my experience with Stadia was largely positive.
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Since Stadia is web-based, simply clicking the link will redirect whoever clicks it to Stadia, to the specific spot in the game.
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Gamers who preordered Stadia Premiere Edition for $129 will get access to the service on November 19 — the package includes the Stadia controller, a Chromecast Ultra, a copy of "Destiny 2," three months of Stadia Pro, and a buddy pass for a friend.
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For people who bought the Stadia "Founder's Edition" in November, which came with three months of Stadia Pro, there's a question to answer in the near future: Will I keep Stadia Pro after the three months runs out, which costs $10/month?
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The truly impressive gamepad experiences I had while testing Stadia didn't use the Stadia Controller at all, but Google does deserve credit for one: I loved how Stadia natively supported my 8BitDo SF30 Pro, right down to its rarely used rumble motor.
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Stadia Pro also gets you 4K with HDR and 5.1 surround sound, though we found that 4K on Stadia doesn't necessarily look very 4K.
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Previously, if you wanted to play Stadia on a TV, you could only play via the Chromecast Ultra that came with your Stadia purchase.
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Stadia Base, a separate free tier launching next year, will stream at video quality up to 1080p compared to 4K for Stadia Pro, Google said.
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The same will apply for Stadia, and how you notice it will depend on your internet connection and the device you're using to access Stadia.
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Destiny 2 takes advantage of cross-save support that Google is bringing to Stadia, allowing players to share their progression between Xbox, PC, and Stadia.
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One of Google's incentives to get people to buy into the Stadia Founder's Edition is the ability to choose your Stadia username before regular folk.
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"When reached for comment, Stadia representative Patrick Seybold said, "The publishers and developers we speak with regularly are very supportive, and want Stadia to succeed.
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Some Google Stadia users were blaming overheating Chromecast Ultra devices for Stadia crashing during extended gaming sessions, but that&aposs not the case, according to Google.
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I've used Stadia on my home internet through a Chromecast Ultra, with games running on my TV, and I've used Stadia on my Pixel 3a smartphone.
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If you're playing Stadia at launch, it means you likely shelled out $130 for the "Founder's Edition" which includes a subscription to Google's "Stadia Pro" service.
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Stadia Pro costs $9.99 per month and you should probably buy the Stadia Premiere Edition setup, which includes a controller and a Chromecast 4K for $129.
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In this edition, you get three months of Stadia Pro (which lets you play in 4K/60 FPS); a Stadia Controller; and a Google Chromecast Ultra.
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Google needs to launch the Stadia integration with YouTube and the Share State feature that it promoted in its Stadia announcement to really drive consumer interest.
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Folks who don't want to pay for a Stadia Pro subscription can wait until 22, and then once available use Stadia Base for on-demand games purchasing.
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Unlike PS Plus and XBL Gold, you don't need to pay for Stadia Pro to get access to online multiplayer — that's free across the board on Stadia.
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For just over an hour, multiple members of Google's Stadia team and YouTube's head of gaming, Ryan Wyatt, spoke about the benefits Stadia had for players and creators.
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Google even unveiled its own Stadia Games and Entertainment studio to create Stadia-exclusive titles, but it didn't mention any details on what games it will be building.
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And while questions remain about how Stadia will be affected by people's broadband connections, from a consumer standpoint, there are even bigger questions about Stadia that need answering.
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Once Stadia Base launches in 2020, you won't even need the $130 "Premiere Edition" package – containing a Chromecast Ultra, a Stadia controller, and three months of subscription access.
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Even if Stadia worked as advertised—and based on my week spent with Stadia, it largely does—there weren't going to be many games to stream at launch.
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The addition of Typhoon may follow the road map Google outlined for Stadia, according to a pre-launch interview with Stadia games and entertainment division head Jade Raymond.
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The company says it partnered with Google to launch UPlay Plus on Stadia some time next year, marking the first partnership between Google's cloud gaming platform and a third-party publisher since Stadia chief Phil Harrison announced just earlier this week that Stadia would be open to hosting other companies' services.
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Eventually, Google will offer a free service where you can login from any device and start playing, but for launch, you'll need to purchase what it's calling the Stadia Premiere Edition, a $130 package with a Chromecast Ultra, three months of their Stadia Pro subscription service, and a Stadia-specific controller.
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So far, the only Stadia accessory that Google has announced for sale is its Stadia controller, which has a capture button and smart functionality by way of Google Assistant.
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That means there's no need to go out and buy a new console to get access to Stadia, but surely, Stadia must have some sort of proprietary hardware right?
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Going into this, my goal wasn't to put Stadia into the most ideal conditions possible, but to treat Stadia how I wanted to use it and go from there.
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To get Stadia to stream games on a phone, I opened the Stadia app on a Google Pixel device and plugged the controller directly into the phone's USB port.
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That puts the Stadia Pro free game offering at four games now, as the service launched alongside Stadia earlier this month with Destiny 2: The Collection and Samurai Shodown.
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Tonight the companies announced that new Verizon Fios customers who sign up for the Gigabit plan will get a Stadia Premiere Edition and a three-month Stadia Pro subscription.
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This is a key differentiator from Google's Stadia, where you have to buy a game separately to play on Stadia, even if you own it on a different platform.
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Now you should be able to play Stadia on any Chromecast Ultra, according to Google: If you have access to Stadia already, we have some good news to share.
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Google's Stadia is coming in November and will cost $129.99 for a Founder's Edition bundle which includes a Chromecast dongle, a Stadia controller and three months of a subscription service.
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Google's Stadia controller won't be able to wirelessly stream game audio to your Bluetooth headphones or gaming headsets when it launches in November, according to Stadia Product Director Andrey Doronichev.
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Streaming Stadia in 4K require an internet speed of at least 35 Mbps; Google's recommended minimum for using Stadia is 10 Mbps, which will deliver 720p video with stereo sound.
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Some Stadia gamers using Google&aposs Chromecast Ultra streaming device have blamed "overheating" devices for abrupt crashes encountered while using Stadia, but Google says that overheating devices aren&apost the issue.
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At one point, my Stadia stream stopped receiving inputs from the Stadia controller, leaving my unfortunate Doom Eternal character squashed up against a wall while I got pounded on by angry demons.
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Stadia can work with existing game controllers, but Google has its own Stadia controller with built-in buttons for sending game play to YouTube and summoning in-game help via Google Assistant.
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The company will be offering a "Founders Edition" bundle that packages a Stadia copy of Destiny 2, the Stadia controller, a Chromecast Ultra and three months of the Pro service for $130.
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But tens of thousands of folks jumped in regardless, and the most dedicated of those early adopters can be found on places like Reddit's Stadia subreddit and the official Stadia Discord channel.
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The service managed to exit beta before its primary competitor, Google Stadia, launched its planned free tier, giving it an edge over the pricier Stadia Pro option that's on the market now.
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Google is also bringing 4K gaming to the web part of Stadia in the coming months, alongside support for more Android phones and wireless gameplay on the web with the Stadia controller.
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They include three months of what Google calls Stadia Pro, a special edition gaming controller, a Chromecast Ultra streaming media stick for TVs and the ability to gift Stadia Pro to a friend.
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The company demonstrated xCloud for the first time a week before Google's Stadia unveiling, and then randomly revealed xCloud will support 3,500 games two weeks ahead of Google's Stadia pricing and game details.
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There will be a work-around for Stadia users come launch time — that is, so long as you have a Pixel-series phone or plan to play Stadia games on the Chrome browser.
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There's an individual package called the Stadia Founder's edition that will retail for $169 Canadian and will include a Chromecast Ultra, Stadia Controller, copy of Destiny 2 and three months of the service.
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Google confirmed that Stadia will allow for cross-platform play, but is there a cross-buy scenario as well where games you own on one platform or another are also accessible via Stadia?
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Stadia Pro subscribers can stream games in 4K resolution with HDR support and 5.1 surround sound — in short, Stadia Pro enables games to look better, and it comes with free games every month.
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A total of 22 games will be available for purchase on Stadia the day it launches, but Google has already confirmed more than 40 titles coming to Stadia in its first few months.
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Subscribing to Stadia Pro is actually the only way you can play Stadia at the moment, as the upcoming free tier (with a maximum of 1080p streaming instead of 4K) isn't available yet.
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Google said the Stadia service will cost $9.99 per month.
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That means Stadia can also sync game progress across devices.
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Google unveiled its cloud gaming service, Stadia, back at GDC.
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Of course, Google won't limit Stadia to just one game.
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Google is connecting its own controller directly to Stadia instances.
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The game is also coming to streaming service Google Stadia.
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Reaction to Stadia from players has been mixed so far.
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Get Shadowkeep and Destiny 2: The Collection with Stadia Pro.
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Google has not yet disclosed the speed requirements for Stadia.
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And Google also recently announced its new gaming service Stadia.
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Watch: Atari Group: Google's Stadia announcement is 'great' for us
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"With Stadia, the data center is your platform," Google said.
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Google's Stadia gaming service also has an official launch date.
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Look, Stadia is fun and it seemed to work well.
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Stadia is supposed to be the answer to my problem.
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One aspect of Stadia that requires no caveats: the gamepad.
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It runs on pretty much everything, just like Stadia will.
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Gaming Stadia had its moment at GDC back in March.
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Stadia promises a single ecosystem for gaming across all devices.
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Stadia Basic will be available for free in February 2020.
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Thus far, Stadia is digital storefront that sells you games.
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And, finally, there's the question of Google's commitment to Stadia.
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Every game on Stadia today was announced before November 19th.
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Nvidia's GeForce Now has way more games than Google's Stadia.
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Players will likely learn more after Stadia launches in November.
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Last month, Google (GOOG) launched a gaming platform called Stadia.
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No support in stadia website, no call back when requested.
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Starting next year, however, Stadia will introduce a free tier.
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In addition to Stadia support, Bungie is also expected to reveal cross-save functionality, which will let players share progress across Xbox One, PC, and Stadia (it's unclear whether the PS4 will be included).
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There's a Google-made Stadia Controller that connects via WiFi to whichever game you're playing, but it's necessary; any controller that works with the device you're playing on will work with Stadia as well.
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Just to be clear I haven't tested Stadia out apart from a very controlled demo at GDC back in March, so there is the possibility Stadia could and will be everything Google has promised.
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When Stadia arrives on November 19, it will only be available as a $129 "Founder's Pack" bundle that comes with a controller, a Chromecast Ultra, one game, and three months of "Stadia Pro" service.
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You can't walk into a GameStop or Best Buy to pick up the Google Stadia gamepad or the Founder's Bundle — the only way to buy Stadia stuff is to buy it through Google's storefront.
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In addition to Cyberpunk and the other new games announced during today's Stadia Connect stream, Google has already shown off plenty of titles for Stadia at E3, including Destiny 2, Doom Eternal, and more.
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Some Stadia fans were worried when new trailers for Doom and Cyberpunk weirdly didn't include the Stadia logo during The Game Awards, so we're asking if Google has any news about 2020 release dates.
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Stadia chief Phil Harrison announced earlier this week that Google is open to hosting other publisher's subscription services — something that the Stadia team is hoping to leverage on top of its own $9.99 Pro subscription.
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But in a controlled demo of Stadia at E3, I was treated to a solid experience, as well as some fresh information about how the company plans to deliver Stadia to people with bad internet.
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To give Google credit, they stress-tested their system by running Stadia on hotel Wi-Fi rather than taking me down to Mountain View and letting me play with Stadia under much more controlled conditions.
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Customers have to purchase (or re-purchase) games to play them on Stadia — so if you already bought a game on PC, PlayStation 4, or Xbox One, you'd have to buy it again for Stadia.
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Verizon says it'll have additional Stadia promos for 5G Home customers, and also notes that the Stadia offer can be stacked with the free year of Disney+ that is also being gifted to Fios subscribers.
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Google announced today that two new games are coming to Stadia Pro, the subscription plan that lets customers of its Stadia cloud gaming service play a small selection of titles for one flat monthly fee.
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The launch of Stadia has been a mess, and given Google's sketchy track record when it comes to long term commitments, it's perfectly reasonable to wonder what Stadia might look like in a few years.
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Last week, I railed on Google's new Stadia game streaming platform.
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The company is going to work on exclusive games for Stadia.
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Stadia uses a custom AMD GPU and a Linux operating system.
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Google's Stadia announcement appears to have unnerved the industry's big players.
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That way, we'll be able to properly compare it to Stadia.
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Featuring Google Stadia, Microsoft xCloud, Xbox Game Pass, and PlayStation Now.
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What kind of Internet connection will you need to power Stadia?
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Last week, Google revealed launch information for its Stadia gaming platform.
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Stadia could be limited to Pixel phones and tablets at first.
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"Stadia offers instant access to play," Harrison said, according to Verge.
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A single game, "Gylt," is both new and exclusive to Stadia.
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The much, much bigger problem though is Google's approach to Stadia.
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Everyone knows him at the stadia; he doesn't pay door charges.
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Stadia won't be the next OnLive, we can assume that much.
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But the internet requirements for Stadia are a major red flag.
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Whether Google Stadia succeeds in revolutionizing gaming remains to be seen.
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When Stadia arrives this November, it will be a soft launch.
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Here's the full list of game publishers signed up for Stadia.
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GeForce Now will compete against other streaming services like Google Stadia.
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Announced its Stadia streaming game service that will arrive Nov. 19.
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Google Stadia is one of the biggest names in game streaming.
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Up until this point, Stadia only worked on certain Pixel phones.
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It's also going to be a launch title for Google Stadia.
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Some of Google's competitors aren't exactly hiding their doubts about Stadia.
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Google is scheduled to officially launch Stadia some time in November.
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Google also announced other updates rolling out to Stadia over the next three months, including 4K gaming on the web, support for more Android phones (it's currently only available on Google's Pixels), wireless gameplay on the web through the Stadia controller (you currently have to plug in a cable), and "further [Google] Assistant functionality" when playing Stadia through a browser.
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The company says that, in the rare event a game publisher pulls Stadia support for a title, Stadia will continue to make the game available to those who've purchased the license to stream it, per 9to5Google.
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Google will launch a subscriber-only version of Stadia in November; subscribers get access to 4K streaming for $10 per month and get a free game each month, while free Stadia users are limited to 1080p.
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There are two ways to play Stadia when it launches in November 19: You can pay $10/month for Stadia Pro, or you can pay $130 for the "Founder's Edition" (now known as the "Premiere Edition").
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Google's new Stadia game controller has a few tricks up its sleeves Obviously multiplayer gaming is huge right now and likely will be forever, so the Stadia will for sure support multiplayer one way or another.
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The pack includes a Google's freshly designed Stadia controller, a Chromecast Ultra, a copy of "Destiny 2," and a three-month subscription to Stadia Pro, with a second three-month pass to share with a friend.
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We had asked for any form of message from Google for the early adopters who picked up Stadia last November — folks who are increasingly asking when Google is going to say something on the Stadia subreddit.
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Though Stadia went live on November 19th, many buyers are still reporting they haven't received the most crucial piece of the entire Stadia package: the invite email that opens the door to actually let them in.
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If you were an early adopter of Google Stadia who purchased the Founder's Edition in November 2019 and promptly activated your service, your complimentary three-month trial of Stadia Pro will soon come to an end.
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Anyone who bought the $130 "founders edition" of Stadia, currently the only way to use Stadia outside of someone sharing their "buddy pass" with you, also received a three-month subscription to the service's pro tier.
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Google has promised Stadia will get better—it has nowhere to go but up—but in its best form, Stadia is a limited platform; the games that you already own cannot take advantage of Stadia's technology.
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Google claims that Stadia will eliminate the need for expensive Xbox and PlayStation consoles, telling Stadia users that they will have access to 4K graphics and the strongest possible computers thanks to Google&aposs breakthrough streaming technology.
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But from a technical perspective, Stadia feels like its approaching prime time.
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Google's Stadia is basically the other end of the cloud gaming spectrum.
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Classic Google: Konami code listed on the bottom of the #Stadia controller.
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As for what games Stadia might feature, announcements are currently still scarce.
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Yesterday, Google announced plans for a new game-streaming service called Stadia.
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Another trainer, Keng, is also an active fighter in Thailand's top stadia.
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For example, Google unveiled its own game streaming service, Stadia, in March.
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Something both Moorhead and Rodriguez cite as cause for concern about Stadia.
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Screenshot: Victoria Song (Google)So, Google's Stadia game streaming service is here.
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It's been …Read more ReadHow Will Google Overcome Stadia&aposs Biggest Obstacle?
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Google's Stadia game-streaming platform kills downloads and lets you play anywhere
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Stadia can run games at a variety of resolutions, as seen above.
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On Tuesday, Google unveiled its new video game streaming platform, Google Stadia.
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The Stadia smartphone app, on the other hand, needs a little work.
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The free version of Stadia isn't expected to launch until February 2020.
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Stadia, Google's new streaming service for video games, is launching in November.
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Google Stadia is a look at the future of how we'll game.
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Once again, Stadia worked as advertised, this time on my Macbook Air.
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I don't put this on Stadia, really—I expected it to fail.
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If successful, Stadia could prove that expensive consoles are no longer necessary.
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That comparison also fails because Stadia is so much more than Netflix.
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Google plans to launch a free version of Stadia in February 2020.
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SuperHot is also making its way to Google's cloud streaming platform, Stadia.
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Two months later, and Stadia&aposs early adopters are starting to revolt.
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Why are Stadia&aposs most diehard, early adopting fans already losing interest?
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That means you'll to start paying monthly to keep using Stadia Pro.
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BT is also planning a marketing campaign to promote its Stadia bundles.
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Right off the bat, GeForce Now has a huge benefit over Stadia.
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Nvidia's GeForce Now has a significantly larger games library than Google's Stadia.
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The Google Assistant button on the Stadia controller doesn't do anything yet.
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We also toss some serious skepticism at Google's ambitious streaming project, Stadia.
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As part of the founder's bundle, you'll also get a three month "Buddy Pass" to Stadia Pro that can be gifted — it's the secret backdoor way in to Stadia this November without having to buy the $129 bundle.
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It's notable that Google is also launching Stadia next week without any iOS support, and it's likely that whatever is holding back immediate iOS support on both xCloud and Stadia is probably related to Apple's App Store policies.
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If you still want to play Samurai Shodown or Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration after they're no longer free to claim via Stadia Pro, you can buy them at full price from the Stadia store.
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Next year, Google will release another streaming subscription option called Stadia Pro, which will cost $9.99 a month and include a rotating free game as well as a free-to-play version of Stadia with a lower resolution.
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One of the novel ways you might want to play Stadia, Google's cloud gaming service, is by connecting your Stadia Controller to a Pixel phone — but Google hasn't had the accessories ready to make that an easy reality.
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Generally, Stadia requires you to buy games, with the $10/month Stadia Pro tier allowing you to play them at higher 4K resolution, with HDR support, instead of the free 1080p tier that'll be rolling out in 2020.
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The only issue I've run into with the Stadia controller isn't the controller's fault: If you're using the controller with Stadia on a smartphone, it's unable to navigate any of the system level UI.Here's one incredibly weird example: If I'm in a game, and I want to exit the game to play another, I hold down the Stadia button which brings up the "Exit Game" option.
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Update 9:30 PT: here are the full official details… Google Stadia launches 4K game-streaming in November for $9.99/mo Google Stadia is arriving with competitive pricing later this year, but 2020 will be the platform's ultimate test.
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Google said today that it's on track to bring more than 120 games to its cloud gaming service Stadia in 2020 and is planning to offer more than 10 Stadia-exclusive games for the first half of the year.
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Google revealed more details on its streaming video game service, Stadia, on Thursday.
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Stadia Pro, the standard monthly subscription option, includes free games and exclusive discounts.
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Stadia will feature 30 games from major publishers including Electronic Arts, Warner Bros.
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Coming soon to a Chrome browser near you: Google Stadia, out Nov. 2019.
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Stadia "Founder's Edition" (details below) was also officially made available for pre-order.
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Stadia Base (aka non-paying) customers shouldn't expect access until sometime in 2020.
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Google's Stadia service is also entirely cloud-based, which means no offline play.
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Google's Stadia is heavily integrated into its parent company Alphabet's video platform, YouTube.
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At the heart of Google's Stadia cloud streaming service are YouTube and Chrome.
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Stadia will only be available through Chrome, Chromecast, and on Android devices initially.
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Become an expert in all things Stadia just in time for launch. pic.twitter.
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Moreover, Stadia has a hardware entry fee of about $130 for the controller.
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To be clear, GameClub is not a cloud gaming platform, like Google Stadia.
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Microsoft has been trying to get ahead of Google's Stadia announcements ever since.
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Update June 10th, 11:00AM: Added minimum and maximum recommended speeds for Stadia.
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Note: Google says Stadia won't be available in Hawaii or Guam at launch.
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Stadia Premiere Edition is now available for pre-order in all launch countries.
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Google's Stadia service has so far been a bust, despite some impressive technology.
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Google unveiled its cloud gaming platform, Stadia, at a conference in San Francisco.
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As with the PlayStation 5 and Stadia, it's based on hardware from AMD.
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For four out of five American households, Stadia is hamstrung from the start.
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News about the company's Stadia competitor, Project xCloud, seems like a distinct possibility.
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With the Stadia announcement, Google revealed heavy YouTube integrations with the gaming platform.
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Stadia integration with Google Assistant will also have far-reaching effects on YouTube.
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Google stole the spotlight at this year's GDC with the launch of Stadia.
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Hey Google, here's some free marketing advice: Stadia is an early access product.
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I tried Stadia in all of those places and had no issues whatsoever.
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But perhaps the biggest of all was Google's new game-streaming service Stadia.
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At launch, Stadia will support 4K at 60fps, with surround sound and HDR.
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Users in Hawaii, Guam, and the US Virgin Islands aren't supported on Stadia.
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The promise of Stadia is that it works across pretty much any device.
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That's partly what is driving Google's new Stadia gaming service, announced on Tuesday.
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Google's Stadia technology works as advertised, but there aren't many games to play.
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But unlike Google Stadia, GeForce Now has one glaring drawback: No 4K streaming.
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Look no further than the Stadia subreddit community on Reddit for ample evidence.
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Updated existing Chromecast Ultra devices so that they were able to run Stadia.
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Discounts on new games are an exclusive perk for Stadia Pro members, though.
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"We were approached by the Stadia team," one prominent indie developer told me.
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The offering comes ahead of Google's rival service, Stadia, which launches in November.
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But Stadia doesn't have Outer Wilds, because it doesn't have most video games.
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For example, Darksiders Genesis is a game available on both Steam and Stadia.
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For one, Nvidia doesn't offer a 4K game streaming option like Stadia does.
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Stadia succeeds in delivering a console-quality experience without clunky, space-consuming hardware.
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Stadia head Phil Harrison told CNN Business Google is already looking into it.
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Stadia, which launched on Tuesday, has been called the Netflix of video games.
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While Stadia hasn't even launched yet, it has clearly already motivated the competition.
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Like the rest of us, they're waiting to see if Stadia will flop.
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You can purchase both titles right now on Stadia if you so choose.
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Google says there will be a free version of Stadia launching at some point in 2020, but as of now, it sounds like if you want to use UPlay Plus on Stadia, you'll need to pay both companies separate subscription services.
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I know that I was among a small population testing Stadia over the past week or so, but here's a warning: If lots of people don't end up signing up for Stadia, online games are going to be pretty lonely.
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Worse, "Destiny 2" is an online-only game that is primarily played with other people — but "Destiny 2" on Stadia is siloed off from other platforms, meaning you'll only be able to play with other "Destiny 2" players on Stadia.
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Stadia will use cloud computing technology to stream video games directly to players, removing the need for an expensive video game console or PC.Players will be able to access Stadia on their computer, with Google's Chromecast, and with Pixel phones.
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Also planned for Stadia is indie puzzle game Kine, Orcs Must Die 3 (which will be exclusive to Stadia), Windjammers 2, the upcoming reboot of Destroy All Humans, Superhot, Superhot: Mind Control Delete, and Attack on Titan 2: Final Battle.
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Now, in 2020, "Doom Eternal" is slated to arrive on Google's cloud gaming platform, Stadia, in addition to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and PC. Stadia launched last November, to mixed reception over its reliance on good Wi-Fi.
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Google just tweeted that it has finally delivered access codes to everyone who purchased the $130 Stadia Founder's Edition — some of whom were sitting around with useless Stadia gamepads, waiting for the ability to actually be a "Founder", until today.
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Stadia Pro costs $10 per month, and, apart from the games mentioned above, you can also claim "free" copies of Destiny 2, Farming Simulator 19: Platinum Edition, and Thumper to stream through Google's Stadia cloud gaming service for the time being.
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Bungie does let you sync your progress between Stadia, PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam — which is a huge point in its favor — but I doubt I'd convince anyone to switch when Destiny 2 looks so much worse on Stadia than other platforms.
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The problem, he told Gizmodo via email, was that Google said it would only charge him once the product shipped, and Stadia was expected to ship after his store credit expired—meaning he'd have to pay full price for Stadia.
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Platform(s): PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Google Stadia Release date: May 15, 2020
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Google unveiled its new Stadia cloud gaming service yesterday, and Microsoft was watching closely.
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It will run on Stadia at 4K resolution with HDR color at 60 fps.
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AMD is also behind Google's new gaming service Stadia, which was announced in March.
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Correction: A previous version of this article included the incorrect release date for Stadia.
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With Google Stadia Base, players receive a 1080p 60FPS service tier with stereo sound.
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Google, meanwhile, will be detailing a number of aspects of its forthcoming Stadia service.
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During the golden era, the gym regularly sent fighters to the stadia of Bangkok.
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Games that are already compatible with Linux should be easy to port to Stadia.
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What they haven't said: What Stadia will cost and which games will be available.
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We know it's coming later this year for public use just as Stadia is.
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I saw some hiccups in my Stadia demo, though a system restart rectified them.
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So first, how does Google plan to get Stadia to people with crummy internet?
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Handling the Stadia controller was a familiar experience if you've used an Xbox controller.
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But for the sake of our hypothetical question, let's assume Stadia works as advertised.
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But launching on Stadia effectively creates that subscription kind of option for curious newcomers.
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At the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this week, Google formally announced Stadia.
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But there's no reason Google would not ship Stadia to all Android devices later.
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This could end up being a bit of an issue for Google Stadia. Why?
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Stadia is an uneven proposition at launch, but one with a ton of promise.
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Even at launch, Stadia does the key thing it needs to do: It works.
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It means Stadia is an alternative to traditional gaming, but it's not necessarily cheaper.
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Microsoft's Project xCloud is in testing and will work on phones just like Stadia.
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I flipped open my laptop, navigated to the Stadia website, and opened Destiny 220.
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The games—and Stadia—worked itself out and I went right back to playing.
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The vast majority of those expectations aren't met with Stadia — at least at launch.
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Google wants everyone to understand just how vertically integrated Stadia is as a platform.
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The game is coming to PS4, Xbox One and Google Stadia May 15, 2020.
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To Google that means Stadia will launch on desktops, laptops, TVs, tablets and phones.
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The publisher is also launching its own streaming service, with help from Google Stadia.
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"We were approached by the Stadia team," one prominent indie developer told Business Insider.
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Google Stadia had a rough launch, with plenty of missing features and unfulfilled promises.
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But it's also true Stadia was supposed to be the best of the best.
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Getting started with Stadia took about 22 minutes, much longer than a normal console.
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Here are the biggest uncertainties: It's unclear whether Stadia games will continue streaming smoothly.
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I use Stadia under very close to ideal internet conditions and it's really rough.
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This is all before Google's streaming only service, Stadia, launches later this year. Woof.
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And Google will certainly want streamers using the cloud-based Stadia platform on YouTube.
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There's nothing stopping you from using other controllers or mounts to play Stadia, though.
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On the eve of launch, it feels like the deck is stacked against Stadia.
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It's actually not a bad deal if you want to play The Division 2 or Assassin's Creed Odyssey on Stadia, considering both those games and the upcoming Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint are confirmed for Stadia, but will have to be purchased individually.
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Pointed out by 9to5Google, Doronichev says that you'll be able to use your Bluetooth headphones to play Stadia by pairing them to your PC or Pixel phone, which will be one of the only mobile device line that will support Stadia at launch.
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At launch you'll be able to play Stadia games on your TV (via Chromecast Ultra), desktop, laptop and tablet (via browsers) and on smartphones, though only Pixel phones to begin with starting with Pixel 3 and Pixel 3a (via dedicated Stadia app).
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One of Google's own Stadia partners recently admitted that game developers are afraid of that possibility too: "The biggest complaint most developers have with Stadia is the fear that Google is just going to cancel it," Kine developer Gwen Frey told GamesIndustry.biz.
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For $129.99, you can get a Chromecast, controller and three months of the Stadia service.
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Stay tuned for more Stadia and video game coverage from Mashable's E3 team next week.
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It will also offer a free-to-play version of Stadia with a lower resolution.
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The end result of actual gameplay will rely entirely on your internet connection to Stadia.
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Stadia will stream games from the cloud to the Chrome browser, Chromecast, and Pixel devices.
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Google also launched its own game studio last week, alongside its Stadia game streaming service.
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With the full release of GeForce Now, Stadia has found its first big name competitor.
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It will be coming to Stadia, Wii, Xbox One, PS4 and Nintendo Switch in November.
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We can't wait to welcome all of our Founders to play Stadia on November 19.
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When Google unveiled Stadia, its upcoming cloud gaming platform, the company proudly boasted about teraflops.
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According to Google, 100 studios around the world have already received development hardware for Stadia.
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As far as controllers go, the Stadia gamepad isn't revolutionary, and I'm fine with that.
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The Stadia platform is all new, so games will have to be developed for it.
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Photo: Adam Clark Estes (Gizmodo)With the launch of Stadia, this scenario seems very different.
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The first, Moonshine Studios/Coat Sink's Get Packed will be a Stadia exclusive at launch.
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Another Stadia exclusive, the single-player puzzle adventure title Gylt features some dark, supernatural gameplay.
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You can read more about Google's upcoming Stadia cloud computing service from Peter Rubin here.
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Developers already promote games via popular streamers; Stadia could carry that to the next level.
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In what twisted, sick world is 'Stadia and Tombs' a good name for a nightclub?
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But Stadia Base caps your streaming quality at 1080p – which honestly doesn't sound so terrible.
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EST An earlier version of this review incorrectly noted that Kine is a Stadia exclusive.
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Compared to Stadia, Microsoft and Sony's streaming services are only meant to be a supplement.
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Still, the underlying technology that powers Stadia works, and it's the service's chief selling point.
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The new price matches Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass subscription, and Google's upcoming Stadia streaming service.
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After using Stadia for the last week, I'm not sure that it's ready for consumers.
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Photo: Sam Rutherford (Gizmodo)That sort of depends on what device you use for Stadia.
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Alongside the streaming capabilities, you'll get access to some Stadia games with the Pro subscription.
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Players who preorder the $129 "Founder's Pack" will get access to Stadia on November 19.
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Stadia will require a strong and stable internet connection to reach the best possible quality.
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Google Stadia, which launched this week, is a big bet on 5G in that regard.
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We could also see more of Stadia, Google's cloud gaming service that launches in November.
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Google said Stadia would be released later this year, but did not announce a price.
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Alongside Cyberpunk, Google had announced a variety of other games that'll be coming to Stadia.
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This week, we've got news about Google Stadia, Riot Games, and some more coronavirus updates.
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Google, meanwhile, entered the fray in 2019 with a streaming service for games called Stadia.
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The Stadia controller that comes with the $129 launch kit is designed for its games.
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Both Sony's Remote Play and Google Stadia are hardly the only ones of their kind.
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It doesn't sound likely, unless Google is really open with its Stadia subscriptions and services.
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The company said on its Q4 earnings call that Stadia isn't part of the deal.
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Stadia users will have options to manage bandwidth, but none of them are particularly good.
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My takeaway from Stadia at launch was simple: cool tech stuck in a bad service.
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The most optimistic scenario would see that game coming to Stadia sometime in...what, 2022?
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There's still a lot that's missing from Stadia that was promised, even after these announcements.
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Metro Exodus and Gylt will be available in the Stadia Pro library on February 1st.
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Creepy puzzle adventure, GYLT, and survival horror shooter, Metro Exodus, join the Stadia Pro lineup.
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Log-in & redeem them at no additional charge on Feb 1, only with Stadia Pro.
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Your game's progression in Stadia won't transfer to the same game on a different platform.
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Google also announced its new video game streaming service, Stadia, will launch on Nov. 19.
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"DOOM Eternal" just launched on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and Google Stadia.
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Screenshot: GoogleThe other option would be for Google to make Stadia free, or available for some very low nominal price, and instead ask users to buy games digitally on a Steam-like Stadia store, which people could then use to stream games to their devices.
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This will probably bring in some free Stadia Base 1080p users, but it's going to be the latency — no matter how minimal Google can claim it to be — that shuts out a lot of PC die-hards from signing onto the Stadia Pro plan.
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Stadia is Google's experiment in changing up the way we play video games; rather than rendering video games on a console or a powerful local PC, Stadia games are rendered in the cloud and pushed to your Chromecast, smartphone or browser on-the-fly.
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And you'll need that USB-C port available, at least for now, since you can't connect your Stadia Controller to your Pixel over Bluetooth yet — you have to plug Stadia Controller into your phone with a USB-C to USB-C cable to play games.
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Here's a brief timeline of events: It's also worth noting that Koei Tecmo president and Stadia partner Hisashi Koinuma told The Wall Street Journal he wasn't wholly satisfied with Stadia after months of testing, saying that he anticipates some "unexpected technological troubles" at launch.
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Stadia Pro, priced at $9.99 a month, will include free and discounted games, according to Google.
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To start, Stadia will work on a Chromecast paired with Google's own wireless video game controller.
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And if your ISP is terrible, your Google Stadia experience is likely to mirror that reality.
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Unlike traditional consoles, like the Xbox One and PS4 Pro, Stadia doesn't live in a box.
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Google unveiled its "vision for the future of gaming" today, a cloud gaming service called Stadia.
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Google also confirmed to The Verge separately that Stadia will support the Pixel 4 at launch.
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The game will also be a launch title on the Google Stadia streaming platform in November.
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" Stadia initially launched with access limited to customers willing to pay $130 for its "premiere edition.
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The "Konami Code" is hidden in plain sight on the back of Google's new Stadia controller.
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In a press event after Google's Stadia stream, a spokesperson confirmed PS4 won't be left out.
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Stadia will launch more broadly in 2020 for Chrome web browsers, laptops, tablets and Pixel phones.
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Both Wyatt and Harrison touted Stadia as a tool that could help further monetize creators' channels.
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There are more than 1,000 engineers and creatives working on Stadia games or ports right now.
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You'll definitely need to buy a new copy with Google's Stadia, the company has told us.
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The gang discuss the Google Stadia announcement and how it could transform game development and economics.
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Microsoft's plans all looked logical until Google unveiled its Stadia cloud streaming service earlier this year.
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From what we've heard so far (which isn't all that much), it sounds very Stadia-esque.
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Instead, Stadia is an entirely new platform based on Linux and running on custom AMD hardware.
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But hopefully, we'll know soon, because the Stadia platform is expected to launch later this year.
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It remains unclear when Stadia will support Apple devices, or when other promised features are coming.
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Stadia doesn't simply present a challenge to traditional consoles and computers, but to distribution platforms themselves.
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Whether he can make it in the Bangkok stadia or not, isn't essential to his career.
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There are a few different ways to find out if Stadia should work in your home.
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With such heavy integrations, Google is obviously depending on YouTube to help make Stadia stick around.
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When Google's Stadia video game streaming service arrives this November, it won't come in a box.
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Game studios will have to agree to build their titles for Stadia before they are playable.
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That last one, a stealthy, spooky puzzle game, is a Stadia exclusive for the time being.
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The Stadia app flat-out doesn't let you start a game if you're not on WiFi.
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Since its inception in the 19th century, badminton has been confined to indoor stadia and halls.
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We discuss Afterparty, Google Stadia, Pokemon Sword and Shield, and more on this week's Waypoint Radio.
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Apple and Google are both launching major video game platforms this fall, Apple Arcade and Stadia.
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It's one of a million little details that Google hasn't worked out just yet with Stadia.
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Of the 20193 games coming to Stadia on November 19, a single game — "Gylt" — is new.
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If you're used to the functionality of modern game consoles, you'll find Stadia lacking at launch.
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The biggest promise of Google Stadia is accessibility: Your games everywhere, no matter where you are.
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Google's reveal also pointed to a number of service-specific features that will help differentiate Stadia.
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Ubisoft, Odyssey's publisher, pledged to support Stadia as well, but stopped short of listing specific games.
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The free games will stay on your account as long as you subscribe to Stadia Pro.
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Certainly Stadia is more distinctive than stadium and less copyright-fraught than Colosseum or the like.
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The service will work across platforms, so you won't just be competing with other Stadia users.
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Google plans to launch a new gaming platform called Stadia later this month using similar technology.
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Stadia Basic will be available for free in February 2020 and only goes up to 1080p.
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Google is discounting its Stadia cloud gaming service for the first time since its November launch.
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Google is discounting its Stadia cloud gaming service for the first time since its November launch.
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First up, some good news for people who actually want things to play on Google Stadia.
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You're paying for access — access to the Stadia ecosystem, where you then buy each game individually.
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"It's why the Stadia controller connects directly to the data center via WiFi," the company added.
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The first batch of three-month Stadia Pro subscriptions will expire in a couple of weeks.
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New York (CNN Business)Google's new Stadia gaming service is hot — in more ways than one.
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If Stadia can gain traction among women gamers, it may just push competitors to follow suit.
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Cyberpunk 2077 will launch on April 16th on the PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Google Stadia.
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Here's what Google is promising: Google has also put together a Stadia "founder's edition" for $130, which comes with a Chromecast Ultra, a Stadia controller, a three-month subscription, a copy of Destiny 2, and the ability to gift a three-month subscription to a friend.
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Stadia uses a powerful computer to stream games directly to the player, whether they're using a computer, smartphone, or Chromecast device on their TV.While Microsoft, Nvidia, and Electronic Arts have teased their own cloud gaming services, Google is confident enough to launch Stadia in November launch.
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That comes with a Stadia gamepad, a Chromecast Ultra streaming device, and three months of access to Stadia "Pro" — a monthly subscription service that provides free games each month, enables users to stream games at ultra-HD 4K resolution, and offers a few other bells and whistles.
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However, the Google Store announced that for Black Friday, its Stadia Premiere Edition bundle (usually costs $129; combines a controller, Chromecast Ultra, and three months of Stadia Pro) will come included with a three-pack of Nest Wifi networking devices (one router, two points) for $398.
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There is good news for those Stadia users who may have already purchased Tomb Raider or Farming Simulator: so long as you've played under two hours of a game, Google will give you a full refund if you go through the necessary steps in the Stadia storefront.
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Sure, Google already said last month that Stadia would receive more than 120 games this year, including ten exclusives, but it hadn't named a single new game between its November 19th debut and now — right before early adopters' three-month Stadia Pro trials are about to expire.
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When Stadia was announced, it came across as a way to play a stream games running on a top-of-the-line PC, but in reality, Stadia isn't just a computer running Steam games, it's a Linux-based platform with its own district specifications—basically, a console!
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While xCloud is starting public tests in October, Stadia is slated to launch just a month later.
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Phil Harrison, a Google vice president overseeing Stadia, declined to disclose terms of the deals with publishers.
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The advantage that Ubisoft has is its partnership with Google Stadia, the upcoming cloud-based streaming console.
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"Stadia is about removing barriers to players to get to their favorite content and moments," Harrison proclaimed.
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London offered a glimpse of this approach with the 2012 Games, which featured several easily dismantled stadia.
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Google Stadia and xCloud need fast, stable internet to deliver high-fidelity game streaming to mobile devices.
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"Stadia offers instant access to play," says Harrison, without the need to download or install any games.
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I never got a straight answer, so it's refreshing to think it might finally happen with Stadia.
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He's also tight-lipped about game partnerships beyond id Software bringing Doom Eternal to Stadia at launch.
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Google doesn't want to wait for E3 to unveil more details about Stadia, its cloud gaming platform.
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The Stadia logo on display outside the Game Developers Conference 2019 in San Francisco, March 18, 2019.
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In November, Google finally launched a major gaming platform that was in development for years: Google Stadia.
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Destiny 2 will also be one of the flagship titles on Google's new game-streaming Stadia service.
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But it's bigger than that: rather than relying on traditional console hardware, Stadia lives inside of Chrome.
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AMD shares were up about 7 percent on news that it was partnering with Google on Stadia.
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Google rolled out an experimental version of Stadia last year, allowing people to play Assassin's Creed: Odyssey.
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It's clear that Google is turning up the heat on Amazon's Twitch with its Stadia-YouTube integrations.
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The gaming service will not challenge new cloud-based streaming offerings such as Alphabet Inc's Google Stadia.
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And the buddy pass system that allows people to give their friends free three-month Stadia passes.
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Instead, you're setting everything up from your smartphone's Stadia app, which is available for Android and iOS.
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Stadia is Google's new gaming platform, designed to go head-to-head with Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo.
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But cloud gaming has a spotty track record, and it's unclear if gamers will be into Stadia.
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So you lose everything if Google decides to shut down Stadia or if you cancel your subscription.
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It'd be one thing if Gylt was part of Stadia's subscription service, Stadia Pro, but it's not.
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Unlike Microsoft's Xbox, Sony's PlayStation, and Nintendo's Switch, Google promised no additional hardware is required with Stadia.
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"Oh man, I wish I knew," Stadia product lead Andrey Doronichev said in a recent Reddit AMA.
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Outside of the core functionality of Stadia — streaming games — almost nothing else is ready for the spotlight.
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It's the kind of little missed detail that feels like no one actually tested Stadia before launch.
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Of the 22 games launching with Stadia on March 19, three of them are "Tomb Raider" games.
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The only TVs Google Stadia will run on at launch are ones with a Chromecast Ultra connected.
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For now, the biggest thing working against Stadia is the range of questions Google hasn't answered yet.
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Stadia is launching first in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and "most of Europe," according to Google.
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If I want to play The Division 2 with a friend via Stadia, how does that work?
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But a bigger problem for Stadia users is going to be US broadband caps and overage fees.
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Top-level details are the company's Stadia Pro service will launch in November for $9.99 per month.
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Stadia promises to do for video games what Netflix-like streaming services did for TV and film.
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Don't get it twisted though: Google Stadia isn't offering an instant game library for a subscription price.
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The next "DOOM" game is coming to Stadia, and a handful of other important publishers offered support.
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Perhaps highest-profile of all, Rockstar Games' "Red Dead Redemption 2" is heading to Stadia this year.
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There's only one way to buy a Stadia gamepad and the Founder's Bundle: the Google Store online.
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Stadia, Google's new streaming video game platform, will launch with 22 games for purchase on November 19.
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Here are the 22 games that players will find on Stadia when it launches on November 19.
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Studstill is heading up an entirely new Stadia Games and Entertainment studio based in Playa Vista, California.
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The company's long-rumored push into video games arrived last November, with the launch of Google Stadia.
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Two months after launch, Stadia still has a small game library and is missing many key features.
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Google also promises Stadia gameplay in ultra-HD 4K resolution when streaming to devices that support it.
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Stadia launched with 22 available titles, and users are expected to buy games to expand their collection.
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Project xCloud doesn't promise 4K streaming, but it has twice as many games as Stadia, for free.
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The new games arrive just as Google prepares to launch its Stadia game streaming service next week.
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Metro Exodus is also available on Google Stadia, and has been since the service launched in November.
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"It wasn't just a financial thing," one developer told me who decided not to publish on Stadia.
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Google's new Stadia streaming service is about to shine a light on the unfairness of such limits.
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But I haven't touched a Stadia game in over a month, and my controller has gathered dust.
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Works with iOS, Android, Windows, Mac — and it's good for Stadia too on some of those platforms.
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Compared to Stadia, GeForce Now seems to have some major benefits, like a significantly larger games library.
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With Stadia, users can stream and play games via smartphones, web browsers or wirelessly through a Chromecast.
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After music, film and television, internet streaming came to gaming with the launch of Google's Stadia platform.
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Google's Stadia cloud gaming service has broken a bunch of promises, but it's making good on one.
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We have rolled out an update to existing Chromecast Ultras that allow them to work with Stadia.
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If that sounds like the lofty pitch for Google's Stadia cloud gaming service, you've been paying attention.
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PlayStation Now will soon compete with video game streaming services like Google's Stadia and Microsoft's Project xCloud.
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Stadia also seems remarkably good at maintaining image quality and latency in the face of bandwidth constraints.
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We've identified an issue where a small fraction of Stadia access codes were sent out of order.
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Uses for your Google Stadia Founder controller while you wait for your access code to be emailed.
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Games will be bundled with a Stadia Pro subscription, or they can be bought outright and used on the platform as if it were a console or PC. You'll also be able to access other companies' subscription services on top of Stadia, like Ubisoft's recently announced UPlay Pro.
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People will have to buy a special subscription bundle if they want to play this year: The $129.99 Founder's Edition will include a Stadia controller, a Chromecast dongle, three months of a Stadia streaming subscription, and a free pass so a friend can also play for three months.
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There are three different ways to get your fix: We don't yet know exactly how many games will part of the Stadia Pro subscription library or how many third-parties will offer their own bundles and subscriptions on top, but Stadia is mainly about buying games right now.
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Meanwhile, Stadia Base (Google's free service tier) will function similar to Steam, where users will be able to buy games individually, and instead of downloading and installing those games to a home PC, Stadia games will simply be hosted in the cloud and then streamed to a local device.
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That doesn't mean xCloud won't one day get to the level of ambition that Google has with Stadia.
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EA has confirmed that it will offer games through Stadia, although it has yet to announce specific titles.
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Stadia and PlayStation Now both require subscriptions, and xCloud is likely to offer a subscription component as well.
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And that rings very true even after trying both xCloud and Stadia and coming away impressed by both.
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Google Stadia will work on Chrome browsers and Pixel phones, and it can stream on TVs through Chromecast.
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Does that mean people will need to shell out $14.99 for UPlay+ and buy Google Stadia titles separately?
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Stadia currently supports 31 games and counting, including Destiny 2, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Borderlands 3, and Rage 2.
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The company's free version of Stadia won't require people to buy a separate console and could be attractive.
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Google is launching its Stadia cloud gaming service at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco today.
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We'll have more answers soon, and you'll be able to keep up with what's new with Stadia below.
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It's telling that when Google wanted to show someone excited for Stadia it brought out a YouTuber, MatPat.
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You'll probably be plugging in Google's wireless Stadia controller when the cloud gaming service launches on November 19th.
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As it stands, it wouldn't be completely shocking to see Stadia fizzle out over the next couple years.
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As detailed in the controller's product page, the Stadia gamepad will ship with its Bluetooth support switched off.
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Google's Stadia game streaming service will reportedly launch in November, priced at $11.99 Canadian dollars ($9) per month.
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The big buzzword at this year's GDC was cloud gaming, primarily because of the unveiling of Google Stadia.
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Google will be running a program called Stadia Partners to help third-party developers understand this new platform.
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The company does have an interesting ally in the battle however, with Google Stadia availability coming next year.
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Details: Google unveiled Stadia and the controller during a talk at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
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Essentially, Stadia is like having a game console in the cloud that you can access from any device.
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This is a content play rather than a tech product like Google's recently announced Stadia game-streaming platform.
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So it was a good game to try out for seeing what Stadia can do in ideal conditions.
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Google tells me that Stadia will save an instance for approximately 10 to 15 minutes if you're disconnected.
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But if the final product works as smoothly as this controlled demo, then Stadia could be mighty appealing.
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Google makes it seem like Stadia will be better, faster, and more powerful—not to mention more convenient.
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The service itself is a massive expansion of Project Stream, which was essentially Google's beta test for Stadia.
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Google recently launched a product called Stadia which runs on the cloud and allows people to stream games.
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For some, it may just not be worth it to promote the games in that way on Stadia.
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Stadia is more like a digital gaming storefront than a Netflix-like streaming service, and that's a shame.
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The big test I had for Stadia was whether I could disconnect from wireless entirely and use it.
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That's below the 20mbps recommendation, but technically, more than what Google considers the minimum for using Stadia, 7073mbps.
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It's a hugely ambitious new platform named Google Stadia, and it aims to be the Netflix of gaming.
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For reference, I ordered my Stadia Founder's Edition in June and my delivery date says November 20-21.
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But when you get Stadia hooked up and push the button, it won't actually do anything at launch.
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That means after a year, there should be around 12 free games for Stadia Pro subscribers to play.
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That was really the last major market disruption for the audience Google appears to be chasing with Stadia.
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For all the excitement and noise around Google's Stadia reveal, it's not a guaranteed winner by any stretch.
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Stadia could very well be magic, but as long as it's streaming over a broken internet, it's fucked.
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Any user within 40ms round-trip-time of a Stadia Point of Presence will have a great experience.
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Google's Stadia has promised to work at variable bandwidths and will support up to 4K resolution while streaming.
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Unlike Microsoft's Xbox, Sony's PlayStation, and Nintendo's Switch, Google is promising no additional hardware is required with Stadia.
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Games cost the same prices on Stadia that they do on other platforms: anywhere from $1 to $60.
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With Stadia, Google is supporting cross-platform multiplayer — as well as game saves and progress — right from launch.
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When Stadia launches in November, the only way to get in is to buy the $129 "Founder's Pack."
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Stadia is said to work across a variety of internet speeds — here's the full spectrum, according to Google:
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Cloud gaming expands with Google Stadia launch Cloud-based gaming could benefit from the growing investment in 5G.
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And now, so do I. Doom Eternal is now available for Windows, PlayStation 4, Stadia, and Xbox One.
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In November 2019, Google finally launched a major gaming platform that was in development for years: Google Stadia.
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Early adopters get a Stadia controller, two free games, and three months of Stadia's premium 4K streaming service.
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That is Google's ambition with Stadia, the streaming game service that the company plans to release on Tuesday.
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Somehow, this fixed the problem, but I'm concerned that others might have this problem when Stadia is released.
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The only games that have been released on Stadia so far were all promised before the service debuted.
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You still cannot play Stadia with the vast majority of popular mobile devices, including an iPhone or iPad.
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If Stadia is perceived as a disaster in its first year, are they willing to figure it out?
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The premise of Google's streaming service, Stadia, is simple: play a game wherever you want, whenever you want.
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Maybe it'll be Amazon with its rumored cloud gaming service, or maybe Google's Stadia will make a dent.
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Stadia is a portable controller that lets the user play across screens, from a computer to a smartphone.
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The team will join the Stadia Games and Entertainment studio led by Sebastien Puel, also based in Montreal.
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Google's new Stadia game controller has a few tricks up its sleeves Speaking of hardware, Google has partnered with AMD to create a custom high-end GPU for Stadia that the company says pushes more than 10.7 teraflops, dwarfing the GPU output of both the Xbox One X and PS4 Pro.
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To use Google Stadia, you must have a Google account and agree to: - The Stadia Code of Conduct- Google Play Terms of Service if you want to purchase any games- Google Payment Terms of Service if you want to pay for any games That's a total of five mandatory agreements.
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Ubisoft will launch UPlay Plus on Stadia in 2020, offering players more than 40 games to play at launch.
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It's the first partnership between Stadia and a third-party publisher, but it's not going to be the last.
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To run 4K HDR images, developers suggest running Stadia on a connection with a minimum bandwidth of 35 Mbps.
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First, there can be no discussion about gaming news this week without mentioning Google's new game-streaming service Stadia.
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Xbox Live Arcade creator Greg Canessa is also working on Stadia, alongside former Xbox gaming partnerships lead Nate Ahearn.
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However, following Google's Stadia reveal, Xbox chief Phil Spencer sent out a division-wide memo, since leaked to Thurrott.
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On the second half of the show, the crew discuss another announcement from this week: Google's Stadia gaming platform.
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That's a key part of Stadia, as lower latency is a necessity to stream games effectively across the internet.
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However, Stadia will support other controllers, so the new pad won't be necessary for accessing the new streaming service.
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Google's announcement of Stadia, its upcoming game-streaming service, is already being intercepted by a report at US Gamer.
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Apple unveiled its new Arcade subscription gaming service and Alphabet's Google its own streaming platform for gamers called Stadia.
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Microsoft's xCloud service will go head-to-head with Sony's PlayStation Now service and Google's Stadia cloud streaming service.
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Today, Google announced a Stadia-focused event where it will share a number of details about the service's launch.
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It won't allow PC, Xbox One, and Stadia players to play Destiny 2 raids or PvP activities together, though.
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As rumored, Bungie's Destiny 2 is coming to Stadia, and it's the streaming service's flagship title in many ways.
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How can YouTube and Google convince creators to readily jump into Stadia when they haven't addressed these apparent concerns?
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If xCloud boasts support for the full Xbox library, that's going to be something that keeps Stadia from competing.
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You'll also be able to use a Chrome browser on a Mac, Windows PC, or Chromebook to access Stadia.
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It's a positive and empowering mission, no doubt, but what's up with Stadia, Google's upcoming video game streaming platform?
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If anyone can solve the streaming hurdle Stadia faces, it's the company that made YouTube a video streaming giant.
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VP9 is the codec Google developed for YouTube, and Moorhead sees the development of something similar helping Stadia perform.
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When he hit 42kg (about 93 pounds), he was put on cards at Rajadamnern, one of Bangkok's top stadia.
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In case you haven't followed the news, Stadia is Google's new attempt at creating a streaming video game platform.
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Expect Stadia to launch sometime in 2019, arriving first in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and "most of Europe."
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Google is leading a charge away from traditional consoles by launching a cloud-gaming service, Stadia, later this year.
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Not surprising, Stadia is built with the notion of streaming in mind; Twitch is one of YouTube's primary rivals.
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The competition features 16 teams and is taking place in the stadia of English lower league teams across London.
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Stadia will use Google's massive cloud infrastructure to stream games directly to players, providing an alternative to expensive consoles.
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Stadia will also lack the first-party exclusive games that drive the sales of Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo consoles.
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Goodman said the primary difference with Stadia and xCloud is the improved technology and the potential of 5G wireless.
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The company announced that those who preordered the Founders Edition of Stadia will receive the hardware on November 19.
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That's still $100 for those two games, on top of your $10-a-month fee for Stadia Pro access.
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Lots of people will probably buy, or at least try, Stadia, but I wish it worked more like Netflix.
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If nobody buys Stadia, you might not be able to finish or even play missions that require multiple participants.
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Spencer was speaking to the BBC about Xbox's Project xCloud, a rival to Google's upcoming game streaming service Stadia.
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On Tuesday, November 19, the tech giant is launching its first ever dedicated video game platform in Google Stadia.
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Not so with Google Stadia — games are run remotely from Google's data centers, and then streamed to your device.
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Games sell game consoles and, based on the launch lineup, there are few reasons to get Stadia right now.
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Obviously, Google would prefer if this never happened, and Doronichev said Google is "super committed" to making Stadia successful.
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The Stadia platform will let you play console-quality games across a variety of systems on the Chrome browser.
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"As a new-generation game platform, Stadia will of course embrace full cross-platform play," Harrison said in March.
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As PC Gamer pointed out, using Stadia at 4K for 65 hours would use a full terabyte of data.
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Players will still need to buy their own games on Stadia; the subscription doesn't work like Netflix or Spotify.
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Unlike Google's Stadia, GeForce Now isn't trying to build a console-like experience with its own lineup of games.
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Red Dead Redemption 7073, the most high-profile Stadia release, didn't run at 4K resolutions but 1080 or 1440p.
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Meanwhile, every single Stadia game, with the exception of the platform-exclusive "Gylt," is also available on the PS4.
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Project xCloud uses technology similar to Google&aposs Stadia, another streaming video game service that launched earlier this week.
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In my tests playing several Stadia games last week, I was generally impressed with how smoothly the games streamed.
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Just as a social network needs users, Google needs plenty of people and their friends to be on Stadia.
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The new Stadia Premiere Edition will come bundled with Nest Wifi (three-pack; one router, two points) for $398.
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Google today announced that its Stadia Pro premium subscription tier is getting two more free games starting in December.
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Then he did one more pass to a large TV with a Chromecast and picked up the Stadia controller.
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After a rough launch last year, Google Stadia continues to improve features and bring new games to its lineup.
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Then, the creeping fear around Stadia from the start will return: Will Google be willing to stick this out?
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While Google Stadia is the most promising swing yet at a cloud-based contender, developer interest still can't compare.
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Buser said Google's content strategy from all the way back in 2016 is consistent with what Stadia offers now.
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Grab your Stadia Controller, sync it to any Chromecast Ultra & start playing on an additional TV in your house.
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Stadia has a big mobile component, as its controller can play games on compatible mobile devices like Pixel phones.
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An October launch for Project xCloud technically gives Microsoft a one-month head start on Google's competing Stadia service.
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I can't imagine many gamers paying three ways for Stadia today, but I could definitely see them paying once.
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The Stadia team is actively investigating this issue, and we'll be back with an update as soon as possible.
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But it took more than talent and hard work for Mee's fighters to make it in the Bangkok stadia.
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Spencer also didn't mention anything about streaming to TVs, browsers, or PCs, as Stadia does thanks to Chrome and Chromecast.
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The game will be available on PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Google Stadia, and it's releasing on May 15th, 2020.
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Stadia lets players stream games instead of buying a physical copy or downloading a massive file to a gaming console.
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Here's the memo in full: We just wrapped up watching the Google announcement of Stadia as team here at GDC.
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All of this makes Stadia look like an early beta for what will be part of the future of gaming.
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But we did get our hands on the custom controller Google built, the only physical piece of the Stadia package.
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We don't know how much the controller will cost, or whether or it will come bundled with a Stadia plan.
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Phil Harrison, a former Sony and Microsoft executive, joined Pichai onstage to fully unveil Stadia in his role at Google.
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Stadia will also embrace full cross-platform play, so developers can enable cross-platform multiplayer and game saves and progression.
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"This is your gateway to the best of Stadia," explained Google's Phil Harrison, when unveiling the new hardware on stage.
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While Google unveiled Stadia today, it had no details on exactly when the service will be available other than 2019.
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With Google's Stadia and Microsoft's xCloud on the horizon, GeForce Now is going to have some serious competition very soon.
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During the presentation, we noticed a popular gaming reference located on the back of Google's Stadia controller: The Konami Code.
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Bethesda already committed to bringing its titles to streaming services, including the upcoming Doom Eternal, which will run on Stadia.
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The announcement seems to have been prompted by one thing in particular: Google's reveal of its Stadia cloud streaming service.
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Google is just minutes away from another Stadia launch event, where it's promising to detail launch games, pricing, and availability.
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Microsoft's xCloud service will go head-to-head with Sony's PlayStation Now service and Google's upcoming Stadia cloud streaming service.
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Another issue some critics of cloud gaming have raised in the wake of the Stadia announcement is around game preservation.
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First, it helps differentiate Microsoft's streaming offerings from Stadia and, second, it provides another value proposition for the console itself.
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Rival Alphabet's Google on Thursday started taking pre-orders for its Stadia game-streaming service which will launch in November.
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Google will also have its own studio making Stadia games, to be led by Jade Raymond, formerly of Electronic Arts.
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More devices will be supported in the future, but it's unclear if the iPhone will support Stadia any time soon.
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Those speed bumps aside, my Stadia experience felt no different than using an at-home console, and that's the point.
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The Stadia demonstration set up was a little more complex than the Microsoft xCloud demo I tried earlier this week.
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All the buzz around Stadia centered around a 4K gaming experience and not all existing Chromecast device can support this.
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Now we just have to wait on answers to the laundry list of questions raised by the announcement of Stadia.
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Google unveiled the platform in an event Tuesday, where it shared its plans for a new gaming service called Stadia.
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People will be able to play with a keyboard and mouse or a special Stadia controller that Google will sell.
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This dynamic means you can can also stack subscriptions, pairing UPlay Plus with Stadia, say, to stream The Division 2.
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Stadia will require an Internet connection capable of pulling 23mbps down and 1mbps up to hit 720p resolution, Google says.
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Unfortunately, the Stadia test page only tells you download speed, so it's not quite as useful as it could be.
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As expected, if you're using a Chromecast with your TV, you'll be able to turn it into a Stadia machine.
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Stadia is Google's cloud game-streaming service and, while there's a lot we don't know, the basic tenets are clear.
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Stadia isn't exactly release-ready in its present form, but it presents an interesting proposition as an early access offering.
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While Google Stadia has a lot of attractive features, the overall package doesn't feel compelling because of how pricing works.
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Stadia customers must double-dip on games they already have if they want to actually play them on Google's service.
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We recently explained what those terms mean in relation to Google's new Stadia gaming service, but here's a quick refresher.
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Stadia recommends a minimum download speed of 10 mbps for the lowest streaming quality, and 35 Mbps for 4K streaming.
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Google Stadia, the company's new streaming game service, launches Tuesday, just ahead of the busy holiday season for video games.
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If Stadia was going to be successful in providing true convenience, you shouldn't have to bend over backwards for it.
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One last note: Just before this weekend started, Google allowed me to start playing Red Dead Redemption 2 via Stadia.
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Google's new streaming platform Stadia will circumvent the struggle between consoles and mobile devices with brand new cloud gaming technology.
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Google's Stadia gamepad is just as good as those found on Nintendo's Switch, Sony's PlayStation 4, and Microsoft's Xbox One.
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Stadia goes live at 9am PST on Nov 19, and your activation code will work immediately once you receive it.
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That's because while the Stadia controller does have built-in Bluetooth, support for wireless audio won't be available at launch.
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Marty Stratton, a creative lead at id Software, showed up to confirm that Doom Eternal will be available on Stadia.
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Google did make it clear that there are plans to create first-party games that will be exclusive to Stadia.
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But any major shifts resulting from that are likely more than a year away — and Stadia is launching in 2019.
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Pony up $10 a month for Stadia Pro, and you'll get an experience similar to PlayStation Plus or Xbox Gold.
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And yes, local multiplayer is supported: You can use up to four Stadia controllers at once for the same game.
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For $129, you'll get everything you see above: a Google Stadia controller (in limited-edition blue) and a Chromecast Ultra.
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Both services cost $4.99 per month, which undercuts competitors like Disney's streaming platform, Disney+, and Google's cloud gaming service, Stadia.
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In March, Google unveiled Stadia, its new browser-based game streaming service to launch this year through its cloud technology.
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The new service, called Stadia, will work for anyone with a fast internet connection and a computer, phone or tablet.
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If you don't want to shell out $300 for a PlayStation 4 or an Xbox One, check out Google Stadia.
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Doom Eternal, which comes out Friday for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Google Stadia, begins with a disorienting immediacy.
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Rather than buying games on a disc, or downloading them from a digital store, Stadia streams games over the internet.
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Since launch, Google hasn&apost said much about Stadia — and early adopters are getting impatient with the lack of updates.
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Right now, in order to access said storefront, you have to pay $130 up front for the Stadia "Premiere" edition.
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Google&aposs ambitious new Stadia video game platform is getting a lot of attention this week, following its troubled launch.
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Stadia reviews described the service as generally stable, but overall less consistent than playing on a traditional video game console.
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The result: When we play games via Stadia, we are actually watching videos of the game streaming from Google's servers.
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Here's the latest update: If you ordered and paid for Founder's Edition, you should now have your Stadia access code.
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Stadia, which is launching in November, is a cloud-based game streaming service for console-level games, like Destiny 2.
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Google announced today that Stadia will work on some Android phones from Samsung, Asus, and Razer starting on February 1203th.
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And the people we spoke with said, outside of money, there wasn't much reason to put their games on Stadia.
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The company also said it wants users to be able to imminently connect their smartphones with its gaming platform Stadia.
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On November 19th it became available to an even wider audience with the launch of Stadia, Google's game-streaming service.
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If Google is to be believed, Stadia will have more games, more features, and work on more devices by then.
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Meanwhile, Google's Stadia, which is about to launch on November 19, will make it easy to stream directly to YouTube.
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Google has been pretty vocal about its internal development efforts, including Stadia Studios led by former EA exec Jade Raymond.
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Google last month launched Stadia, a $9.99 per month streaming game service that lets users play games from the cloud.
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It is not currently coming to Stadia, though one would not be surprised if Google invested some resources into that.
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"DOOM Eternal" is available on pretty much every platform, including Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Google Stadia.
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Discussed: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Google Stadia, Generation Zero, Battlefield V You can subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher.
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Fighting Thailand's elite for over 2100 years in the stadia of Bangkok, he was a true legend of the sport.
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Google's Stadia marketing seems to be looking to convert console users to ChromeCast users but given that YouTube Gaming is the company's best discovery method, what's likely going to end up happening is that Stadia drags in a very niche subset of aspiring PC gamers who don't want to pay for high-end rigs.
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You're forced to use the Stadia controller with your phone or Chromecast, but any controller (or keyboard/mouse combo) will do on PC. The only odd issue is there's no obvious way to exit a Stadia game on PC; I had to alt-tab to my desktop and close it from the task bar.
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But this doesn't mean that Stadia is open to anyone just yet; according to Google, Stadia Base will launch "over the next few months," and that's when non-paying gamers can try it out for the first time, given that you have the right hardware, an internet connection, and live in the US or Europe.
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So far, Google has announced that Stadia will offer: Games can open in just 5 seconds A single game can run on phones, tablets, TVs and computers Stadia uses custom designed AMD graphics chips Works with existing controllers and devices Google will also have its own controller designed for Stadia, with buttons to stream to YouTube and summon Google Assistant to get help with the game Players can share not just video of their game, but also the game state itself, letting others play from the same position.
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All customers will be able to test their connectivity capability through the Google Store before making their final Stadia purchase(s).
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The new Avengers game will be playable on Playstation 4, Xbox One X, PC and Google's new game-streaming service Stadia.
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Stadia will launch in 203 countries in November, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, France, and Italy.
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Google isn't just launching a new gaming platform with its just-announced streaming service Stadia: it's also becoming a game developer.
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One distinguishing feature, aside from the crisp black-or-white color scheme, is the home button featuring the new Stadia logo.
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Google announced its new game-streaming platform, Stadia, along with a compatible controller on Tuesday at the 2019 Game Developers Conference.
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It could lower the minimum internet speed for a platform like Stadia, which currently suggests a 25Mbps connection for 1080p gaming.
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Like Google Stadia, EA's project is cloud native and just as ambitious in its attempts to redefine the future of gaming.
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Though like any other free-with-Stadia Pro title, it's only available so long as you keep paying that $10 monthly.
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Hershey said the ETF doesn't own Amazon (AMZN) or Google owner Alphabet (GOOGL) — which recently launched cloud gaming service Stadia — either.
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But the internals of the Stadia controller are effectively a computer that's talking directly over Wi-Fi to the data center.
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So if a creator is using Stadia, which Google and YouTube want them to do, what protects them from flagrant abuse?
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If you aren't a gamer it's easy to miss why Google's new Stadia streaming game service is such a big deal.
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Rival Alphabet Inc's Google on Thursday started taking pre-orders for its Stadia game-streaming service which will launch in November.
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Combine that layer of appeal with the "play anywhere" nature of Stadia and... well... you can see where this is going.
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Google's new Stadia cloud gaming platform and competitors could also fundamentally impact high-end gaming across all platforms (not just PC).
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We're going to Stadia and Tombs, to watch Dane Bowers DJing old skool garage and R&B at Technix 'N Chill.
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Google is likely feeling some pressure to be the first one going big on streaming, since Stadia depends on it entirely.
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While Stadia boasts some impressive technology, Google will still need to convince gamers that streaming can replace traditional video game consoles.
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Rockstar also announced that "Red Dead Redemption 2" will be available on Google Stadia as a launch title on November 22.
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But Stadia, the name for Google's new game-streaming service coming in November, isn't as irresistible as it could have been.
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Apple will be launching its arcade mobile gaming subscription service, while Google is offering full-on remote game streaming through Stadia.
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Both Mortal Kombat 11 and Destiny 2 loaded, suggesting Stadia considered the connection to be fast enough, but neither was playable.
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Google has an abysmal track record when it comes to maintaining new services, and if Stadia disappears, your games do, too.
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Google will launch its own game streaming service, Stadia, for $10 per month in November, but games must be purchased separately.
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The only smartphones Google Stadia will run on at launch are Google's Pixel line of smartphones (starting with the Pixel 2).
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Given that Stadia is a Google product, you might expect it to come with Google's ubiquitous voice command functionality, Google Assistant.
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Of course, download speeds are only part of the equation here because of the way Stadia (and streaming in general) works.
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This week Andrey Doronichev, Director of Product Management on Stadia, told me that the requirement for the highest quality had increased.
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EA and Capcom will also have games on Stadia, but they will be announced at a later date by those publishers.
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The league projects that a 6,000-8,000 capacity range will be ideal, which equates to the bottom tier of most stadia.
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According to Google, Stadia will deliver a small roster of modern titles—without downloads—to any device with a Chrome browser.
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Google's aim for Stadia is high — the ability to take your games and your game saves with you to any device.
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First and foremost is Google, which last year rolled out (to subpar reviews) its very-much-in-beta gaming platform Stadia.
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The biggest thing is an indication that Google is gearing up to launch its free Stadia Base tier of service soon.
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In so many words: The only way to play Stadia games when it launched in November was to spend $130 upfront.
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You can play Stadia games on any laptop with the Chrome browser installed, and you can connect whatever gamepad you want.
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That's before we start talking about promised features of Stadia that differentiate it from the competition, much of which isn't implemented.
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He also highlighted four key updates coming to Stadia in the first quarter of this year, including additional Android phone support.
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It's unclear whether Stadia will get highly anticipated titles on the same day they are released for PlayStation 4 or Xbox.
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A Google spokesman said that in the future, Stadia should get new titles around the same time as other game systems.
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As the latest gaming platform to hit the market, I wasn't expecting there to be a deal on Stadia just yet.
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So, if you decide to cancel, you'll effectively be among the first to try Google's free tier of Stadia cloud streaming.
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Stadia can be streamed at lower resolution, but that defeats the point of the service as a replacement for traditional consoles.
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It's a first for Europe, allowing BT to offer a free Google Stadia Premiere Edition with broadband deals direct to consumers.
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Google first debuted Stadia in March as a cloud-based alternative to other gaming consoles from rivals like Microsoft and Sony.
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Gaming is having a resurgence, with the popularity of Fortnite and launch of Google&aposs Stadia, and accordingly, attracting investor interest.
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Stadia, Google's new cloud gaming service, officially launched on Tuesday, with some likening it to the Netflix (NFLX) of video games.
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In a year's time, Stadia will compete with two new, high-powered consoles in the PlayStation 5 and Xbox's Project Scarlett.
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But one of the most innovative elements — however subtle — of the new gaming service is the design of the Stadia controller.
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Google did so with its Project Stream test last year, which it used to gather feedback for what would become Stadia.
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Beyond that, Google is targeting to have 5.13,000 Android TV apps launched by the end of the year, including Google Stadia.
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They can't outspend Google, and they don't want to bet too much if Stadia winds up poisoning the cloud gaming well.
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I'm likely close enough to the company's West Coast data centers that I'm probably akin to a best-case Stadia user.
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Google debuted a new video game streaming platform called Stadia on Tuesday that lets you play games entirely online rather than on a traditional console or desktop PC. The tech giant also unveiled a new controller, called the Stadia Controller, with buttons dedicated to sharing gameplay clips directly to YouTube and activating voice control through Google Assistant.
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But before you commit, I urge you to consider that every single one of those PlayStation 4 consoles on the market has Remote Play, a feature built right in that might actually deliver on most of what you want out of a service like Stadia — especially given that Stadia isn&apost quite ready for prime-time.
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Assuming Google doesn't change its plans, there are three phases of Stadia's life: Today, Stadia is a $130 one-time purchase, plus $10 a month (after a three-month trial), plus $20 to $60 per premium game; *In fact, Stadia reviewers weren't able to try these things on any platform, though Google claims they'll work on day one.
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Google has updated the FAQ page for its upcoming Stadia cloud gaming service and it includes one notable tidbit of new information.
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We'll have to wait until the November launch of Stadia and see what unforeseen circumstances will force Google's hand in this regard.
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I do have hands-on impressions with both Stadia and xCloud: They both work, they're both impressive, and I'll share more below.
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But you can't properly compare xCloud with Stadia right now, and trying to do so is unfair to both Microsoft and Google.
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Google unveiled its Stadia game streaming service earlier this year, and the company will use YouTube to push it to the masses.
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Focusing on developers, Google also unveiled an impressive way for game developers to apply their own design style to titles on Stadia.
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YouTube is a giant part of Stadia, and Google appears to be relying on it to push gamers to its cloud service.
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It's called, quite simply, the Stadia controller, and Google says it will connect directly to the data center, presumably eliminating lag issues.
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Whatever the specifics, this gives an idea of what kind of power and cost the Stadia backend infrastructure is going to necessitate.
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Google is also reportedly launching a free version of Stadia next year, and this will allow users to stream games at 1080p.
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Destiny 2 players will now be able to share their characters across Xbox One, PC, and Google's new Stadia game streaming service.
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"We're still working with PlayStation to figure out the transition," explains Stadia project manager Andrey Doronichev in a statement to The Verge.
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Microsoft still hasn't set a date for its new xCloud game streaming service, despite Google unveiling its own Stadia game streaming service.
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And while Microsoft still hasn't announced a business model for xCloud, Google is testing multiple ones, including a free version of Stadia.
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Think of it like how Netflix is a DVD player in the cloud — Stadia works in a similar way, but for games.
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Google is also planning to launch a Stadia Base service that's free but limited to 1080p streaming and stereo sound next year.
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Stadia, Google's new streaming game platform, will require that users have a robust internet connection to work, and that's a big problem.
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That speed of 25 Mbps is also what Google told Gizmodo it expects Stadia to require for 4K and 60fps quality games.
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Now a lot of this will come down to how well Stadia actually functions, especially for people with less reliable internet connections.
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In so many words: The only way to play Stadia games since launch in November has been to spend $130 up front.
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Screenshot: GoogleIn a lot of ways, game streaming services like Google Stadia and Microsoft xCloud could be great solutions for casual gamers.
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Stadia launches Google into a new revenue segment, and carries massive opportunity for YouTube with tie-in functions between the two services.
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Out of that increasingly crowded field, it seems all but certain that Google's forthcoming Stadia service will be the first to emerge.
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It's worth remembering that Stadia is a new platform — this isn't just a way to play your existing library in the cloud.
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Stadia and xCloud will focus on streaming, acting as a sort of cloud-based console to serve up videogames over the internet.
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In the Stadia version, you'll apparently be able to watch the screens of the people you're playing with at the same time.
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Google needs to be prepared to tackle these issues that would likely be compounded if Stadia is to be a massive success.
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Stadia isn't the most appealing thing right in this moment if you've got years of investment in the current generation of hardware.
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Right now, the Stadia app that you can download for iPhone and other Android phones just lets you manage and buy games.
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You only need to pay for Stadia Pro if you plan to stream in 4K and want a couple of free games.
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The big question for a lot of people, and one I don't feel fully confident answering, is how Stadia handles input lag.
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In November, Google will launch Stadia, a brand new video game streaming platform that will compete with major consoles and PC releases.
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Google is making a huge new push into the world of video games with Google Stadia, which goes live on November 19.
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This is a crucially important question at the heart of Stadia and any other attempt at Netflix-style video game streaming services.
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Google is just days away from entering the video game business with its new platform, Google Stadia, which launches on November 19.
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Photo: Sam Rutherford (Gizmodo)Google's big play at making game streaming a reality—Stadia—is slated to go live sometime in November.
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The close integration of Stadia with YouTube could convince popular streamers to leap over and bring their communities along for the ride.
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Lucas had the opportunity to play with Stadia in a room at the Four Seasons and was a little underwhelmed at first.
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Most spectators express their appreciation and interest quietly, in stark contrast to crowds of screaming Thai gamblers, typical of big Bangkok stadia.
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Were you to stream Stadia games at full 4K, you'll easily burn through a terabyte of data in less than three days.
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Whether you're a pro-subscriber or not, Stadia will sell many of the same blockbuster games available on the Xbox and PlayStation.
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For now Google says Stadia will work with any computer running the Chrome browser, Chromecasts, and its own Pixel family of smartphones.
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Google also showed off trailers for games that had already been announced for Stadia, like Borderlands 3, Mortal Kombat 11, and GRID.
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There are a few services that offer streamed video games, like Google Stadia and PlayStation Now, but neither has really taken off.
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Nor does it really explain why for many users, Stadia currently feels more like a paid beta than a fully cooked product.
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Earlier this week Google launched Stadia, an ambitious streaming-only video game platform meant to challenge industry juggernauts like Microsoft and Sony.
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If gamers stay committed to their PlayStations, Nintendos and Xboxes, Stadia could turn out to be a digital graveyard like Google Plus.
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Microsoft is obviously talking more about xCloud this week as its main competitor, Google, prepares to launch its Stadia service next week.
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"One of the great things about Stadia is the power of linking the world of YouTube and game play together," said Harrison.
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It didn't reach a lot of people upon its release, so Stadia could make it easier for people to experience the game.
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After years of development and hype, Google's long-rumored push into video games arrived last November, with the launch of Google Stadia.
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As for the devices it launched today, Nest products will be made with recycled plastic, and Stadia devices contain "some" recycled plastic.
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Stadia Base, a version of the service where players could buy and stream games without opting into Google's paid service, hasn't launched.
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They still are in some ways, but with Apple Arcade, Microsoft xCloud, PlayStation Remote Play, and Google Stadia maybe that could change.
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BT is partnering with Google to launch broadband plans in the UK that come with access to the Stadia cloud gaming service.
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Google has found its first major partner to help push the company's nascent Stadia game streaming service in the United States: Verizon.
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If Stadia is going to credibly challenge game consoles, Google will need more deals like this that bring the service greater exposure.
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Last month, Google launched its Stadia service, while Microsoft is previewing its own xCloud platform ahead of its official launch in 2020.
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Cyberpunk 2077 is set to release on April 16th, and will be available on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Google Stadia.
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The deal is directly tied to Google&aposs new gaming service, Google Stadia, and intended to bolster the company&aposs gaming portfolio.
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Assassin's Creed Odyssey is available now on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. It will also be available for Google Stadia when it launches.
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I tried Stadia earlier this week at the YouTube Gaming space here in downtown Los Angeles, and I was pleased with the experience.
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Per Google, users migrating from "other platforms (currently PC and Xbox)" will be able to transfer their Guardian to Stadia for continued play.
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This isn't a streaming service, though Uplay+ will be coming to Google Stadia in 2020, with more details to come on that later.
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Google (GOOGL) initially announced 31 Stadia titles and it recently added several dozen more, including titles from Ubisoft and a new Avengers game.
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Google Stadia's sharing function Because Stadia games are hosted in the cloud, players don't need a console or gaming computers to start playing.
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In March, Alphabet Inc's Google unveiled Stadia, its new browser-based video game streaming service to launch this year through its cloud technology.
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Google took to the stage at GDC 2019 to announce Stadia, its new gaming platform that is powered by its vast cloud infrastructure.
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The reason I see Stadia as a defensive move for YouTube has to do with the companies that Google is going up against.
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Stadia is more like renting a powerful PC in the cloud service — similar to Shadow, LiquidSky, and Nvidia's GeForce Now game streaming service.
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While you've probably heard predictions that Google's Stadia will be the "Netflix of games," it turns out the analogy only goes so far.
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Which is probably why Google's catering to early adopters willing to drop $22020+ on a "Stadia Founder's Edition" before it goes any further.
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The only hardware component of Stadia, beyond the Chromecast Ultra required to bring it to television sets, is the custom controller Google built.
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While Google showcased Stadia as a console replacement, xCloud's demo reframed the service as a way to bring console gaming on-the-go.
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Google's Stadia service is launching in November, and you'll need to pay $215.75 to be one of the first to access the service.
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My first thought when the Norwegian browser company mentioned the concept to me was something akin to Google Stadia, with remote game streaming.
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Screenshot: GoogleToday, Google announced its new Stadia game streaming platform that lets gamers play games on pretty much anything with an internet connection.
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Instead of having to buy games on a disc or download them from a digital store, Stadia users stream games over the internet.
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With Google set to release its Stadia video game streaming service, the need for clean energy data centers is more pressing than ever.
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The company said Stadia will run on "any screen type" but it will work on desktops, laptops, TVs, tablets and phones at launch.
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According to Google, Stadia users will be able to ask Google Assistant for help during a particularly difficult point during a video game.
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Dozens of people are on the Stadia team, many of them formerly of game makers Electronic Arts Inc, Sony or Microsoft's gaming units.
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If you want Stadia as soon as it's available in November, though, you'll have to buy Google's "Founder's Pack" bundle, which costs $130.
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While playing with Stadia, I spent most of my time with games like Mortal Kombat 11, Red Dead Redemption 2, Destiny 2, etc.
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"We have many Assistant features that we're planning to roll out gradually across different parts of Stadia in the upcoming weeks," Doronichev said.
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Google also hasn't yet laid out the moneymaking advantages of being on Stadia, an important factor since this is a job for them.
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Apparently, some genius left the lights on all night at Stade de France, and you know what open-roofed stadia are open to?
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Yothin, the gym's current superstar, is on a 10 fight winning streak; not an easy feat when fighting exclusively at Bangkok's elite stadia.
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We got the full rundown on Google's Stadia game-streaming platform this morning in the company's livestream launch ahead of E3 next week.
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Google has a huge new gaming initiative: A Netflix-like video-game streaming platform named Stadia that's set to launch on November 19.
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Because of the structure of Stadia, Google promises that there's no way for cheaters to cheat and no way for hackers to hack.
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With the Pro level of Stadia, you pay $10 per month for what is essentially a PlayStation Plus/Xbox Live Gold-esque service.
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But one question that still arises is whether Google is serious about gaming, or only sees Stadia as a content engine for YouTube?
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Google has confirmed which games players will be able to access with Stadia, its new video game streaming platform launching on November 19.
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Worse: Indie developers told Business Insider earlier this month that they didn't publish their games to Stadia because Google wasn't offering enough money.
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Given how sloppy everything about Stadia was heading into launch, it's not surprising the ports aren't living up to Google's lofty promises, either.
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Stadia also lacks many of the robust community features that allow players on Xbox and PlayStation to communicate and play with each other.
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If you're not quite ready to sign up for a full-fledged cloud gaming service like Google Stadia — and who could blame you?
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The idea might sound familiar if you've heard of Google's Stadia service, Sony's PlayStation Now, Microsoft's upcoming xCloud, or even Nvidia's GeForce Now.
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Google says another 120 games are scheduled to hit Stadia this year, including some big upcoming blockbusters like "DOOM Eternal" and "Cyberpunk 2077."
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Were those gamers to all shift to Stadia as their primary game platform at 1003K, they'd burn through 1,386 GB of data monthly.
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The game's release date is now set for September 17, 2020, and it's coming to PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Google Stadia.
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You probably shouldn't get too excited about 4K on the web because we've already seen that 4K on Stadia doesn't necessarily mean 4K.
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BT's deal with Google comes just a day after the promise of more than 120 games in 2020 for Stadia, including 10 exclusives.
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Only 6 percent of survey respondents are working on projects for Stadia; that number is even lower for Project xCloud at 3 percent.
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TL; DR: Verizon Fios is giving new customers Disney+ for 12 months — plus a Stadia Premiere Edition or a $100 Visa Prepaid Card.
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By default, that means GeForce Now has hundreds more games than Stadia, which is its own ecosystem and has its own game store.
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On Tuesday, Google (GOOGL) will launch Stadia, a way to stream and play console-quality games from a web browser or a smartphone.
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Although Ubisoft's highly anticipated "Watch Dogs: Legion game" will be on Google's Stadia upon release next year, it's not a Stadia exclusive — it will also be available to play on Xbox One X, Playstation 4 and PC. The same goes for Marvel's Avengers, published by Square Enix, which will arrive on the same four systems upon release in May 2020.
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Just days after Google unveiled new details about Stadia, Microsoft gave a preview of cloud streaming service Project xCloud at its annual E3 conference.
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According to Google, Stadia hopes to fuse both online game streaming and video game streaming platforms like Twitch into a single new game community.
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New York (CNN Business)Google's video-game streaming service, Stadia, will start rolling out in November, the company announced Thursday on a YouTube livestream.
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That service costs $1003 a month and includes "free games on a regular cadence," and it's the only way to access Stadia upon launch.
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Today brings Apple subscriptions across news, television, and video games just a week after Google unveiled the Google Stadia at the Game Developers Conference.
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The fact that Stadia comes YouTube integrated may also help draw people away from the company's biggest live-streaming competitor, the Amazon-owned Twitch.
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Google showed a single new title, Doom Eternal, running on Stadia, and it promised that more than 22019 game studios already have dev kits.
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Microsoft's new xCloud will let users play Xbox games on Android phones, and Alphabet's new Google streaming game service, Stadia, has a similar focus.
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Now, it appears Google may similarly be shoring up the upcoming Stadia cloud gaming platform by building multiple internal game studios of its own.
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Much like Stadia, xCloud is a streaming service that abides by the laws of nature, like speed of light, so latency is a thing.
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This approach could allow Microsoft to deliver on its promise of 2019 xCloud trials while working to upgrade its data centers to match Stadia.
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Consoles are powerful but costly and restricting, and Big Tech is building new platforms like Google's Stadia and Apple Arcade to work around them.
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A quick refresher: Among the big players are Microsoft's xCloud, Google's Stadia, and Apple's Arcade—all of which are slated to release this year.
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So I ask, how much do you think Stadia will cost, or more specifically, how much would you pay for Google's game streaming platform?
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Alphabet's gains on Wednesday add to a 1 percent jump Tuesday, after the company's Google division announced its new video game streaming platform, Stadia.
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Notably, you can use a number of controllers you already own to play games via Stadia, but Google has also developed their own peripheral.
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Back in March, Google revealed the first details about its long-rumored video game streaming service, Stadia, but there were important details left out.
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The last question remains to be seen—we still haven't touched Stadia—but Google answered a bunch of others during a livestream this morning.
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As such, you need to know how fast your home internet is before you even consider trying Stadia when it launches later this year.
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Google got ahead of E3 late last week by finally shedding light on Stadia, a streaming service that promises a hardware agnostic gaming future.
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But it doesn't make a case for Stadia as a must-own platform the way Halo: Combat Evolved did for Xbox back in 2001.
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For people who can't rely on a minimum broadband download speed of 10 Mbps at least (20203+ is preferred), Stadia is a definite skip.
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The spokesperson also said that Google conducted extensive testing on Stadia and its related hardware, and that it did not see thermal throttling issues.
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Google released its Stadia game-streaming platform on November 19 to a tepid reception that mostly focused on the service&aposs unimpressive games library.
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Though Apple and Google are bringing fresh competition, it'll be some time before Apple Arcade or Stadia can truly disrupt the video game industry.
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It's such a big deal, in fact, that Google CEO Sundar Pichai himself introduced Stadia back in March at the 2019 Game Developers Conference.
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Especially one like Stadia, where there's no physical product you can hold in your hands or have access to even when there's no internet.
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As much as it might seem on paper like there's more working against Stadia than for it, I'm not here to be a killjoy.
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Fresh competition breeds fresh ideas, and Google's efforts with Stadia will inevitably push everyone to innovate and be bolder when trying out new things.
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Subscribing to Stadia Pro also means you can play at 4K, 60fps, with HDR and 5.1 surround sound if your network can support it.
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I'm personally not as optimistic, but if you are the Stadia Founder's Edition goes on sale today in Google's store and launches in November.
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The company showed off a dedicated Stadia controller, though you'll also be able to use your existing third-party controllers or keyboard and mouse.
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It's not quite a "Netflix for games" but Google Stadia is making an aggressive sell for their service that's aiming to kill game consoles.
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But we also learned more ahead of Bungie's announcement when Google's Stadia event showed the game coming to the streaming service in free form.
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The potential for inconsistency remains with Project xCloud and Stadia, leaving some gamers skeptical of using a cloud service as their primary gaming platform.
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The same could be said for the non-Pro version of Stadia — the free version of Stadia's platform isn't scheduled to launch until 2020.
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That means Stadia will make high-quality video games available on any device with the Google Chrome browser, including computers, smartphones, and Google's Chromecast.
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While Google is planning to launch a free tier for Google Stadia, its subscription service costs $9.99 per month, with supporting hardware costing extra.
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But when Stadia launched last week and tech wizards like Digital Foundry started measuring what was actually being delivered, reality was a little disappointing.
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Depending on who you ask, Google's Stadia game streaming platform has proven to be somewhere between a promising paid beta and a hot mess.
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At launch, the Stadia lineup includes recent hits like "Mortal Kombat 11" and "Red Dead Redemption 2," with the promise of more to come.
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Ultimately, I'd feel better dropping $60 for a PlayStation 4 game than I would buying the same game on Stadia for the same price.
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Google wants you to invest in Stadia instead of buying the new PlayStation and Xbox consoles next year, but the experience doesn't compare yet.
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While Google believes Stadia can outmatch the PlayStation and Xbox hardware, Microsoft wants Project xCloud to bring new players into the existing Xbox ecosystem.
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Nvidia's pitch is much more simple and alluring than what Stadia currently offers — that is, if you own a rich collection of PC games.
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They'll also receiver a Stadia controller and a Chromecast Ultra for using the service on a TV. The deal kicks off on January 29th.
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In gaming, that's seen Google unveil a new game streaming platform called Stadia, while Microsoft has shown off its own subscription service, Project xCloud.
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The only other unique experiences to be had on Stadia are additions within games themselves, such as a 40-player racing mode in GRID.
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Stadia isn't the first time anyone has tried this, but a lack of prior success by anyone else could help explain its distinctive approach.
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So, for example, if you were playing Stadia using a friend's buddy pass, you could only play on a Chrome browser or your phone.
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The thing is, Google has asked for and received Real Money from people, so treating Stadia like a beta isn't just embarrassing; it's irresponsible.
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Additionally, Google has a more direct competitor called Stadia, a cloud-based game streaming service that will launch in November for $9.99 a month.
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The purchase is intended to bolster Google&aposs gaming efforts with Google Stadia, the company&aposs video-game-streaming platform that launched in November.
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And on Twitter, the official Google Stadia account replied to one Founder suggesting a delay wasn't necessarily unexpected: Hey Founder, thanks for your tweet.
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who says he plays FIFA 19 "quite a bit," introduced the Stadia service during a special keynote at GDC this morning.
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Harrison also pointed out that some estimates for how much data services like Stadia will use aren't necessarily correct, due to how Google manages compression.
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We don't yet know what other games will get similar support like this, but here's the full launch list for Google Stadia: Eyes up, Guardians.
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Bungie is also supporting cross-saves for Destiny 2, allowing PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Google Stadia players to keep character progress across all platforms.
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