Tag Archives: Stadias

A Google Stadia video game controller with a Night Blue finish, taken on November 27, 2019. (Photo … [+] by Olly Curtis/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Future Publishing via Getty Images Say what you will about Google Stadia’s ill-fated run as a game streaming service, but Google is handling its death very well. In fact, I’d say the care and attention they’re giving to how they’re wrapping up Stadia’s existence feels like more than they ever devoted to it when it was alive and… Source link

A Google Stadia video game controller with a Night Blue finish alongside a gaming monitor, taken on … [+] November 27, 2019. (Photo by Olly Curtis/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Future Publishing via Getty Images We are witnessing what I would argue is probably one of the biggest failures in gaming industry history, the shutdown of Google Stadia, which is coming just a week from now. Google Stadia will shut down in full on January 18 at 11:59 PM PT (via The Verge) and if you haven’t… Source link

Always trust what you see on Facebook, right? RIP Stadia? More like Stadia’s ripping some troll a new one. Between the ardent fans of Google’s cloud gaming platform and the cynics who just want to see a Goliath admit defeat, there’s no shortage of The Discourse™ happening around it. Of course, there’s talk and then there’s rumor mongering: this week, two random posts from one user in a Stadia fan group on Facebook proclaiming the imminent death of Stadia had gotten some… Source link

At its Google for Games Developer Summit, Google today unveiled Stadia’s B2B offering called “Immersive Stream for Games.” The offering, which was created in partnership with Google Cloud, will allow companies to take advantage of Stadia’s underlying platform technology and deliver games directly to players. With this offering, Google is branching out by opening up Stadia’s streaming technology for other companies to license. Google says the service will… Source link

Google’s Stadia cloud gaming service appears to have lost another top video game industry veteran — kind of. Jack Buser, Stadia’s Director for Games and a former PlayStation exec, is moving to the company’s Google Cloud division to head up “Gaming Solutions,” according to a ZDNet report. Google confirms Buser is leaving the Stadia group for Google Cloud, providing this statement to The Verge: Gaming is an incredibly important vertical at Google and we’re seeing huge momentum… Source link

Amplitude Studios’ upcoming strategy game, Humankind, will be the first Stadia release to feature a new touch-focused control scheme when it comes out on August 17th, according to 9to5Google and confirmed to The Verge by Google. “Direct touch” is designed around multitouch finger inputs like a traditional mobile game, rather than the previous way you may have played Stadia on your phone, with a Bluetooth controller or gamepad overlay. The screenshots Google shared give a pretty good… Source link

Google is revising how much of a cut it takes from Stadia games in a bid to try to attract more developers. Starting on October 1st, Google will take 15 percent of sales up to $3 million through the end of 2023. With the change, Google seems to be trying to make its cloud gaming platform a more enticing option for developers — a proposition that has likely become much harder since the company shut down its own in-house studios…. Source link

A report from The Information confirmed that John Justice, Google Stadia’s Vice President and Head of Product, has left Google. 9to5Google received confirmation of Justice’s departure through a statement from Google. We can confirm John is no longer with Google and we wish him well on his next step. John Justice oversaw the consumer experience for Stadia and has previously talked about the future of Google Stadia. Following intense competition from Microsoft and Sony with the… Source link

Google this week revealed it was unbinding Stadia from WiFi, meaning you can finally play your games on mobile devices via 4G or 5G cellular networks. It’s an upgrade Stadia’s been missing for a while, and could make the service more palatable to potential users — which Stadia could certainly use help recruiting. The option is currently available to users, though you have to opt into an “experiment,” meaning essentially a beta test. Once you do, you can… Source link