Author: Jack Deslippe
Jack Deslippe is an HPC professional with a PhD in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley. As a hobby, he is passionate about consumer technology and Cloud Gaming in particular. He volunteers as an editor for Cloud Dosage in his spare time. See the games Jack is Playing at ExoPhase. Like his content? You can follow Jack on BlueSky: @jackdeslippe.com and Buy Jack a Beer.
Streaming (Anything) Has Never Been About Fidelity
If there is one place where I think Google may have gone wrong in advertising Stadia early on, it was in touting fidelity as a major reason for gaming in the cloud. Yes, you can certainly throw super high-end hardware (even multiple GPUs!) at the problem of rendering amazing output imagery in the cloud. But, […]
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Stadia has 75 Free Game Trials
Just last week, we noted that Stadia had added 35 new game trials to the platform, bringing the total at the time to 61. This week, Stadia has increased that number to 75 free game trials! You can see them all for yourself here if you are logged into Stadia or here if you are […]
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Stadia Again Leading Competition in GFK Top Game Availability
In the United Kingdom, GFK (Growth From Knowledge), is a consumer sales tracking service that keeps tabs on Top 40 video games sales each week. Gaming journalism hubs provide access to this top sales list each and every week. We can report that Stadia is again leading the competition in terms of GFK top game […]
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Stadia Stats: Platform, Game and Community Numbers
Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, to another edition of Sunday Stadia Stats! This is the weekly blog post where we cover all the latest numbers surrounding the Stadia platform, games and community! Don’t forget that you can find and interact with all the data on our Stats page. It was an incredibly hot news week […]
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Google Hiring to “Expand Stadia and Immersive Stream to More Devices”
Matt Joseph, an engineering manager on the Google Stadia and Immersive Stream (for games) team, tweeted today that Google is looking to hire to accelerate the expansion of Stadia on more devices – presumably TVs and connected devices. You can check out the job posting here and if you happen to be qualified and interested, […]
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Why Does Stadia Use Linux?
Given Windows’ dominant position in gaming, people often ask “Why does Stadia use Linux?” I decided to answer – to the best of my abilities, which does include a fair amount of data-center expertise and decades of gaming on Linux. I personally believe Microsoft’s massive investments in gaming content in the last year has more […]
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Stadia Stats: A Ray of Sunshine in the Stadia Community
Better late than never right? We are getting this week’s edition of Sunday Stadia Stats out while it is still Sunday somewhere on earth. As a reminder, we regularly collect data on all sorts of Stadia platform, game and community metrics. You can find and interact with all of the data on our stats page! […]
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Zorro the Chronicles Released on Stadia
Good news for fans of the Masked sword wielding hero! Zorro the Chronicles, based on the animated series, has released on Stadia. You can pick up the game now for $29.99! The game, developed by Bkom and published by NACON, is a single player action adventure game that comes with an E10+ rating. The Stadia […]
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Assassin’s Creed Origins Free for the Weekend. Rainbow 6 Siege Free Next Weekend.
As part of a 12 week celebration for the 15th anniversary of the Assassin’s Creed franchise, one of our favorite games in the series, Assassin’s Creed Origins, is going free to play on Stadia as well as other platforms from June 16 to June 20. Assassin’s Creed Origins takes place in Egypt during the time […]
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Stadia Stats: Slow Weeks Still Have Big Milestones
Welcome one and all to another edition of Sunday Stadia Stats! You can always find the raw data and interact with all the plots on our dedicated Stats page! Keep in mind it is always best to compare these numbers with others in the young but growing cloud gaming space. It’s been a bit of a […]
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