Enlightenment
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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Should You Buy Games On Stadia?
Look. I get it… Stadia have been a bit slow to add games to the platform this year (30 of the expected 100+ having come so far); they previously closed down their own in house production studio; they missed some opportunities for some exclusive titles; they don’t often have a major presence at industry events […]
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Is Xbox Doing What Stadia Was (Incorrectly) Accused Of…?!
A large percentage of the hate out there targeted towards Stadia actually comes from misinformation. For example, the classic: “You have to buy the game and pay a monthly subscription.” As I am sure our readers will know, this isn’t true now nor has it ever been the case. You can buy games on Stadia […]
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When It Comes To The Cloud, Exclusives Are Irrelevant.
Since the closure of Stadia Games & Entertainment (SG&E), a concern for some players in the community has been that a lack of exclusive games could lead to the closure of Stadia itself. After all, Xbox has exclusives, Playstation has exclusives and so does Nintendo. So how can a gaming platform survive without its own […]
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Top 10 Most Played Games on Stadia
In our continuing series of Top 10 games, let’s next take a look at the actual Most Played Games on Stadia! You can also check out the Top 10 games by cross-platform sales and metascore! The precise total play time for Stadia games isn’t publicly available from the Stadia team. But, stay tuned! Our data […]
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Facts Leave Evidence
This biggest difference between fact and opinion is that facts leave evidence. There are people out there – including creators, journalists, and individuals alike – who claim that they know for a fact that publishers and developers are unhappy with the Stadia platform. According to their commentary, this is down to low sales figures, funding […]
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Stadia Low Change Porting
Earlier this year, at the Google for Games Developer Summit, the Stadia team confirmed what many folks who are familiar with gaming on Linux suspected, Google and developer partners have been using various known techniques to get Windows games running under Linux for Stadia. Google’s portfolio of techniques involves a continually evolving/maturing set of tools that […]
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DEATHRUN TV – Game Review
Merge Games is no stranger to the cloud, with Foreclosed being the first title they published in the cloud. Now, almost a year later, we see their second release: DEATHRUN TV – a frantic twin-stick shoter, developed by Laser Dog, with lots of charm and customization. Just like Foreclosed, the game makes its debut in […]
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Top Stadia Games by Cross-Platform Metascore
A few weeks back, I posted a list of the top 10 games on Stadia by sales data. I’m back again with another fun top 10 Stadia games list. This time I’m listing the top Stadia games by cross-platform Metascore. The “Metascore” is an aggregate of validated critic ratings done by Metacritic.com. While the Stadia […]
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Top 5 Tips for Getting Started With Stadia
Did you just sign up for a Stadia account? (We note that there is no “the” Stadia to purchase. Anyone with a gmail account can be playing on Stadia in just a minute or two.) If you just signed up, you probably are realizing that the technology is a little bit magical, but wondering what […]
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