Enlightenment
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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The Best Tablet for Cloud Gaming: Lenovo Duet Giveaway!
We are waiting to get our hands on the new Lenovo Duet 3. But, while we are waiting, we thought we do a review of what we believe to be the current best tablet for Cloud Gaming (in terms of value per dollar). We think this has got to be the original Lenovo Duet! This […]
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Wavetale – Game Review
Around the end of 2020, Stadia announced a partnership with Thunderful Games in order to develop an exclusive game. Only half a year later, Thunderful Games surprised Stadia users with Wavetale. Announced by Mark Hamill during Thunderful World, the game was showcased as an adventure title. A game with a focus on characters and story. […]
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The Significance of Stadia’s Free Trials
Stadia is often criticized for not doing enough to entice new players to the platform and grow the user base. This is usually followed by a chorus of “they need to bring more games that gamers want to play” or “where is the hardware upgrade?”, but the truth is that Stadia is constantly rolling out […]
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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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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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