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PixelJunk Raiders – Game Review

Q-Games brings us PixelJunk Raiders, a new installment of its PixelJunk franchise. On this occasion, PixelJunk Raiders greets us with a roguelike adventure in which to explore different randomly generated levels. Our mission is to rescue different residents of the planet Tantal, which is under attack from a race of hostile aliens. Dynamic gameplay and […]

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Exciting cover art for "Ys IX: Monstrum Nox" featuring characters in battle-ready poses in a fantasy city setting, now available through cloud gaming for instant access and play.
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Ys IX: Monstrum Nox – Game Review

Created by Nihon Falcom, the Ys series contains an amazing assortment of Action RPG titles that narrate the stories that Adol Christin, the main protagonist of most of the games, writes in his books. NIS America has published most of the games, including the two latest entries that have made it to the cloud. Today, […]

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Fantasy-themed video game cover with a dragon, magic symbols, and the title "Elemental War II," now optimized for Cloud Gaming.
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Elemental War 2 – Game Review

Welcome to the Elemental War 2 game review. Our first ever game review at CloudDosage! This is something we are hoping to regularly going forward. If you’d like to receive funding to get a game in order to contribute a review, please apply to contribute! Without further ado, here goes… Elemental War 2: A towerful […]

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Why I Love the Stadia Community

All the positive Stadia community activity as of late has once again made one to resurrect/update my previous thoughts on Stadia and the community. Aside from my family and my work (both of which I’m super passionate about) as well as good food and a good beer, technology is one of the things that makes […]

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Top 10 Stadia Games by Cross-Platform Sales

There are now well over 250 games on Stadia. And, unlike many other platforms, the games are carefully gated and curated by the Stadia team. By no means has every best selling game hit the platform, but the converse is mostly true – a surprisingly large fraction of the games available on Stadia are winners! […]

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Jack and Arthur, with the Jack holding a Stadia controller, enjoying cloud gaming against a green background.
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Why I’m a Stadian

The amazing “Stadia Community Day” this weekend (I’m writing this on Sunday, May 15. 2022) reminded me to update this op-ed for the new Stadia Dosage site. Aside from a few tweaks, I originally wrote this last year and still feel the same way. A rarity for me! It probably doesn’t surprise anyone who knows […]

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A flowchart depicting the translation layer for running a Windows game on different platforms. The chart shows a Windows game interfacing through DirectX, translating to either Linux or Stadia SDK via respective systems like DXVK, VkD3D, and Vulkan GPU Driver, enhancing cloud gaming experiences.
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Yes. Windows games on Stadia are in Play!

Today, 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 on Stadia. A windows game typically relies on (1) Windows system calls for various purposes (e.g. accessing […]

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