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The Cloud Gaming Graveyard: Dead Cloud Gaming Services
Cloud gaming was (and still is) supposed to be the next big thing. But, it hasn’t exactly taken off like a rocket. It’s been more of a slow burn. It’s a little like being promised a gourmet meal and getting served a lukewarm Hot Pocket. It turns out running a successful cloud gaming service that […]
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Post Stadia Stress
During Stadia’s short three-year life span, I gamed more than I ever have at any other point in 35 years. This was due to the ease of access and ability to play anywhere on any screen. And although this is still possible with other cloud gaming platforms, I don’t game anywhere near as much. Why? […]
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Phil Harrison Leaves Google, George Tsipolitis Leaves Amazon
While Phil Harrison’s record in the gaming world has left some folks desiring more, it is clear that the Google Stadia leader put his heart into the project and its surrounding technology. In the last 24 hours, multiple news outlets have reported that Phil has left Google – as indicated in the appointment end date […]
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Ubisoft Sends Out Free 1 Month GeForce NOW Trials to Stadians
Ubisoft has now officially joined Bungie in giving players of its titles from Stadia a free month to try GeForce NOW (first reported as coming back in December). The reward is described in an email to Stadia players from Ubisoft this afternoon. What You Get The offer is for a free month of the GeForce […]
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Bungie Offers Free Month of GeForce NOW Priority Tier to Stadia Guardians
Google Stadia has now officially shut down but with the help from Bungie and NVIDIA, retirement for Destiny 2 guardians is still a long, long way down the road. Destiny 2 players can keep playing on GeForce NOW, specially thanks to this free offering. Destiny 2 developer Bungie is underway contacting Stadia Guardians to offer […]
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Stadia Officially Shut Down
Stadia has officially shut down. The website now shows the above message and redirects to stadia.google.com/gg – note the “gg” at the end. Thank you all for making the Stadia community amazing! Check out the editorials from our staff about what Stadia meant to them: So long, and thanks for all the Games (fabled_alpaca) Stadia, […]
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So long, and thanks for all the Games
After meeting my now wife and having kids, gaming took a back seat in my life. I used to be a big PlayStation fan. But adult life got in the way and my game time stopped. My old PS3 broke in 2011, and it was never replaced. For nearly 10 years I didn’t play much […]
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Stadia Gamers holding “Stadia Sunset” community event
The Stadia cloud gaming platform is set to close shop January 18th 2023 at 11:59 PM PT. During its existence Google Stadia was able to amass a dedicated hub of gamers. These gamers plan to celebrate the platform before its shut down. Such an event is slotted for Tuesday January 17th 2023. The gathering is […]
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Google Stadia Bluetooth self-serve tool now available
As promised just last week, Googles self-serve tool is now available to enable Low Energy Bluetooth mode on your Stadia Controllers. The End is nigh Stadia is now in its final days before the plug is plugged, and it takes place ‘literally’ in the cloud. A good majority of players have received their refunds and […]
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Stadia to Unlock Bluetooth Capabilities of the Stadia Controller Next Week – Gives Us One Last Game
In a show of good faith, Google has done what a lot of folks were hoping they’d do – they’ve developed a standalone tool that will unlock the Bluetooth capabilities of your Stadia Controllers! Here is the tweet: With both the game and hardware purchase refunds having largely completed at this point, everyone who purchased […]
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