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Dead by Daylight Free to Play on Stadia Through June 13th

The Stadia store has been updated with an announcement that Dead by Daylight has gone Free to Play from now through June 13th (next Monday). This is part of the frequent Stadia Play Days program which see top-tier games go free to play for Stadia Pro subscribers. Play Days are often accompanied by sales on […]

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Text reading "Immersive Stream for Games" with geometric shapes on the sides and a small "Google for Games" logo in the corner, highlighting an innovative cloud gaming experience.
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Video: Stadia’s Dependence on Immersive Stream Further Examined

Stadia’s Dependence on Google’s flagship cloud gaming business offering seems to be more appearant after Capcom’s first Immersive Stream game release. More deep diving content on our Stadia Dosage News Youtube channel. There, Stadia contributor MM2K talks today’s Immerstive Stream Capcom blog post. The show aimed to deep dive the ties to how Immersive Stream […]

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Four characters with stylized outfits stand around retro cars on a desert highway, a city skyline in the background, as if transported from a cloud gaming session.
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SAINTS ROW gets ESRB rating for Stadia

While this doesn’t mean for sure the game is coming to Stadia, it is a positive sign that it could. Most (but not all) games rated for Stadia end up being announced for the platform. The latest entry in the SAINTS ROW franchise has been rated for Stadia. The game serves as a reboot of […]

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Backbone One for Android and Stadia
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Backbone One Controller Coming to Android with Two Free Months of Stadia

Thanks to our friends at Chrome Unboxed for pointing out that the hugely popular Backbone one mobile controller (that turns your phone into an awesome Steam Deck like gaming device for cloud gaming) is releasing an Android (USB-C) version! What’s even cooler? An order gets new Stadia Pro users two free months. It is up […]

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Low change porting: 1) Auto DirectX translation, 2) Improved Unity and Unreal support, 3) Cloud playtest and QA for seamless cloud gaming.
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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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World War Z: Aftermath update promo showcases a character wielding a sword with zombies in the background. Text: Free Update: Cut and Mend. Now available on Cloud Gaming!
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World War Z Stadia Cross-Play Support Officially Coming

Good news Zombie fighters! World War Z Stadia Cross-Play support is officially on the way! The World War Z team announced that Cross-Play is coming to Stadia along with an upcoming “Cut & Mend” update to the game which recently hit PCs. The team said they’ll have more news on the timing of this “as […]

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Video: Stadia Community Behavior and Platform’s Future Tackled in Open Mic

New Youtube content addresses Stadia community behavior in open mic in hopes to improve decorum amongst gamers. In our Youtube Channel’s ongoing series “SLS Feat MM2K“, we give the community a chance to speak on the biggest Stadia topics of the week. This week’s episode covered Stadia’s likely approach in it’s rollout of the new […]

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Screenshot of Google Stadia page showcasing the world of cloud gaming with various trial games, including City Racers and Pac-Man, available to play without signing up.
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Browse the Stadia Catalog Without an Account

Back at the beginning of may, we reported that the newly re-formatted individual game pages on the Stadia website could now be viewed by users without the need to log-in. We’ve since been linking to these pages like crazy from throughout our website. Now it looks like you can quickly browse the entire Stadia catalog […]

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Cartoon characters in a game show setting with an audience, neon lights, and "DEATHRUN TV" logo at the top. Through the magic of cloud gaming, players can join the action from anywhere, making it a thrilling experience for viewers and participants alike.
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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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Line graph showing Stadia game cross-platform metascores in the realm of cloud gaming, declining from near 100 to below 50 as game rank increases.
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Stadia Game Metascore Insights

Yesterday, we posted the list of Top 10 Stadia games by (cross-platform) Metascore. There were quite a few surprises in this list. Let’s keep to this theme of Stadia Game Metascores and see what other insights we can gain from the data. Firstly, let’s rank the Stadia games by their cross-platform Metascore and then plot […]

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