PlayStation cloud gaming hasn’t really taken off in the same way that Microsoft’s efforts have in the Xbox world, but Sony is preparing a major step up. This week, Sony has started streaming PlayStation 5 games through cloud gaming, and at up to 4K resolution.
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Cloud gaming has seen some rocky developments over the past year or so, but also some big positives. Through it all, though, Sony has been surprisingly quiet about the technology, but as efforts internally push for improved cloud gaming, the company has today announced that PlayStation 5 games will soon be available through the cloud.
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The new Backbone One PlayStation Edition controller for Android is here to make it easy to stream your favorite PS4/PS5 games while on the go.
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It was announced back in March that Microsoft had reached a deal with the smaller cloud gaming service Boosteroid to bring Xbox titles to the service, and starting on June 1, four new titles will be made available.
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The European Union has today approved Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, but with a call for Activision titles to be freely available to all cloud gaming providers going forward.
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The juggernaut that is Fortnite is about to land on another cloud gaming service, as the hit lands on Amazon Luna, starting today.
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Microsoft has been battling it out to gain approval from the UK for its acquisition of Activision Blizzard for months now, but the final decision has not gone its way. The UK has officially blocked the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and the reason boils down to cloud gaming concerns.
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This year has seen upgrade after upgrade for GeForce Now members. The latest is the addition of native 4K streaming on LG smart TVs with no console or additional hardware needed for GeForce Now.
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As rumors of a new PlayStation handheld swirl, Sony appears to be making a push to reinvigorate its cloud gaming efforts.
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As Star Wars: Jedi Survivor kicks off 2023’s season of big game releases, the game’s updated storage requirements on PC are a good reminder of where cloud gaming can be beneficial.
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Cloud gaming has made it possible to run high-quality games on less powerful hardware, and really expanded where games can be played. Now, it’s being reported that Sony is working on a new PlayStation handheld that will ignore the company’s cloud gaming, and rather focus on streaming a nearby console.
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Amazon Luna is just coming off of a huge high with the finalization of its first expansion campaign into Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Now, moving into April, Amazon Luna is bringing along five games to Luna+ and several to the Prime channel.
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Microsoft today passed a major hurdle in completing its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, with the UK’s CMA providing preliminary approval of the deal, and that signals some great things for the future of cloud gaming.
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It’s been almost three months since GeForce Now introduced the newest RTX 4080 tier. Since that expansion was announced, the cloud gaming overhaul has now reached a total of 11 regions worldwide.
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It’s been roughly a year since Amazon Luna first launched its cloud gaming service to everyone, and to celebrate its anniversary, the service is expanding to three new regions – the UK, Germany, and Canada.
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Cloud gaming has seen some losses over the past few months, but Microsoft is pushing some new life into the industry. As it continues to push for its Activision-Blizzard deal, Microsoft just reached a major deal with cloud gaming service Boosteroid that will bring Xbox games and Activision-Blizzard titles, including Call of Duty, to the service.
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It seems that when Google shut down Stadia for consumers, Google Cloud also formally discontinued its B2B offering, “Immersive Stream for Games.”
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Whether you’re gaming in the cloud or mainlining the hottest mobile games, the Razer Edge 5G is hands-down the best hardware for the job. But who really needs a dedicated Android gaming handheld?
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In new statistics shared by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), we’ve learned that Google Stadia had significantly fewer active users than most other cloud gaming services.
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Google Stadia was a large name in the cloud gaming community. With a couple of different subscription models, it hit a sweet spot for a lot of users. With it gone, there are a few potential homes gamers might flock to. With that, we turn it over to our readers to tell us what your favorite cloud gaming alternative is now that Stadia is out of the picture.
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Out of all of the current game streaming services, Xbox Game Pass is the one most likely to succeed in all the ways that Stadia failed, but Microsoft still has a lot of catching up to do.
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One of the first “gaming” ChromeOS devices, the Acer Chromebook 516 GE is the definitive device for cloud gaming, even if that’s an oxymoron.
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One of the earliest cloud gaming providers, Shadow, is in some ways the antithesis of Stadia, but it’s sometimes better for it.
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Nvidia GeForce Now is currently the only cloud gaming service to match the level of streaming quality and low latency of Google Stadia, even exceeding it in some areas.
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