The wait is officially over. Marvel’s Avengers officially releases this week — today with some editions — on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Google’s Stadia cloud-gaming platform.
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It’s been a big week for Google Stadia with the launch of Marvel’s Avengers, Hello Neighbor, Hitman, Super Bomberman R Online, and more. Now, to close out the week, NBA 2K21 is now available on Google Stadia.
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For the month of September, Google is giving Stadia Pro members access to a whopping six new games, including Super Bomberman R Online, a battle royale twist on the classic Bomberman series, and it’s an absolute blast… when there’s people to play with.
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Google Stadia is available both for free and with a Pro subscription, but the subscription offers a lot of perks including free games and discounts. This weekend, Stadia Pro members can play The Crew 2 for free.
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Last year, Just Dance 2020 was one of the first games announced for Google Stadia ahead of its launch. This year, like many other Ubisoft titles, Just Dance 2021 will launch on Stadia side-by-side with other consoles.
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One of the most hotly-anticipated games on the horizon is Marvel’s Avengers by Square Enix. For once, this triple-A title is hitting Google Stadia on launch day, but a special early access edition of Avengers will be available a few days early.
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During its last Stadia Connect, Google revealed that Konami was bringing Super Bomberman R Online to the platform as an exclusive debut. Now, we’re getting an official release date and pricing for the game.
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Google Stadia’s game library has slowly been growing over the past year, and in the past several months, Bethseda’s Elder Scrolls Online has been one of the biggest additions. Now the game has picked up an update that includes native 4K support.
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The folks at Thunder Lotus Games, the studio behind titles like Sundered and Jotun, have announced that their upcoming game Spiritfarer is coming to Google Stadia.
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Fans of Stadia and Dungeons & Dragons alike have been waiting for Baldur’s Gate 3, a fantastic looking RPG game based on the rules of D&D. Today, Larian Studios has shared that we can all get our first taste of Baldur’s Gate 3 when it arrives for Stadia and PC in Early Access in September.
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Ahead of the launch of Google Stadia, two of the first games teased for the streaming platform were Doom and its sequel Doom Eternal. Starting today, 2016’s Doom reboot is available for purchase on Stadia.
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Google Stadia has had a handful of exclusives since its 2019 launch, but none of them have been super compelling, especially with price barriers in the way. Last month, Orcs Must Die 3 arrived on the platform, and personally, I think it’s perhaps the best reason to sign up for an account. Plus, it had perfect timing now that Stadia is free.
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Google Stadia’s most exciting exclusive to date, Orcs Must Die 3, is picking up its first major update on the platform. Available now for all users, Orcs Must Die 3 now includes weekly challenges.
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A few months back, Google stated that they were tracking 120 games to be released on Stadia over the course of 2020. Two more of those titles have been announced with acclaimed platformer Celeste and stealth game El Hijo coming to Google Stadia.
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While most of the biggest announcements for Stadia came during last week’s Stadia Connect, Google still has a few tricks up its sleeve. Today, the company is announcing three more of the 120+ games coming to Stadia in 2020, including Superhot: Mind, Control, Delete.
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Every year, PC gamers look forward to the summer and winter sales on the Steam marketplace, when games get ridiculously steep discounts. Google Stadia is trying its hand at a similar event with the “Summer of Games Sale.”
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Originally scheduled for a release in June, Google Stadia has a date for one of its next additions. The downhill destruction of Rock of Ages 3: Make and Break is coming to Stadia on August 14.
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Google Stadia’s catalog of games is growing quickly, and today it was confirmed that NBA 2K21 will be coming to the platform with two other 2K titles coming before it.
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Gaming platforms in 2020 feel like they live and die by their exclusives, and Google Stadia is continuing to grab timed exclusive on some titles. Today, during the latest Connect, Google Stadia announced two more timed exclusives — Super Bomberman R Online and One Hand Clapping.
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Ubisoft has been one of Google’s biggest partners for Stadia and, today, the company announced that one of its upcoming titles, Far Cry 6, would be making its way to Stadia alongside other consoles.
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Before its full launch, the tech that powers Google Stadia was demoed using Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Now, Ubisoft is prepping the next Assassin’s Creed title, Valhalla, and it’s arriving on Google Stadia later this year alongside next-gen consoles.
Since launch, Google Stadia has been amassing a collection of timed exclusive “First on Stadia” titles, including Get Packed, Embr, and most recently Crayta. The next Stadia exclusive to release, Orcs Must Die! 3, has had its launch trailer leaked, showing it to be a free Stadia Pro title.
The true value of a game console, more than its raw hardware capabilities, is its library of exclusive games. We got hands-on time with the latest timed exclusive for Stadia — Crayta, a hub for both playing games and creating games of your own — and think it could very well be Stadia’s killer app.
Like many other children of the 90s/00s, I grew up playing the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series, with its fantastic mix of arcade gameplay and rad soundtrack. When we first got a glimpse of Wave Break, a “First on Stadia” timed exclusive title which takes the familiar skateboarding genre and adds guns, “cute” animals, and a heaping helping of 80s retro aesthetic, I was sold. But does it live up to that hype?
