While many use Google Stadia to enjoy the benefits of the free monthly games from Stadia Pro, buying games keeps them in your library even when your Stadia Pro membership lapses. Starting today, Google Stadia is offering steep discounts on some of its best games including Borderlands 3 and Red Dead Redemption 2.
To help fans get more context on the story-driven Metro series, the folks at 4A Games and Deep Silver are bringing “Redux” versions of the first two games, Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light to Stadia.
During April’s Stadia Connect event, Google showed off Wave Break, an upcoming First on Stadia title that takes the familiar skateboarding genre and adds a heaping helping of Miami Vice. We took some time to chat with one of the developers of Wave Break, learning their ambitions for the game as well as what it’s like to develop for Google Stadia.
Without a doubt, the one game that more people have been hyped for, on Google Stadia and beyond, than any other this year is Cyberpunk 2077. Unfortunately, the game’s developers have just announced a major delay to Cyberpunk 2077’s release date.
Update: CD Projekt Red has once again delayed the release of Cyberpunk 2077.
One of the more underrepresented genres on Google Stadia right now is RPG, with Final Fantasy XV being one of the few examples. Later this year, two games — Windbound and Cris Tales — representing two very different styles of RPG set to arrive on Google Stadia.
On Thursday, Google expanded Stadia access to all modern Android phones and the mobile app quickly hit a million installs after that. The Stadia website for prospective users was also redesigned to better sell the streaming service to news users and now features a list of available games.
Google today brought mobile Stadia play to all Android phones and introduced touch controls, as well as per-device resolution controls. Lost in that fray of news was the brief appearance of a title called “Orpheus” in the Stadia Store. Those that accessed the game before it got pulled quickly realized that they were playing an early version of Ubisoft’s Gods & Monsters on Stadia.
Today, Bungie gave us all insight into the next three years of Destiny 2 expansions, showing how they intend to breathe life into the game. The first upcoming expansion, Destiny 2: Beyond Light, is now available for pre-order on Google Stadia, a first for the platform.
One of the biggest new titles coming to Google Stadia this year is Cyberpunk 2077. The game was originally slated to come to current consoles and PCs in April, but a pretty significant delay pushed the title back to September. As a result of that and placement on the game’s site, Cyberpunk 2077 was expected to arrive on Stadia at the same time as other platforms, but that’s not the case.
A new trailer has been released today promoting the latest Elder Scrolls Online expansion, Greymoor, and with it, Google and Bethesda have announced a release date for Elder Scrolls Online on Google Stadia.
Just a couple of weeks after its Stadia Connect, Google is today confirming three new titles coming to the platform. Two of those titles are coming this month while the third, CHORUS, is coming to Google Stadia in 2021 alongside other consoles.
Google held its first Stadia Connect event of 2020 last month, during which they announced three new “First on Stadia” titles. One of these, Embr, a ludicrous game about being a firefighter in the world of gig workers, is releasing in Early Access this Thursday, May 21.
Google has been working to bring a suite of timed exclusive games over to Stadia, usually under the branding “First on Stadia,” but thus far they’ve mostly been indie titles like Get Packed and Lost Words. Later this year, Google Stadia is picking up a new timed exclusive in the form of Serious Sam 4.
During the most recent Stadia Connect, Google showed off three new First on Stadia titles, including Embr, a game about firefighters being an app-based service instead of a public offering. I got a chance to play and review Embr over the weekend, and it’s genuinely a fun game with a few caveats from being an “Early Access” release.
The biggest thing Google Stadia still needs is games and, in good news for sports fans, PGA Tour 2K21 has been announced for the platform.
In what we initially believed to be a pricing mistake, Google Stadia has discounted NBA 2K20 by over 90% across Europe.
In 1997, Midway Games released the third title in their Doom series, fittingly titled Doom 64, as it was an exclusive for the Nintendo 64. More than 20 years later, Doom 64 has made a comeback with a new remake of nearly all platforms, including Google Stadia.
Google is following up the high from yesterday’s Stadia Connect event with a massive sale for Pro members, offering discounts on nine games including Final Fantasy XV, Darksiders Genesis, and Football Manager 2020. There are also some discounts offered for non-Pro members.
Update 5/5: Four more games, including DOOM Eternal, are now also on sale.
So far, Google Stadia’s cloud platform has been used mainly for online shooters or single-player adventures, but a few months into its life, the platform is adding new experiences for everyone to enjoy. For months, I’ve been waiting for Get Packed to arrive, and I’m happy to report that the game is just as good as I hoped. Let’s dig in.
After weeks of relentless teasing, one of Stadia’s most enticing exclusive titles has a launch date. Get Packed launches on Google Stadia today — here’s what you need to know.
One of the biggest complaints about Google Stadia for ages has been its lack of major games, but that is slowly starting to change. Today, Google has announced that EA titles are coming to Stadia and that starts with Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order last this year.
Today, Google held its first “Stadia Connect” event since the platform launched in November, unveiling and even releasing a ton of new games. Here’s a quick rundown of everything announced during the April 2020 Stadia Connect.
Google’s streaming platform has its fair share of multiplayer titles, with the free tier launch earlier this month greatly increasing the number of players. Stadia is adding PUBG and making the multiplayer shooter free for Stadia Pro customers today.
Earlier this month, Milestone Srl released Monster Energy Supercross 3 bringing the excitement of off-road motorcycling to Google Stadia. Today, Milestone is following that game up with MotoGP 20 a full motorcycle Grand Prix racing simulator, releasing on all platforms including Google Stadia on April 23.
