Google Stadia: Everything you need to know

After announcing platform-exclusive features in two new games today, Google Stadia is quietly adding another new feature. Starting today with one title, Google Stadia is adding support for free trials to games and it doesn’t even require a Stadia account.

Google is shifting “This Week on Stadia” to a slower release cadence, while also adding some Stadia-exclusive features to Doom Eternal and Serious Sam 4.

Ahead of its launch, Ubisoft’s Riders Republic is now running a free trial on Google Stadia amid the huge story that AT&T is using Stadia tech to power its own cloud-gaming experience.

We’re quickly approaching the second anniversary of Google Stadia’s launch, and the service has grown a fair bit in the time since. Over 200 games are now supported, a lot of promised features have made a debut in one way or another, and against all odds, the service still exists. However, as time goes on, Stadia’s few advantages are quickly drying up, especially as competitors beat Google to the punch with hardware upgrades under the hood.

AT&T is working with Warner Bros to offer a streaming version of Batman: Arkham Knight, powered by Stadia’s streaming technology.

Stadia 3.38 has begun rolling out to Android devices via the Play Store, and in it, we’ve found “playability tips” to help improve your connection, along with a hint at deeper support for the Stadia Controller in the Android TV app.

Following the AAA launch of Far Cry 6 last week, Stadia had a quiet few days. But now Stadia has gained a new bulk edit feature for deleting screen captures and the release date for two new games.

Earlier this year, Stadia debuted a new method of playing cloud games on Android by passing your touchscreen presses through to the game. Now this “direct touch” control scheme is coming to Stadia’s iOS app.

Google Stadia picked up three new games this week with the promise of more on the way. Meanwhile, the originally Stadia-exclusive Orcs Must Die 3 announced its next expansion, “Cold as Eyes,” is coming next month.

Ubisoft is launching its next AAA title on Google Stadia tomorrow, October 7. Far Cry 6 will follow a revolution against an oppressive rule, and players will be able to enjoy co-op on Google Stadia with support for Stream Connect.

Google Stadia has debuted its new games for October 2021, including the formal arrival fo FIFA 22 and the long-awaited debut of Mafia 3.

October 2021 sees Google add five Stadia Pro games in only a slight decrease from last month’s particularly notable collection.

The latest promotion from Google Stadia offers a free Chromecast Ultra and Stadia Controller with the purchase of any $59.99 game from the streaming service.

Since Stadia launched in late 2019, the Android app has been the farthest behind in its playability, simply because it lacked the ability to talk with friends and strangers via voice and party chat. Today, that’s changed.