Google Stadia: Everything you need to know

While Google shared a great deal about their upcoming game streaming service at the Stadia Connect last month, many still had outstanding queries. Earlier today, Google Stadia’s director of product, Andrey Doronichev, took to Reddit to answer all of our burning questions. Thanks to this rapid-fire Q&A session, we now know a good bit more about the nitty-gritty details of Google Stadia, such as how Stadia Pro’s free games actually work — it’s not like Netflix — and when we should expect the next Stadia Connect.

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Google today hosted its first Stadia AMA on Reddit today and revealed a slew of new information about the game streaming service. We learned that the Stadia Controller will eventually get Bluetooth audio, and must be on the same Wi-Fi network as the game “screen.”

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Google last month announced Stadia pricing, launch titles, and other details about how the streaming service works. An update to the official Stadia FAQ on July 3rd reveals even more about the Controller, local multiplayer, and how to redeem later this year.

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This month’s Stadia Connect revealed pricing for the November launch, games, and more about how the streaming service works. In interviews this week, Google’s Phil Harrison touched on Stadia data caps and no further betas, as well as game pricing and availability.

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When Google opened up pre-orders earlier this month, the Stadia Founder’s Edition was the only way to purchase additional Stadia Controllers. The Made by Google controller can now be purchased directly from the Google Store.

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During the first ever Stadia Connect earlier this month, we learned about the many multiplayer games we’ll be able to enjoy on Google Stadia. Developers from Bungie, the creators of Destiny 2, have addressed fans’ concerns over potential for input lag when playing a competitive multiplayer game like Destiny 2 on Google Stadia.

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Google Stadia has a fairly solid launch lineup of big titles, but that’s going to get a big upgrade in 2020. During its E3 press conference, Ubisoft confirmed that its Uplay+ subscription service will be coming to Google Stadia in 2020, bringing over 100 games with it.

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Google Stadia isn’t launching til November, but there are going to be quite a few big titles coming to the platform. With E3 going on, we’re learning of more big titles coming out. Here are the biggest titles from E3 2019 that are confirmed for Google Stadia, along with those getting new content when they hit the platform.

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While Google does not have a show floor presence at the gaming conference, Stadia head Phil Harrison did sit down for his “only E3 interview” on Sunday. He addressed the perpetual fear that Google kills products, while also detailing features like multiplayer and additional publisher subscriptions.

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Game streaming is a weird idea when you really think about it, but it’s going to be a big deal with powerhouses such as Google Stadia entering the ring. At E3 2019, Bethesda showed off a new technology called “Orion,” and it could have implications for how fast services like Stadia are.

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Cloud-based gaming is a pretty radical change for the industry, and potentially in a really great way. Google is taking a huge leap with its Stadia service, but there’s been a lot of confusion with how pricing and the Pro tier works, and that’s got many thinking there’s no value. Here’s what you need to know about Google Stadia Pro and how its pricing actually works.

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During yesterday’s Stadia Connect, Google gave us all the details on the best parts of Stadia, namely the games available, the pricing, and the variety of platforms you can play on. What they, of course, didn’t talk about are all the potential threats to Stadia taking off in the long-term, like cross-play availability, the competition, and even Google themselves.

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While we got our first look at the library of games and the pricing model for Google Stadia during today’s Connect livestream, there are still a lot of questions about the platform. Here are a few bits of information you might have missed about Google Stadia and its Pro subscription.

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During the Stadia Connect event, many of the juicy details of the streaming service’s launch were revealed, including the platforms and the now-known 14 countries Stadia will launch in. Unfortunately, Google has confirmed that not all of the United States will not be receiving Stadia, with Hawaii being left out of the fun at launch.

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Today’s first Google Stadia Connect livestream brought a lot of new information about the forthcoming game streaming service and hardware, and you can find everything we now know about Stadia below — pricing, availability, and more…

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Today’s Google Stadia Connect livestream revealed a ton of details we were curious about with the platform, including how much it’ll cost. One thing that wasn’t highlighted, though, is the free “Stadia Base” option that will be launching sometime in 2020.

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Google Stadia has officially revealed its pricing, release date, and library of launch games during a livestream today. There are some huge titles coming, but one game that Google briefly showed off for Stadia was Get Packed, and it’s coming in 2020 as the platform’s first exclusive.

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