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Five 'Project Stream' stories October 2018 - March 2019

Everything we know about the Google GDC game streaming service announcement

Abner Li Mar 18 2019 - 4:34 pm PT

The first rumors of a Google game streaming service and related hardware emerged last February. In subsequent months, notable hires from across the industry indicated that the Mountain View company was heavily investing in the space. Project Stream in October all but confirmed that a consumer product was inbound, and Google is tomorrow expected to announce the service at GDC 2019. Here’s what we know…

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Source: Google plans to announce long-rumored ‘Yeti’ hardware at GDC event

Abner Li Feb 21 2019 - 4:25 pm PT

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On Tuesday, Google announced a mysterious keynote at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on March 19th. The event comes as the Project Stream beta of a AAA console title ended in January, and amid the year-long rumors of Project Yeti. We can now confirm that Google plans to announce gaming hardware next month.

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Google’s Project Stream test trial of ‘Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’ has ended

Abner Li Jan 21 2019 - 2:02 pm PT

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With Project Stream, Google hopes to leverage its extensive cloud backend to enter the game streaming market. It opened its first trial last October with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, but the experiment has now come to a close.

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Google rolling out first Project Stream invites for console gaming right in Chrome

Abner Li Oct 7 2018 - 3:56 pm PT

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Earlier this week, Google announced Project Stream as a “technical test” to solve the hardest problems associated with making AAA console titles playable right in desktop Chrome. This evening, Google is beginning to roll out the first Project Stream invites to users.

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Google’s Project Stream will let you play ‘Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’ in Chrome

Abner Li Oct 1 2018 - 10:48 am PT

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Earlier this year, Google and Ubisoft announced a game server hosting project, while Google Cloud has also been working to power multi-player gaming experiences. With Project Stream, Google will make Assassin’s Creed Odyssey playable right from desktop Chrome starting later this week.

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