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Stadia Loses Part of Key Staff to Jade Raymond's Team

Stadia Loses Part of Key Staff to Jade Raymond's Team

Google has parted ways with more employees overseeing Google Stadia. John Justice, vice president and head of product, has left the company's ranks, and a number of others have joined Haven Studios, founded by Jade Raymond.

video games

Jacob Blazewicz

May 5, 2021

Stadia Loses Part of Key Staff to Jade Raymond's Team
xCloud Exclusivity as Microsoft's Bargaining Chip for Reduced Profit Margin

xCloud Exclusivity as Microsoft's Bargaining Chip for Reduced Profit Margin

Thanks to the Epic Games vs. Apple court battle, we now know that Microsoft was planning to cut its 30% profit margin on Xbox game sales in exchange for exclusive streaming rights on xCloud. Those plans have been abandoned, at least for now.

video games

May 5, 2021

xCloud Exclusivity as Microsoft's Bargaining Chip for Reduced Profit Margin
Xbox Game Pass Streaming Will Let Us Play PC Games Too

Xbox Game Pass Streaming Will Let Us Play PC Games Too

Responding to an Internet user's question on Twitter, Phil Spencer - the head of Xbox - noted that PC games will sooner or later be available for xCloud streaming on Xbox Game Pass. For now, however, the priority is on console titles.

video games

Bart Swiatek

April 20, 2021

Xbox Game Pass Streaming Will Let Us Play PC Games Too
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Introduce Backward Compatibility on Android

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Introduce Backward Compatibility on Android

Microsoft has announced that from today the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate service enables us to play last-gen games, via backward compatibility and cloud, on mobile devices.

video games

Hubert Sledziewski

March 31, 2021

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Introduce Backward Compatibility on Android
Remote Play Together Beta Ends; Valve Announces Sale and Event on Steam

Remote Play Together Beta Ends; Valve Announces Sale and Event on Steam

Steam finished testing a new version of Remote Play Together. From now on, users can play selected titles with friends who do not have an account on Valve's platform. The company intends to celebrate the fact with a special sale and event.

video games

Jacob Blazewicz

March 23, 2021

Remote Play Together Beta Ends; Valve Announces Sale and Event on Steam
GeForce NOW Subscription Price Increase

GeForce NOW Subscription Price Increase

Nvidia informed that the GeForce NOW streaming platform has been around for over a year now. As a result, they have decided to replace the Founders subscription with a more expensive Priority subscription for new users.

hardware & software

Bart Swiatek

March 19, 2021

GeForce NOW Subscription Price Increase
EVE Anywhere Lets You Play Eve Online in Browser

EVE Anywhere Lets You Play Eve Online in Browser

The team at CCP Games launched the beta of EVE Anywhere, a streaming service that lets you play EVE Online in the browser.

video games

Adrian Werner

March 16, 2021

EVE Anywhere Lets You Play Eve Online in Browser
Xbox Will Run Steam and Epic Games Store Titles, Including Death Stranding

Xbox Will Run Steam and Epic Games Store Titles, Including Death Stranding

The new version of the Microsoft Edge browser for Xbox consoles will enable us to use platforms originally intended for PC, such as Steam and Epic Games Store.

video games

Karol Laska

March 9, 2021

Xbox Will Run Steam and Epic Games Store Titles, Including Death Stranding
Steam Remote Play Together Available to Everyone

Steam Remote Play Together Available to Everyone

A new update to the Steam platform has brought a full version of the Remote Play Together feature. This allows local multiplayer games to be played remotely.

video games

Przemyslaw Dygas

March 3, 2021

Steam Remote Play Together Available to Everyone
Microsoft Tests Full HD in xCloud

Microsoft Tests Full HD in xCloud

Microsoft plans to expand its xCloud streaming platform. The first screenshot showing the game running in Full HD has appeared online.

hardware & software

Adrian Piotrowski

March 1, 2021

Microsoft Tests Full HD in xCloud
Google Rumored to Have Canceled Several Emerging Stadia Games

Google Rumored to Have Canceled Several Emerging Stadia Games

Google has canceled a number of games over the past year that were due to appear on the Stadia streaming platform. Among them were Hideo Kojima's horror game, an action game by a former Ubisoft employee, and a sequel to Journey to the Savage Planet.

video games

Adrian Piotrowski

February 28, 2021

Google Rumored to Have Canceled Several Emerging Stadia Games
Failure of Google Stadia According to Former and Current Employees

Failure of Google Stadia According to Former and Current Employees

Lack of understanding of the industry, spending huge amounts of money on ports of major titles, and a rushed launch - these are a few reasons for the failure of Google's streaming platform Stadia as reported by several former and current employees of the company.

hardware & software

Adrian Piotrowski

February 27, 2021

Failure of Google Stadia According to Former and Current Employees
Steam Tests Option to Play Together Without an Account

Steam Tests Option to Play Together Without an Account

Valve has started testing a new Steam client. The beta enables us to check out an enhanced version of the Remote Play Together service, which lets us invite people without an account on the platform to play together.

video games

Jacob Blazewicz

February 25, 2021

Steam Tests Option to Play Together Without an Account
Google Cannot Fix a Bug in Its Own Stadia Game

Google Cannot Fix a Bug in Its Own Stadia Game

At the beginning of the month, a game called Journey to the Savage Planet was added to Google Stadia's offer, but a few days later a bug appeared in the game which made it impossible to continue playing. The bigger problem is that there is nobody who can fix it.

video games

Adrian Piotrowski

February 23, 2021

Google Cannot Fix a Bug in Its Own Stadia Game
Electronic Arts Patents Instant Game Launch Technology

Electronic Arts Patents Instant Game Launch Technology

Electronic Arts is working on a new technology to allow games to run instantly without having to download them first. It wants to use data streaming for this purpose.

video games

February 19, 2021

Electronic Arts Patents Instant Game Launch Technology
Google Blames ZeniMax Acquisition for Closure of Stadia's Devteams

Google Blames ZeniMax Acquisition for Closure of Stadia's Devteams

According to a recent report from Kotaku, the closure of studios developing games for Google Stadia could have been influenced by Microsoft's buying streak and recent acquisitions of ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks.

hardware & software

February 17, 2021

Google Blames ZeniMax Acquisition for Closure of Stadia's Devteams
Google Stadia Shuts Down In-house Studios to Pursue Other Goals

Google Stadia Shuts Down In-house Studios to Pursue Other Goals

Google has closed its two studios in Montreal and Los Angeles. Stadia will continue to offer streaming of games from other publishers, but will no longer receive any original productions, other than those already in development.

hardware & software

Adrian Piotrowski

February 2, 2021

Google Stadia Shuts Down In-house Studios to Pursue Other Goals
Stadia Pro With 30-minute Trial Without Our Credit Card Number

Stadia Pro With 30-minute Trial Without Our Credit Card Number

Google offers a half-hour trial version of the Stadia Pro subscription without requiring a credit card number. But does that make any sense?

hardware & software

Paul Musiolik

December 22, 2020

Stadia Pro With 30-minute Trial Without Our Credit Card Number
Stadia and GeForce NOW May Save Cyberpunk 2077 Players With Weak Hardware

Stadia and GeForce NOW May Save Cyberpunk 2077 Players With Weak Hardware

You're worried your hardware won't be able to handle Cyberpunk 2077? Google Stadia and GeForce NOW are here to help.

hardware & software

Tom Borys

December 10, 2020

Stadia and GeForce NOW May Save Cyberpunk 2077 Players With Weak Hardware
Cyberpunk 2077 Launch Schedule in GeForce NOW Revealed

Cyberpunk 2077 Launch Schedule in GeForce NOW Revealed

Collaboration between CD Projekt RED with Nvidia takes shape. Today it was announced that Cyberpunk 2077 will appear in GeForce NOW on the day of its release.

video games

Agnes Adamus

December 7, 2020

Cyberpunk 2077 Launch Schedule in GeForce NOW Revealed