Today, Google went back to YouTube to show off an impressive list of games coming to their Stadia game streaming service, which we already know is powered by Debian Linux and Vulkan.
As a reminder, Google said not to see Stadia as if it was the "Netflix of games", as it's clearly not. Stadia Base requires you to buy all your games as normal, with Stadia Pro ($9.99 monthly) giving you a trickle of free games to access on top of 4K and surround sound support.
Focusing on some newly announced games that will be coming to Stadia, along with fresh trailers for previously announced titles, today's Connect event packed quite the punch. Here's some more titles that were mentioned:
- Attack on Titan 2 Final Battle - Omega Force
- Borderlands 3 - Gearbox
- Cyberpunk 2077 - CD Projekt
- DOOM Eternal - id Software
- Darksiders Genesis - Airship Syndicate
- Destroy All Humans! (remake) - THQ Nordic
- Farming Simulator 19 Platinum Edition - Giants Software
- GRID - Codemasters
- Gods and Monsters - Ubisoft
- Kine - Gwen Frey
- Mortal Kombat 11 - NetherRealm Studios
- Orcs Must Die 3 - Robot Entertainment
- SUPERHOT + SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE - SUPERHOT Team
- Samurai Showdown - SNK
- The Elder Scrolls Online - ZeniMax Online Studios
- Watch Dogs Legion - Ubisoft
- Windjammers 2 - DotEmu
You can see the cut-down recap below:
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Or if you prefer it, the full 40 minute presentation is available here.
Stadia is going to launch in November, with access being granted to around 14 countries. Currently, the only way to actually get in is to purchase the Founder's Edition with everyone else getting access next year. The Founder's Edition comes with a Chromecast Ultra, three months Stadia Plus, an exclusive Night Blue Stadia Controller and more. It's not cheap though, at around $129/£119.
How do you feel about Stadia currently, will you be giving it a go? Since it will work on Linux in any Chrome browser, I remain quite interested to try it out even if I have plenty of reservations about the service itself. Either way, it's yet another way to play AAA titles on Linux.
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I came here to say that they won't release the games to Linux, but...
... this does sound like they might have to.
Do we know if we can buy them from Google (so there's no need for a public release)?
Stadia Base requires you to buy all your games as normal
... this does sound like they might have to.
Do we know if we can buy them from Google (so there's no need for a public release)?
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Happy for devs to have more outlets to sell their games, but exclusive games like Orcs Must Die 3 won't be played by me. Nope. Not gonna happen.
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Interesting to see BL3 up there, so there must be a working Linux version! Hopefully it sees its way to Linux proper after the 'Epic exclusive' bollocks expires.
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Interesting to see BL3 up there, so there must be a working Linux version! Hopefully it sees its way to Linux proper after the 'Epic exclusive' bollocks expires.
At least BL3 is built on UE4, so as long as they didn't make any exceptionally poor choices, it should port to Vulkan. I'm more surprised by things like Cyberpunk 2077 which is not an engine that was associated with Vulkan before. Which means quite a few big proprietary engines have already included Vulkan support.
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ElectricPrism 19 Aug 2019
I hope Cyberpunk 2077 offers their Vulkan layer on Windows, at least then Proton could run it really well on Linux out of box.
Otherwise, I think someone should poke them with a sticksaying "Since it's already on Google Stadia (Linux) can we please have it on Steam Linux -- shouldn't be any different or require any different human resources."
Otherwise, I think someone should poke them with a sticksaying "Since it's already on Google Stadia (Linux) can we please have it on Steam Linux -- shouldn't be any different or require any different human resources."
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I came here to say that they won't release the games to Linux, but...AFAIK you’re just buying streaming licenses from Google. Not actual software as you seem to be inferring.
Stadia Base requires you to buy all your games as normal
... this does sound like they might have to.
Do we know if we can buy them from Google (so there's no need for a public release)?
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legluondunet 19 Aug 2019
I don't think all this games have suddenly Linux native port.
Google should use a wine clone like Valve already does with Proton?
Google should use a wine clone like Valve already does with Proton?
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Sir_Diealot 19 Aug 2019
No interest in the lineup or Stadia, but maybe Cyberpunk 2077 will get a proper Linux release. Yeah right, as if.
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Unsurprisingly, nothing in there that interests me. Just the same old action games, shooters and RPGs, which is probably the main niche they appeal to. I was wondering if maybe they would put in Total War Three Kingdoms or something similar - a game that is graphics card intensive enough to benefit from it, and popular at it, but nope. Not that I would be able to take advantage anyway, as 1) it won't be available on my country and 2) my internet is barely good enough for online multiplayer, let alone play-streaming and 3) I am not exactly supportive of the whole thing.
Now let's see if all those games get actual desktop Linux releases or if developers will all go "if you use Linux you can just play using Stadia". I find it doubtful, but we can hope.
Now let's see if all those games get actual desktop Linux releases or if developers will all go "if you use Linux you can just play using Stadia". I find it doubtful, but we can hope.
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I don't think all this games have suddenly Linux native port.
Google should use a wine clone like Valve already does with Proton?
Not sure if this would be enough as some porting should be required for input and whatnot.
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I honestly thought Stadia was just a glorified Steam Link that worked over the internet? So while the box you buy might be Linux-based, I always assumed there would simply be a farm of PCs running Windows in a datacentre somewhere and you tapped into that resource to place your game.
It feels like an ecological nightmare to be honest. And the implications for bandwidth are horrific.
No support for this from me. I realise that I'm not their target demographic, but... nope. No interest.
Edit: Ecological piece seems pretty legit actually: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Stadia/comments/cjivzb/for_those_wondering_if_googles_stadia_will_impact]
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It feels like an ecological nightmare to be honest. And the implications for bandwidth are horrific.
No support for this from me. I realise that I'm not their target demographic, but... nope. No interest.
Edit: Ecological piece seems pretty legit actually: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Stadia/comments/cjivzb/for_those_wondering_if_googles_stadia_will_impact]
Last edited by scaine on 19 Aug 2019 at 7:26 pm UTC
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I honestly thought Stadia was just a glorified Steam Link that worked over the internet? So while the box you buy might be Linux-based, I always assumed there would simply be a farm of PCs running Windows in a datacentre somewhere and you tapped into that resource to place your game.
It feels like an ecological nightmare to be honest. And the implications for bandwidth are horrific.
No support for this from me. I realise that I'm not their target demographic, but... nope. No interest.
Edit: Ecological piece seems pretty legit actually: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Stadia/comments/cjivzb/for_those_wondering_if_googles_stadia_will_impact]
The stadia server farm is confirmed to run on linux and all games will use vulkan
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For those who still don't believe Stadia as a whole is running on Linux: https://stadia.dev/about/
Mentions it all there pretty clearly.
Mentions it all there pretty clearly.
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apocalyptech 19 Aug 2019
Definitely zero interest in actually using Stadia over here, but like the rest of y'all I'm hoping that it'll end up leading to more "official" native ports getting released. There's obviously a world of difference between coding for one specific well-defined platform (Stadia) than it is to put something out on a public storefront, where you'll have to contend with users attempting to run your game on all manner of distros and hardware, but I can't imagine that it won't lower the bar for companies to think, "huh, maybe we should do a little more polish and release this officially."
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This raises more questions for me. Let's say I already own a copy of Elder Scrolls Online. Can I just log into Stadia and start playing, or will it require a separate copy? Also, if I buy Cyberpunk 2077 on Stadia, will that also give me access to a downloadable copy through GOG or some other store?
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EagleDelta 19 Aug 2019
I came here to say that they won't release the games to Linux, but...AFAIK you’re just buying streaming licenses from Google. Not actual software as you seem to be inferring.
Stadia Base requires you to buy all your games as normal
... this does sound like they might have to.
Do we know if we can buy them from Google (so there's no need for a public release)?
Unfortunately, the way most software/gaming/media vendors see it today, you only buy licenses to use their product. So, unless you have physical media and an unconnected blu-ray player, your access to the license can be revoked at any time. Stadia doesn't change this at all.
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This raises more questions for me. Let's say I already own a copy of Elder Scrolls Online. Can I just log into Stadia and start playing, or will it require a separate copy? Also, if I buy Cyberpunk 2077 on Stadia, will that also give me access to a downloadable copy through GOG or some other store?
Nope to Cyberpunkt. Elder Scrolls Online might work, depending on what deal Bethesda made with Google.
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Afair from the previous presentation at least DOOM Eternal was ported natively to Stadia (Linux). I wonder if it will be available for Linux outside of Stadia.
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We might have a chance to see Borderlands 3 and Destroy All Humans on Linux finally ? But I highly doubt we'll get the other as Zenimax and CDPR are not Linux friendly.
At least Stadia will force these studio to have Linux developers, to develop for Linux (Debian+Vulkan), and learn how to release on Linux.
I find it unbelievable that one-person studios like SupraGames (Supraland) can manage to have a working port but big AAA studio can not. Would it be that these one-person studio are actually be made of skilled devs while big studio are only composed of juniors?
At least Stadia will force these studio to have Linux developers, to develop for Linux (Debian+Vulkan), and learn how to release on Linux.
I find it unbelievable that one-person studios like SupraGames (Supraland) can manage to have a working port but big AAA studio can not. Would it be that these one-person studio are actually be made of skilled devs while big studio are only composed of juniors?
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