Time for another little roundup of what's going on with Google Stadia lately.
Missed our first impressions of Stadia? Check them out here.
First up we have a delay, with Marvel's Avengers that was due to release in May being pushed back until September. According to Crystal Dynamics, they said this is to "spend this additional development time focusing on fine tuning and polishing the game to the high standards our fans expect and deserve"—fair enough. It's expected to release on Stadia at the same time as other platforms.
More exciting though: id Software and Bethesda have confirmed that DOOM Eternal is releasing on March 20 and it will be available on Stadia for easy access. See the trailer below, looks absolutely insane:
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Something also interesting is that Anna Kipnis, a Senior Prototyper & Game Designer at Google (who is also on the Stadia Star Labs research team), will be doing a talk at GDC 2020 in March titled "Machine Learning Summit: Creating Game AI by Using Mostly English, with Semantic ML". This is a feature Google are hoping to pull into Stadia, to have more interesting/smarter AI.
What other games should be coming to Stadia this year? Here's a few:
- Baldur's Gate 3 (not entirely clear if this year)
- Cyberpunk 2077
- DOOM
- Destroy All Humans!
- Gods and Monsters
- Monster Energy Supercross 3
- SUPERHOT
- The Crew 2
- Tom Clancy's The Division 2
- Watch Dogs: Legion
- Windjammers 2
Stadia's biggest test is still ahead, with the wider release of the Stadia Base account sometime early this year. Currently only people who've purchased the Founders (and their Buddy Pass invites) or Premier edition have access. When Stadia Base launches, anyone across Linux (and macOS/Windows) will be able to load up Chromium and play games on it.
It's closing in though, Google have started tested Stadia on non-Pixel mobile devices which is likely one of the big things holding it up. Once that's sorted, Stadia Base probably won't be too far away. Once there is a date, we'll let you know.
Quoting: TheRiddickIf only Stadia's business model wasn't so toxic and void of any value to the end user. There are better and cheaper options!
Like buying a gaming PC?
I'd be interested in that calculation...
Quoting: subQuoting: leillo1975GamingOnStadia...
But Steamplay/Proton/DX*K is okay for you?
I edited the post. It was only a joke. Stadia plattform works on Linux without problems, and is based on Linux and Vulkan. I apologize if this has not been properly understood
Quoting: EikeQuoting: TheRiddickIf only Stadia's business model wasn't so toxic and void of any value to the end user. There are better and cheaper options!
Like buying a gaming PC?
I'd be interested in that calculation...
Comparing a tangible physical object that doesn't need the internet, and someone can't just decide to take it off you at any point in time. Nice...
A PC has endless value to a user, regardless of whatever ridiculous price they pay for one.
(although I'd argue Apple Mac's are indeed a ripoff and of any questionable value, because you can build a same spec PC for much cheaper)
Quoting: TheRiddick
I'm missing numbers in your post.
You were talking about "cheaper", which is all about comparing numbers.
Quoting: TheRiddickThere is more to value then simple monetary cost...
Having my own PC is of high value to me, too. But we have to be clear about the arguments: My bet is (I didn't calculate either) that Stadia is cheaper, and by a large margin, if you don't have special other needs (video editing or whatever). It's to me like saying "Linux is better in every respect!" It's not, it's just the better system for me and my needs.
Quoting: TobyGornowI would hate a Google stadia exclusivity as much as an Epic exclusivity.
Yep, totally. Exclusivity approach is disgusting. Most games don't seem to be exclusive there though. The problem is, that many of them still don't come out for desktop Linux.
Last edited by Shmerl on 15 January 2020 at 5:12 pm UTC
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