Today Google did a new Stadia Connect video for their gaming service, which was pre-recorded due to the ongoing Coronavirus situation. Google confirmed a bunch more games coming including from EA, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is out now and more.
What is Stadia? Stadia is Google's game streaming service powered by Linux and Vulkan. You can play games in a Chromium browser on a Linux desktop. It's now open to everyone in the 14 supported countries, with two months of Stadia Pro free when you sign up.
That's right, as of now you can play PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on Linux in a web browser, and the icing on that particular cake is it's playable free with Stadia Pro - so uh, basically everyone who can access it has it. I've had a quick blast on it as soon as it was announced, and it works well. The graphical quality is clearly on the lower side though. Also, it's cross-platform online play too with consoles!
Also available now on Stadia are
- OCTOPATH TRAVELER
- Get Packed
Google also announced the games coming to Stadia Pro (free to claim) in May which will be:
- SteamWorld Heist
- The Turing Test
- Zombie Army 4
One of the bigger announcements today was also Crayta, a collaborative game-creation platform that will be an exclusive First on Stadia title - releasing this Summer. Check out the trailer:
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I think my kid is going to love that.
More confirmed upcoming games:
- Embr - an Early Access title - releasing May 21st.
- Orcs Must Die! 3 - releasing this Summer.
- Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break - releasing this June.
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - sometime this Autumn.
- Wavebreak - an exclusive First on Stadia title - releasing this Summer.
Plus multiple EA sports titles later in Winter 2020.
You can see the Stadia Connect video below:
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Google are really starting to bring in the big games now. I've long wanted to play PUBG, and now thanks to Stadia I can do so on all my Linux machines. Being able to play some huge games, right in a browser with no downloading needed is certainly a selling point and Stadia has become a regular platform for me because of the ease of use. As more big games appear, perhaps even more people will be won over by it.
If you wish to play games on Stadia, simply head over to the official site. They're also now using a feature they talked about before releasing, with an instant link (for PUBG) to send you into a game.
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Kimyrielle Apr 28, 2020
EA games ported to Linux? That's unusual for EA.
Well, it's not that they're publishing them for Linux desktops. It's still the same old EA, except that they can see profit in supporting Stadia, when they didn't see or didn't want to see any in supporting Linux desktops. Despite that for a company like EA, the costs for doing the ports would be barely noticeable.
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EA did support linux very little but it was browser games,then they went silent with it.well if this can be done then they can port games to linux.i would rather see that then i will believe there on board or even at least have the games work in proton.
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I thought most of the reason big companies don't want to support Linux is they don't want to deal with the support costs of a fragmented ecosystem.
Shipping software to a managed compute environment is easier, and I bet Google is probably handling the end user support. (Google might even have paid EA some to get them to provide games too)
Shipping software to a managed compute environment is easier, and I bet Google is probably handling the end user support. (Google might even have paid EA some to get them to provide games too)
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I thought most of the reason big companies don't want to support Linux is they don't want to deal with the support costs of a fragmented ecosystem.Two reasons
Shipping software to a managed compute environment is easier, and I bet Google is probably handling the end user support. (Google might even have paid EA some to get them to provide games too)
- Developers only target the hardware Google has, far less support costs
- Stadia has full backing from Google of course, and clearly already has a market - the Linux desktop basically has Valve and they're now focused on a compat layer
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It absolutely kills me that games like Destiny 2 and PUBG can now run on Linux, but I can't play them, except through Google's proprietary bandwidth hog.
Kills. Me.
I mean, great that people can benefit and play it. Especially until the end of May while it's still free. But I have zero interest in this model of gaming. And it hurts. It really hurts! :)
Kills. Me.
I mean, great that people can benefit and play it. Especially until the end of May while it's still free. But I have zero interest in this model of gaming. And it hurts. It really hurts! :)
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It absolutely kills me that games like Destiny 2 and PUBG can now run on Linux, but I can't play them, except through Google's proprietary bandwidth hog.To each their own. I've paid a flat fee each month, got a bunch of big games to play and now PUBG too and I can play them all basically anywhere and on Linux. It's pretty nice.
Kills. Me.
I mean, great that people can benefit and play it. Especially until the end of May while it's still free. But I have zero interest in this model of gaming. And it hurts. It really hurts! :)
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Mohandevir Apr 28, 2020
It absolutely kills me that games like Destiny 2 and PUBG can now run on Linux, but I can't play them, except through Google's proprietary bandwidth hog.To each their own. I've paid a flat fee each month, got a bunch of big games to play and now PUBG too and I can play them all basically anywhere and on Linux. It's pretty nice.
Kills. Me.
I mean, great that people can benefit and play it. Especially until the end of May while it's still free. But I have zero interest in this model of gaming. And it hurts. It really hurts! :)
Does it work with a Steam Controller?
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rustybroomhandle Apr 28, 2020
I'd rather the world's internet bandwitdh not be hogged by this shite.
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Yes. Any gamepad Chromium/Chrome picks up correctly should work.It absolutely kills me that games like Destiny 2 and PUBG can now run on Linux, but I can't play them, except through Google's proprietary bandwidth hog.To each their own. I've paid a flat fee each month, got a bunch of big games to play and now PUBG too and I can play them all basically anywhere and on Linux. It's pretty nice.
Kills. Me.
I mean, great that people can benefit and play it. Especially until the end of May while it's still free. But I have zero interest in this model of gaming. And it hurts. It really hurts! :)
Does it work with a Steam Controller?
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For whatever reason I get better input response (less lag) on PUBG than on Destiny, is actually surprisingly good, even with the mouse. That being said, is good that (on Stadia) the game is only cross-platform with consoles, no way to stand a chance against PC players.
The video quality is...not bad, I've seen worse. But...PUBG on Linux, that's pretty big, isn't it? How many times it was asked for?
Granted, yes, playing through Stadia is not exactly what "we" asked for, but is better than nothing I guess. Enough to scratch that itch if you really want it.
The video quality is...not bad, I've seen worse. But...PUBG on Linux, that's pretty big, isn't it? How many times it was asked for?
Granted, yes, playing through Stadia is not exactly what "we" asked for, but is better than nothing I guess. Enough to scratch that itch if you really want it.
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Mohandevir Apr 28, 2020
Yes. Any gamepad Chromium/Chrome picks up correctly should work.It absolutely kills me that games like Destiny 2 and PUBG can now run on Linux, but I can't play them, except through Google's proprietary bandwidth hog.To each their own. I've paid a flat fee each month, got a bunch of big games to play and now PUBG too and I can play them all basically anywhere and on Linux. It's pretty nice.
Kills. Me.
I mean, great that people can benefit and play it. Especially until the end of May while it's still free. But I have zero interest in this model of gaming. And it hurts. It really hurts! :)
Does it work with a Steam Controller?
Nice... I was in doubt since outside of Steam the SC defaults to K+M emulation. I was wondering if you need something like Kozec's driver?
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For whatever reason I get better input response (less lag) on PUBG than on Destiny, is actually surprisingly good, even with the mouse.
I noticed this too. It's very responsive, especially compared to D2.
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I thought most of the reason big companies don't want to support Linux is they don't want to deal with the support costs of a fragmented ecosystem.Two reasons
Shipping software to a managed compute environment is easier, and I bet Google is probably handling the end user support. (Google might even have paid EA some to get them to provide games too)
- Developers only target the hardware Google has, far less support costs
- Stadia has full backing from Google of course, and clearly already has a market - the Linux desktop basically has Valve and they're now focused on a compat layer
I can add a third one for games like PUBG:
No more anticheat software required.
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Gave stadia a quick check yesterday. Still a completely subpar experience for me, so I'm not even interested in trying the free stuff any more.
Edit: I find it somewhat amusing that so many UE4 games are making it to Stadia. Even though we know that the Vulkan (and all other non-DX11 renderers) are not exactly great performers. If Stadia would become bigger, they (whoever "they" may be) might actually be inclined to change that.
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Edit: I find it somewhat amusing that so many UE4 games are making it to Stadia. Even though we know that the Vulkan (and all other non-DX11 renderers) are not exactly great performers. If Stadia would become bigger, they (whoever "they" may be) might actually be inclined to change that.
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When Google introduces a option to Download the games not just streaming i might consider using it.Not sure how this would work. Since they have and use Linux builds, the option to download the game would mean nothing to the vast majority of their users. And even for us, those exact Linux builds might not work at all.
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What is required to get up and running with Stadia for this? I do not own credit cards and I don't put my payment information online. Can I sign up with a gift card that some $ on it?
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What? PUPG natively on Linux? Without Easy Anticheat, as you cannot cheat on Stadia? Or how does that work? I mean if you connect to the PUPG servers, they are checking if the client runs EAC, aren't they? Maybe the Linux native EAC client.
But the PUBP devs already said, no native Linux support, at least not for end users... so I guess they won't release it on Steam.
But the PUBP devs already said, no native Linux support, at least not for end users... so I guess they won't release it on Steam.
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What is required to get up and running with Stadia for this? I do not own credit cards and I don't put my payment information online. Can I sign up with a gift card that some $ on it?
Nothing actually. I never gave any payment information and have never given any to Google in the past either.
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What? PUPG natively on Linux? Without Easy Anticheat, as you cannot cheat on Stadia? Or how does that work? I mean if you connect to the PUPG servers, they are checking if the client runs EAC, aren't they? Maybe the Linux native EAC client.
But the PUBP devs already said, no native Linux support, at least not for end users... so I guess they won't release it on Steam.
They probably just exempt all the clients connecting from Google servers’ network from the anticheat check. Or all clients with some secret key that is present only in the Stadia builds. Or something like that. Anyway, I would guess that the Stadia clients don’t have any client-side anticheat software and the PUBG servers just let Stadia clients, and only Stadia clients, connect without it.
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