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.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Mohandevir Apr 29, 2020
Tried it yesterday with my Steam controller... It works well, as a K+M, but I didn't try with SC-Controller driver. Still, since I'm not a a fan of Online PvP shooters, there is not much games, in the Pro subscription, that got my interrest. Played a little of SteamWorld Quest... Nice game with great performances (no lag, stutter or stream degradations). Didn't try the hardware decoding tricks though. Wanted to see what it was like, with the ootb chromium experience. Quite a positive one, for my specific use case (wired ethernet connexion, on Ryzen 3600).
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Mohandevir Apr 29, 2020
Just a vague idea.. Could be nice if someone was able to create a Stadia dedicated app that uses Chromium in kiosk mode with all the tweaks... But I'm probably talking through my hat.
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Quoting: MohandevirJust a vague idea.. Could be nice if someone was able to create a Stadia dedicated app that uses Chromium in kiosk mode with all the tweaks... But I'm probably talking through my hat.
Already happened as an electron app. However, electron does not support extensions, which means no Stadia+.
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@Mohandevir
Give Destiny a chance though. I also don't care about PvP, but Destiny also has a campaign, a great story to follow.
Is true that is somewhat buried into all that PvP crap and diluted by tons of boring mindless quests (bring me 10 of these and 5 of that, kill 12 robot dudes etc) but eventually you'll learn to avoid the PvP stuff and stick to the awesome part.
There's tons of fantastic places to discover and explore, some beautiful, some horrible and is basically a huge world of planets filled with mysteries of all kind, magic and science combined.
I just finished the main story (or I think I did?) and now choose my quests carefully, I only fully explored Io and some other planets partially, and there's still a lot of adventures in front of me.
I still participate in some public events from time to time, but is just basically what I would describe as "sterile fun". You just disconnect your brain and push buttons on your gamepad.
Give Destiny a chance though. I also don't care about PvP, but Destiny also has a campaign, a great story to follow.
Is true that is somewhat buried into all that PvP crap and diluted by tons of boring mindless quests (bring me 10 of these and 5 of that, kill 12 robot dudes etc) but eventually you'll learn to avoid the PvP stuff and stick to the awesome part.
There's tons of fantastic places to discover and explore, some beautiful, some horrible and is basically a huge world of planets filled with mysteries of all kind, magic and science combined.
I just finished the main story (or I think I did?) and now choose my quests carefully, I only fully explored Io and some other planets partially, and there's still a lot of adventures in front of me.
I still participate in some public events from time to time, but is just basically what I would describe as "sterile fun". You just disconnect your brain and push buttons on your gamepad.
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Mohandevir Apr 29, 2020
Quoting: dubigrasu...Destiny also has a campaign, a great story to follow.
Didn't know about that. Except for the name and the fact that it's an online shooter, I didn't know much about Destiny, anyway. The fact that there is no Linux desktop build is enough for me to block out all knowledge of a game from my mind. Destiny fell into that category, up until now...
I'll give it a chance then. Thanks for your insight.
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Mohandevir Apr 29, 2020
What could tip the balance, for me, being a Canadian/Habs hockey fan... EA Sports NHL... That's the only reason I could consider keeping an active account on Stadia and sports ips are lacking a lot on PC, in general and even more on Steam.
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Quoting: MohandevirWhat could tip the balance, for me, being a Canadian/Habs hockey fan... EA Sports NHL... That's the only reason I could consider keeping an active account on Stadia and sports ips are lacking a lot on PC, in general and even more on Steam.A fellow Canuck, eh? I lived in Montreal for just a few years when I was a kid--it would have been 1970-77 or so. The Canadiens were winning and winning, it was a great time to be a Montrealais. Now I live in Vancouver, and the Canucks lose and lose. Or sometimes they do really well but crap out at the last minute. I've kinda given up.
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So, EA games are running on Linux machines, but not in ours.
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Mohandevir Apr 29, 2020
Quoting: Purple Library GuyQuoting: MohandevirWhat could tip the balance, for me, being a Canadian/Habs hockey fan... EA Sports NHL... That's the only reason I could consider keeping an active account on Stadia and sports ips are lacking a lot on PC, in general and even more on Steam.A fellow Canuck, eh? I lived in Montreal for just a few years when I was a kid--it would have been 1970-77 or so. The Canadiens were winning and winning, it was a great time to be a Montrealais. Now I live in Vancouver, and the Canucks lose and lose. Or sometimes they do really well but crap out at the last minute. I've kinda given up.
Yeah! Sad for the Canucks... I was playing NHL 92' or 93' (not sure) running it on a 486 DX2 66... Bure-Ronning-Courtnall and later Mogilny. Linden, Jeff Brown, Dan Ratushny (who was totally overrated in the game) Kirk McLean and Kay Whitmore... I forget many more... It's the first team I completed a season and playoffs with.
Personnally I began following the Habs after the 86' Stanley Cup... "Le Petit Viking" (Mats Naslund) being my favorite player. Actually it's not a lot more glorious, in Montreal. The team as been doing really bad, in the last years. Excluded from the playoffs for 4 years out of 5... Nothing to boast about.
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Quoting: MohandevirI have few concrete memories from that young, but one is a Canadiens playoff game. The action's at the opposing team's goal, it's been fast and furious and everyone's down or sprawling including the goalie and the puck is dribbling away. Guy Lafleur is pretty much down on his face and the puck is actually behind him, he gets up to about his knees while spinning, I swear without even looking, and one-times it straight into the goal, all in one motion. It's like he was using the frigging Force, nobody could believe it. Been a Guy Lafleur fan ever since.Quoting: Purple Library GuyQuoting: MohandevirWhat could tip the balance, for me, being a Canadian/Habs hockey fan... EA Sports NHL... That's the only reason I could consider keeping an active account on Stadia and sports ips are lacking a lot on PC, in general and even more on Steam.A fellow Canuck, eh? I lived in Montreal for just a few years when I was a kid--it would have been 1970-77 or so. The Canadiens were winning and winning, it was a great time to be a Montrealais. Now I live in Vancouver, and the Canucks lose and lose. Or sometimes they do really well but crap out at the last minute. I've kinda given up.
Yeah! Sad for the Canucks... I was playing NHL 92' or 93' (not sure) running it on a 486 DX2 66... Bure-Ronning-Courtnall and later Mogilny. Linden, Jeff Brown, Dan Ratushny (who was totally overrated in the game) Kirk McLean and Kay Whitmore... I forget many more... It's the first team I completed a season and playoffs with.
Personnally I began following the Habs after the 86' Stanley Cup... "Le Petit Viking" (Mats Naslund) being my favorite player. Actually it's not a lot more glorious, in Montreal. The team as been doing really bad, in the last years. Excluded from the playoffs for 4 years out of 5... Nothing to boast about.
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