Ahead of the Cyberpunk 2077 release, Google has expanded the list of supported countries for their game streaming service called Stadia.
In the blog post update from Samuel Peterson who is the "Head of EMEA Business Development" at Stadia, they confirmed these newly supported countries: Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Switzerland. If you already have a Google and/or Gmail account - you're good to go. It may take up to 24 hours for it to all roll out fully though.
Stadia as a service is entirely free to sign up and use like you would any other store to buy games from. Plus there's the optional Stadia Pro subscription to get free games (currently about 33), 4K support and extra discounts at times. There's also now some free to play titles like Destiny 2 and Super Bomberman R Online with more to come. Once in, you can also grab Stadia Pro free for one month.
You can use the service on Stadia.com on Linux through a Chromium browser.
For new users I would suggest checking out the new Stadia exclusive Outcasters. I've ended up personally putting quite a few hours into it, as it's actually a huge amount of fun. Trailer is below:
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If you are trying it fresh, do let us know in the comments your thoughts on the experience.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
DamonLinuxPL Dec 7, 2020
Quoting: DamonLinuxPLIs any way to test Stadia for internet speed, pings, lags? Any free demo gamę available?The article clearly states there's two free to play titles.
https://old.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/comments/k8mynz/stadia_borderlands_3_ultimate_edition_1099_89/
By signing up for the Stadia Pro trial I was able to get BL3 Ultimate for ~$1 to keep.
I was also part of the Stadia beta ("Project S" at the tiem) so I know it works great for me (other than gobbling up my limited bandwidth) but YMMV.
Last edited by seamoose on 7 December 2020 at 10:27 pm UTC
hardpenguin Dec 7, 2020
Quote(...) they confirmed these newly supported countries: Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and SwitzerlandAw yiss 😎
UnixOutlaw Dec 8, 2020
I did... Doh!
Crap... BD3 on Linux via Stadia?
But still not enough to make me subscribe to a VPN service, and thanks again to the NBN for my sh!tty VDSL / NBN hybrid (mongrel bastard more like it) broadband connection - thanks Turnbull + Abbott (I'm paying for 50mpbs and lucky to get 28mpbs so no point subscribing to a 100 mbit plan).
Australia - a digital backwater...
Quoting: UnixOutlawDANG! Did any fellow Aussies see "Austria..." and at first misread it as Australia?
I did... Doh!
Crap... BD3 on Linux via Stadia?
But still not enough to make me subscribe to a VPN service, and thanks again to the NBN for my sh!tty VDSL / NBN hybrid (mongrel bastard more like it) broadband connection - thanks Turnbull + Abbott (I'm paying for 50mpbs and lucky to get 28mpbs so no point subscribing to a 100 mbit plan).
Australia - a digital backwater...
I get why the internet is expensive in Australia - a remote continent with sparse population. But it's also the third richest country in terms of overall natural resources. You'd think your government would heavily subsidize it to compenste and make high speed internet more accessible.
Last edited by mao_dze_dun on 8 December 2020 at 6:52 am UTC
But not all parts of the country are not so lucky to have this deal.
Quoting: seamooseIn case you're curious about Stadia, here's a great deal on Borderlands 3:
https://old.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/comments/k8mynz/stadia_borderlands_3_ultimate_edition_1099_89/
By signing up for the Stadia Pro trial I was able to get BL3 Ultimate for ~$1 to keep.
I was also part of the Stadia beta ("Project S" at the tiem) so I know it works great for me (other than gobbling up my limited bandwidth) but YMMV.
That is a great deal! I've trying out Destiny 2 the last week or so and I've been quite impressed. Not impressed enough to start using Stadia regularly though. But spending $1 on Borderlands 3 was too good to pass up, so I bought it. Thanks for bringing that up!
orochi_kyo Dec 8, 2020
A service only thinks in first for people who have first world level internet and for some reason wants to add a layer of lag to their gaming experience(guess it does not matter for a single-player game).
I found it kinda amusing people are surprised that private ISP seems to not think about investing in rural areas, it is quite clear they work for profits, no to satisfy coverture areas that aren't that profitable, Stadia is the same, they don't want to get to every gamer in the world, just the riches ones who live in cities with 100MB connections or more.
LOL, GOG articles became somehow scarce, GOG must feel like Taiwan when China started to "donate" money, or Occidental Sahara with Morocco.
BTW some Google services on Chromium are broken, lets see if Stadia joins the broken roster, then Google not giving a damn about it.
Last edited by orochi_kyo on 8 December 2020 at 10:30 pm UTC
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