Google Stadia

Any sign of a preorder link for Saints Row on Stadia yet?

Stadia PRO Games for September Announced - https://community.stadia.com/t5/Stadia-Community-Blog/This-Week-on-Stadia-Back-to-School-Back-to-Games/ba-p/82023

Yars Recharged

Overcooked! All You Can Eat

Spiritfarer

Tri6:Infinite

PJ Masks: Heroes of the Night

Really only interested in Overcooked, Spiritfarer and Tri6:Infinite, young lad will probably get a kick out of PJ Masks.

Also, was great to see Dead Island 2 announced as coming to the platform in Feb 2023, nice get.

I think min is 10mb for standard and 40mb for 4k. But I'd still like some buffer. 100 is nice, 400 is looaaads 😂.

It's a great option, especially when you see PS5 is now gone up to €550. And Stadia is essentially free if you have a controller and a chrome browser.

FIFA 23 is out in a few weeks too and it's on par with the other gen 5 consoles and has cross play so no worries about audience size. Could be a big boost for the platform.

If you have the white Chromecast with Google TV. Then yes.

If you have the little black Chromecast then it should be built in.

I've used stadia on WiFi before and it's been great, just make sure you are connected to the 5ghz band rather than the 2.4ghz band. Makes a big difference. Ethernet is obviously better but might tide you over until you get the ethernet plug delivered.

I'd still recommend a wired connection for any game streaming service, where possible.

WiFi is just a radio signal and subject to lots of interference.

Grand job so, enjoy 😁

None, the Chromecast (white) was late getting stadia support but it works the same. I think it might be a bit better.

The main difference is that the white one has a remote and an interface so it's easier to set up. I found the Ultra a pain to do with the phone. Plus you can put all your other apps like IPTV and Netflix directly onto it.

I have a Sony Bravia Google TV 2021 model myself and find Stadia so good on it. Choose the app, pair the controller and 30 seconds later you are playing. The picture and sound quality are outstanding. I still find it amazing, the technology and development required to deliver this in the background must be immense.

That said, we have an old Chromecast Ultra on TV in play room which the 5 year old uses to play Spongebob and have never had any issue with it either, albeit it's a bit more fiddly to use and definitely more difficult to initially set up.

With more TV manufacturers including the Stadia app as standard it should lead to a dropoff in use of the CC Ultra and CCWGTV.

What are people on here playing at the moment? I've been playing Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, had it in my backlog for ages and busting through it now. Solid game. Dipping in and out of the Pro games for this month also.

this seems to indicate that the knock offs might work to just plug it into the USB slot. And the PS4 one via the TV's bluetooth. There is also the option of connecting the controller to your phone and using it's wi-fi to play.

Few free to play options like Destiny 2 that don't need to subs.

Ubisoft+ has a free month from today to the 10th October. Loads of games on stadia. Just make sure you select the PC + Cloud option on the site.

And cancel after if you don't want to be charged in 30 days.

Open the stadia app, click your profile in the top right and select ubisoft+ option then follow the steps.

Aaaaaaaand it's gone.

Google doing what Google does and they're shutting down all Stadia services in January - https://blog.google/products/stadia/message-on-stadia-streaming-strategy/

It's a real shame because they technology is there but Google never gave it a chance. Trying to launch a brand new gaming service that would be open and available to anyone with a screen and then never bothering to advertise or let people outside of the gaming scene even know it exists.

Still I got a free Chromecast out of it and they are refunding people for their hardware and software purchases. I guess the **** thing is that almost everyone predicted this.

FECK !

good point is they will be refuding purchased games and hardware.

I'll be sad to to see it closed down but not exactly a shock given the way things have gone over the last 18 months.

I never subscribed to Pro, but bought a games & controllers so I wont be out of pocket. Can't really complain about having free gaming for the last 2 years.

A lot of peeps out there also bought a few controllerscheap and sold for them a tidy profit, so they will actually have been paid to game!

As @super_furry posted, having a couple of free Chromecasts isnt to shabby also!

Yes - but is limited. Im sure there will be some hacks to follow in time.