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'A Really Stupid Deal': Larian Studios Reflects On Google's Stadia Misstep, Team Joyous Over No More Baldur's Gate 3
Friday, March 22, 2024 - 4:22pm | 646Larian Studios will not produce any downloadable content (DLC), expansions, or sequels for the acclaimed RPG. That's according to Larian's Swen Vincke, director of Baldur's Gate 3. Despite winning another Game of the Year award, Vincke disclosed to IGN at the Game Developers Conference...
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Microsoft's Cloud Gaming Aspirations Revealed In Internal Email Leak
Monday, September 18, 2023 - 2:43pm | 529Internal emails from the FTC v. Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) case revealed Microsoft planned to stream PC games over the cloud. While Xbox Cloud Gaming currently streams Xbox titles, Microsoft aimed to use its Azure servers to enable the streaming of native PC games, The Verge...
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Tech Setbacks: Elon Musk's Twitter To Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, What Left Us Dumbstruck In 2022
Friday, December 30, 2022 - 8:07am | 898Technology has made rapid advancements but at times, there have been big failures as well. The year 2022 was no exception, with many companies, people and technologies suffering setbacks. What Happened: From malfunctioning smart devices to overpriced flops, 2022 had its share of tech failures! Some...
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Google Offers Refunds For Stadia Purchases Ahead Of Cloud-Gaming Platform's Jan Shutdown — But Is Everything Eligible
Friday, November 11, 2022 - 8:08am | 445Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google Stadia is shutting down in January and the cloud-gaming platform is refunding almost every purchase users made. What Happened: Stadia's shutdown process includes fully refunding any purchased games or hardware from the...
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Google Play Games Lands On PC: Here's How To Play Your Android Games On Your Computer
Wednesday, November 9, 2022 - 11:26am | 1156By Juan Lomanto Just over a month and a half ago, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG)'s Google confirmed the closure of Stadia for January 2023. The cloud video game service launched in November 2019 became one of the most popularly anticipated failures in its history, and the feeling that...
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Netflix 'Seriously Exploring' Cloud Gaming Space As It Launches Another Studio
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 - 2:44am | 526Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) plans to dive deep into gaming and is considering its own cloud gaming platform. What Happened: At the TechCrunch Disrupt conference on Tuesday, the company's VP of games, Mike Verdu, said that the streaming giant is “seriously...
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Tencent, Sony Ramp Up Cloud-Gaming Initiative Investment Via Japanese Venture Ubitus: Bloomberg
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 - 4:11pm | 789Tencent Holdings Ltd (OTC: TCEHY) and Sony Corp (NYSE: SNE) augmented investment in cloud gaming by joining Japanese venture Ubitus K.K.’s latest fundraising round, Bloomberg reports. Cloud-gaming technology and services provider Ubitus completed an investment...
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Google Rolls Out Direct-To-YouTube Livestream Of Stadia Games
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 - 2:25am | 457Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) gaming service Google Stadia is introducing one of its most-awaited features on Monday — the live streaming of stadia games directly to YouTube, 9to5Google reports. What Happened: The live stream to YouTube feature will allow...
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Google Thinking Of 2023 With Its Gaming Service Stadia As War With Fellow Tech Giants Heats Up
Wednesday, November 25, 2020 - 3:50am | 528Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) subsidiary Google’s Director of Games Jack Buser said that the tech giant has 400 games under development for its Stadia service, The Verge reported Tuesday. What Happened: Buser made the revelation in an interview with MobileSyrup, disclosing ...
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PS5 Vs. Xbox Series X: Tech Alone Won't Crown A Winner
Friday, April 3, 2020 - 3:35pm | 1185Sony Corp (NYSE: SNE) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) are gearing up for the release of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Both companies have detailed the tech that powers each respective console. On paper, the Xbox Series X beats the PS5 in nearly everything but speed. It's a...
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Google Announces Second Stadia Games Studio, 'Division 2' Launch
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - 5:51pm | 241Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NYSE: GOOGL) Google announced it's opening a second development studio for its gaming platform Stadia. "Today, we’re adding a new Stadia Games and Entertainment studio in Playa Vista, California, which will be led by an industry veteran, Shannon...
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Nvidia GeForce Now Game Streaming Is Now Available
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 - 7:11pm | 337After a long beta period, video gamers can now sign up for Nvidia Corporation's (NASDAQ: NVDA) $5-a-month GeForce Now service, a cloud gaming service that could challenge Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google Stadia. Nvidia's service will differentiate itself by allowing...
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Google Addresses Stadia Users Complaints About Lack Of Info For Upcoming Games
Monday, February 3, 2020 - 9:35am | 343Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL)(NASDAQ: GOOG) says it's putting out weekly information on its new Stadia cloud gaming service, but that most information about new games will come from game publishers. Google was responding to complaints on Reddit and elsewhere that Google hasn't given Stadia...
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7 Video Game, Esports Themes Investors Should Watch In 2020
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 - 9:15am | 585The console cycle launch and the possibility of the first impacts of cloud gaming are among the top themes for gaming investors to watch in 2020, according to a note from Bank of America gaming analyst Ryan Gee. Gee put out a list of seven top drivers/themes for the industry in the coming year....
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Google Buys Typhoon Studios To Bolster Stadia
Monday, December 23, 2019 - 4:05pm | 218Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google has acquired an independent startup Canadian game studio to boost the new Google game streaming platform Stadia. Montreal-based Typhoon hasn't released any games yet, but is closing in on its first release, "Journey to the...