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You get to check out three different 3D "living boards" as you work your way to owning every property you can snatch up. The popular board game Monopoly is now available on Google Stadia. In this edition, there are also six official House Rules, specially chosen by Monopoly fans around the world, so you can mix things[...]

Google Stadia fans have one very big reason to be excited about the platform: Square Enix's 2018 RPG Octopath Traveler has just been added to the streaming service's lengthy catalog of games During Tuesday's (April 28) Stadia Connect presentation, it was revealed that Octopath Traveler is available for $59.99 for Stadia users, now marking three[...]

Rebellion and Google announced today that Zombie Army 4: Dead War will be headed to Stadia in the near future In fact, in the very near future, as the game will be released on May 1st The title will be free to Stadia Pro subscribers, but will remain $30 for everyone else By all accounts,[...]

This morning during the Stadia Connect event, Electronic Arts revealed that they have formed a new partnership with Google For a while now it seemed like certain companies weren't going to be doing anything with Stadia until the platform hit more established proven ground Which has lead to the company, while having some AAA titles[...]

Today during the Stadia Connect event, we learned that PUBG has officially come to the platform starting today.

After remaining somewhat quiet about the future of its video game streaming service, Google is bringing the masses a special Stadia Connect stream this week On Tuesday, April 28, you can tune into the official Google Stadia YouTube channel to see what's next for the world of Stadia You'll want to tune in at 12:00[...]

Google is offering two free months of Stadia Pro for all new sign-ups for those of you looking to try something new during your downtime This offer starts today — perfect for the upcoming weekend (that is, if you're still holding onto the idea of a "weekend" right now) On initial sign up, players will[...]

Welcome to Demonetized, the first installment of an all-too-regular feature here on Bleeding Cool in which we've published a post that one of Google's advertising arms really wishes we hadn't, and talk about that a little Being clear, I think that Google can do as they wish with their business within the bounds of the[...]

Ubisoft revealed this week that they'll be adding more games to the Stadia library from their own collection, including a familiar board game.

We now know one of the key factors to that strategy in how much the company got from Google in order to make the move, which came to the tune of $160 million The report comes from The Esports Observer, who talked with people close to the deal Here's a snippet from the article. Credit: Activision[...]

A. Google just announced five new games making their way to Stadia in the next few months, including two classics that should attract a very specific audience. You can expect various different titles to hit the service, including Lost Worlds: Beyond the Page, Stacks on Stacks (on Stacks), and Spitlings, all Stadia-first titles to make their debut[...]

This afternoon, Google slightly revealed what they've got planned for GDC 2020 this year, but it may not be the full picture On the events section of their With Google website, the company posted that they will be a part of two events in San Francisco The first is the Developer Summit taking place between[...]

This week, Activision Blizzard announced that they had entered into a new multi-year "strategic relationship" with Google to power new player experiences The main takeaways from the deal are that Google Cloud will serve as the preferred provider for Activision Blizzard's game hosting infrastructure, while YouTube will serve as its exclusive streaming partner (Except for[...]

Google Stadia posted a new blog today talking about some of the changes that they intend to implement during Q1 2020 The company talks about what they've done so far since launch, but then they have a second section where they reveal what they're working on Which includes more support for 4K gaming online, support[...]

Those who subscribed to Stadia Pro on their Google Stadia will be getting some special gifts in January with two free games The two games players will be getting are Rise Of The Tomb Raider and Thumper While the latter will basically be the full game without any special explanation, the former will be the[...]

You know Google isn't messing around when they poach talent, and it appears they're going after some big guns after a Ubisoft raid According to Video Games Chronicle, the company poached several senior producers from the Montréal HQ All of them being involved with the Assassin's Creed series, from what we understand A few different[...]

Ubisoft decided to celebrate their additions to Google Stadia today by showing off a new video highlighting their lineup The three games coming from their library to the new system are Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Just Dance 2020, and Trials Rising As well as Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint, coming out later this year Basically, it's[...]

Breaking news from Google this evening as the company announces Google Stadia will now launch this week with 22 games to its name The company appears to be making some last-minute deals to get as many titles as it can available to those who purchase it Not to mention bonus games for those who buy[...]

Before Google Stadia hits the market, the people behind the console have released a full set of titles that will be launched with it The list is mostly made up of games that have already been launched and made their debut during 2018/2019 But a new console has to start somewhere, and they picked a[...]

Credit: Google Not long after officially unveiling the Pixel 4 smartphone, Google quietly confirmed that it's winding down support for its mobile VR platform, Daydream. The portable smartphone-based headset launched three years ago in November 2016 Meant as a competitor to VR options like Samsung's Gear VR headset, Daydream could be used with your phone to offer[...]

This morning, Google finally announced the official release date for Google Stadia, as the streaming gaming platform will come out on November 19th The specific launch time ill be 9am PDT in North America, 5pm BST in Europe Founders Editions will be sent out to those who bought early and will be getting access to[...]

While a lot of people, including us, are looking forward to trying Google Stadia, a new report suggests most won't be able to use it much Broadband Now released a new study into the streaming game service that shows if you intend to game in 4K, the service will consume as much as 15.75 GB[...]

We've had some pretty good luck with Ravensburger in the past when it came to board games, so we were stoked to try out a new one called KNOW! This particular game is a trivia challenge where you can use Google Assistant to play the game But does the concept actually come out working alright?[...]

Microsoft announced today that they would be rolling out a new beta on to add support and better voice capabilities for Google Assistant The company made the call from consumer feedback, and have decided to act on it to better suit the needs of their community Below are some of the details from today's announcement[...]

In this "Anything you can do, I can do better" culture, it is no surprise Google responded to Apple's announcement of the Apple Arcade with their own game and app subscription service called Play Pass Android users will have access to more than 350 premium games and apps at $4.99 a month. // Google Numerous Games and[...]

One of the surprise appointments I was able to book for PAX West 2019 came in the form of meeting with Google Stadia reps and playing on the platform During the meeting, I had a chance to sit down and play a couple of games on the system as we tried out DOOM Eternal and[...]

With Sony's abandonment of the PSP Vita in March 2019, Google Stadia is cross-platform cloud gaming service with support for Chromecast, iOS, and Android, but it's not a dedicated device. credit//Google With the ease of development and market penetration of smartphones, is it viable for dedicated companies to make portable gaming devices anymore? Nintendo's embraced the mobile[...]

If you're curious as to how many people want to jump on board with Google Stadia in the realm of gaming, we now have a decent number to pool for you PC Games Insider is reporting that over 4,000 games studios have submitted applications to be a part of their Partners Program, through which studios[...]

Utomik is, essentially, exactly what Google, Apple, Amazon, and Walmart are attempting to do with their new game streaming services Utomik allows subscribers to stream over 900 games to their personal computer for a monthly fee While the Utomik service never took off the way that Netflix or Hulu did, the service has been on[...]

Google hosted a livestream today to discuss their streaming platform, Stadia, and what will come with the service at launch Cloud streaming for games has been the big thing this year with a number of companies initiating what is, essentially, a video game streaming superbowl Details about the Stadia's launch cycle and launch titles were[...]