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29

Sep

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Google Officially Kills Stadia

It's official: Stadia is dead. After a meddling presence in the gaming industry over the past few years, Google has confirmed that it is shutting down all Stadia operations. Stadia Vice President and General Manager, Phil Harrison, confirmed the news via a blog post this morning. Officially, all Stadia games…

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27

Feb

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Google Stadia Cancelled Numerous Titles Including a Kojima Productions Horror IP

While we heard of Google Stadia shutting down internal productions a few weeks ago, the details to the extent of what occurred are only now beginning to come to light. And they aren't pretty. As sources disclosed to VGC, the closing down of Stadia development included not only first-party titles,…

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01

Feb

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Sega Announces Judgment Remaster for PS5 and Xbox Series Consoles

Sega's critically acclaimed Judgment, previously released only for the PlayStation 4, is being remastered for the PlayStation 5. Additionally, the title will release on the Xbox Series consoles and Stadia for the first time. The game will release across all platforms on April 23rd. https://youtu.be/D1WYt94yttM https://twitter.com/SEGA/status/1356378410587717636?s=20 Our Take As we…

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01

Feb

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Google Shutting Down First-Party Stadia Development, Focusing on Third-Party Agreements

In a surprise announcement today, Google announced that it is closing down all of their first-party development. This includes their two studios in Los Angeles and Montreal which includes about 150 staff members. What makes this more surprising, is just nine months ago in March of 2020, Stadia announced it…

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22

Oct

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Immortals Fenyx Rising Demo Available to Play for Free on Google Stadia

Stadia has been launching several promotions to try and build some excitement for the platform and just earlier today, launched a free demo of Ubisoft's upcoming title, Immortals Fenyx Rising. You can download and play the title via Stadia for free. Just visit the site here and sign up to…

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23

Aug

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Microsoft / Xbox Join Epic Games in the Battle with Apple

Well as we figured it would, this battle continues to get more interesting by the week. As we've already discussed at length, Epic took a stand with Apple (and Google to a lesser degree) in challenging their antiquated policies on the App Store. Apple since responded by threatening to revoke…

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08

Apr

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Google Stadia Offering Two Months Free Membership to their Pro Program

This morning, the Google Stadia team announced that they will be offering 2 months of their Pro Plan for free to new subscribers. Phil Harrison, Vice President and General Manager of Stadia, stated the following via the Google Blog: We’re facing some of the most challenging times in recent memory.…

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04

Mar

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Stadia Opens New Development Studio to be Lead by Former Sony Santa Monica Studio Head

There certainly seems to be a lot of notable movement in the industry lately and today we have yet another. First, Google Stadia is opening a new development studio in Playa Vista, California. According to the blog post announcement by Google, the studio will "...focus on delivering exclusive games, using…

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09

Feb

By Karl Dwyer

Articles

Article : A Brief History of the Console and the Future of Gaming

Stick with me here as I might skip over some key influences, or even what you personally might recall as major milestones in early days of gaming. This article is from the perspective of a "seasoned gamer"; really no pun intended. I grew up in the UK at a time…

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09

Dec

By Seasoned Gaming

Podcasts

Bitcast 84 : State of Play and The Game Awards Predictions

In Bitcast 84 we give our predictions for the winners of the The Game Awards, preview PlayStation's State of Play, discuss the details of updates for several titles, and more! Google Play Itunes SoundCloud Spotify https://youtu.be/g_CMvYc_Y4U

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03

Dec

By Seasoned Gaming

Podcasts

Bitcast 83 : The Game Awards Nominees and What We’re Thankful For

In our Thanksgiving week Bitcast, we give our thoughts on The Game Awards nominees and discuss what we're thankful for. Google Play Itunes SoundCloud Spotify https://youtu.be/nqakGkO7XyE

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25

Nov

By Seasoned Gaming

Podcasts

Bitcast 82 : Stadia’s Disastrous Launch and Half-Life Returns

In Bitcast 82 we discuss the trouble already brewing for Stadia, Half-Life returning, updates for major titles like Borderlands 3 and Halo Master Chief Collection, and discuss the type of game we would make if we could. Google Play Itunes SoundCloud Spotify https://youtu.be/8Q4xJwmp-t0

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11

Nov

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Google Stadia shares launch lineup

Today Google Stadia shared it's launch line up and will be launching November 19th. While the list of 12 games does look and feel a bit dated they did outline a few more games coming before the end of the year like Borderlands 3. Source: https://www.blog.google/products/stadia/lineup-games-coming-to-stadia/ Our Take For people…

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06

Jun

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Google Stadia Details Leak Ahead of Today’s Conference

Update: As noted, we are updating the below with official information from the Stadia Connect. The information was accurate save for a few small pricing differences. The Founder’s Edition is $129 and the monthly Pro cost is $10. You can find the details in the chart below which compares Stadia Pro…

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24

May

By Porshapwr

Articles, Latest News

Article : The State of Xbox

The State of Xbox Gaming consoles have been around for decades and in that time we have seen a wealth of changes in how they are designed, marketed, and adopted. Yet, I can say with confidence we have never seen a console evolve over the course of a generation as…

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