Google Stadia games and pricing leaks ahead of early E3 event

by ShawnDex

"Google’s Stadia game streaming service will reportedly launch in November, priced at $11.99 Canadian dollars ($9) per month. "

https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/6/18655311/google-stadia-price-release-date-games-leak-e3-2019

"The event will be livestreamed on June 6th at 9AM PT / 12PM ET, and you can check it out right here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-BbW6zAjL0 . Stadia, meanwhile, is expected to launch later this year."

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"Everything We Learned Today About Google Stadia [UPDATED]"

https://kotaku.com/everything-we-learned-today-about-google-stadia-update-1835294433

"The upcoming streaming platform Google Stadia won’t just follow the Netflix model, as many fans had hoped. It will instead have both a subscription and games for sale individually, as Kotaku previously reported. Here’s everything we learned today during Google’s “Stadia Connect” stream.

Stadia, which was announced in March, is a streaming platform designed to let you play games without a high-end console or computer. If it works as promised, it’ll let you plug a Chromecast into your television and access games through the cloud, no hardware required. The base subscription price is $10/month, with a free version planned for next year, and a Founder’s Edition bundle available for $130 this November when Stadia launches.

It’ll be a slow rollout, Google says—you’ll need that Founder’s Edition to play in 2019—the platform won’t open up further until 2020. You won’t be able to subscribe to the standard Stadia Pro subscription until next year, either.

In an official stream today, Google detailed the pricing, game lineup, and other specifics. First of all, here’s how your connection will correlate with your Stadia resolution: https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--n3d0IdNs--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/d4hiqzy5giseqrxyfami.png

Some other announcements:

Google announced Baldur’s Gate 3 and Ghost Recon: Breakout for Stadia, the latter with a new trailer. (Don’t worry—the former is also coming to PC.)

Other games announced include Gylt, an adventure game from developer Tequila Works, and a multiplayer Overcooked-style game called Get Packed from Moonshine Studios.

The Division 2 will be there, too. Ubisoft overload!

Stadia Pro is the official service, at $10/month, which will give you access to the service’s games at 4K resolution/60 frames-per-second. This won’t include all the games, though—newer ones will be purchasable separately.

The controller is $70 standalone.

The Stadia Founder’s Edition will launch later this year for $130. It comes with a Chromecast Ultra, a Stadia controller, a copy of Destiny 2 (along with the new Shadowkeep expansion), and a three-month subscription along with a three-month buddy pass.

Other Stadia games include Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Doom, Doom Eternal, the new Tomb Raider trilogy, Final Fantasy XV, Darksiders Genesis, Metro Exodus, and many others.

Google says it’ll be one user per Stadia account, tied to your Google ID—you can have a guest account for splitscreen, but other than that, no sharing.

“At launch, if you’re a Stadia user, you can play Stadia exclusively on Pixel 3 and 3a devices. However, you’ll be able to create your account and make subscription and game purchases from any Android M+ or iOS 11+ device that has access to the Stadia app.” https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--bJFGTw17--/c_fit,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/i3xrdalonbeozl8rupsn.png "

AfterShock

Is it still considered a leak when they emailed me to pre-order the Founders edition?

iChopPryde

“For this subscription you’ll get access to a few free games, but it looks like Google will be selling most titles, especially new ones, in a store model.”

Wait what? If that’s the case that almost completely makes this useless....doesn’t it? The idea was to be able to play any game they have in their library for 1 monthly fee.

Also what do they mean by “free”, you are paying a subscription that’s the fee! It’s not free.

oOflyeyesOo

You can preorder it now directly from Google.

Tr3v0r

I'd be happy to puchase a founders edition to support the product and idea, but I have 0 need for a chromecast right now. I have two shield TV boxes set up in my house and 2 shield tablets and a chromebook. I want to stream to those!

Can I get founders without the ultra? Would be great

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PreppyAndrew

Any news on when/if it will work with Android TV?

StanleyOpar

“At launch, if you’re a Stadia user, you can play Stadia exclusively on Pixel 3 and 3a

God fucking damnit this is the exact same shit Sony pulled with the Xperia. I'm hoping this is launch only and eventually will come to all Android flagships.

starslayer74

Like most google products, it will be poorly supported. Mark my words.

Eventually, they will give up on it.

I say this, as an android user, an android tv user, an android auto user.

Don't invest too heavily - keep your Playstations and Xboxes.