What everyone in 2019 actually wanted Stadia to be is a so-called “Netflix for games,” where you pay a monthly subscription and gain access to a library of games.Īs a new player in the field, Google was never in a position to offer something like that, especially considering each game had to be specifically ported to Stadia, meaning developers needed to put in the work and would want to be paid accordingly. Searching for Stadia is a short series intended to shine a spotlight on what made Google Stadia special in the wake of its upcoming shutdown and compare those traits against the ever-widening market of cloud gaming subscriptions.įor all of the things that Stadia tried to be - a bold new way to play games, a social platform, and a framework for new ideas in gaming - there’s one moniker that Google actively avoided. However, this one is turn-based and full of anthropomorphic animals.Out of all of the current game streaming services, Xbox Game Pass is the one most likely to succeed in all the ways that Stadia failed, but Microsoft still has a lot of catching up to do. Related: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor responds to PC backlashĬoming May 11, Fuga: Memories of Steel 2 (cloud, console, PC) is yet another day-one Game Pass release and yet another RPG. The game is already available for subscribers as a console download and on cloud streaming.
The day after that (May 9), the Shadowrun Trilogy (PC) brings its dystopian cyberpunk future and tactical RPG gameplay to computer players. It's a remaster of last year's top-down action RPG that added a supernatural twist on the American frontier. Weird West: Definitive Edition (Series X|S) joins the service on May 8.
This action role-playing title isn't rewriting the book in terms of gameplay but it is referencing a classic book in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - with characters like the Queen of Hearts and a robotic Tweedledum and Tweedledee rendered in a gorgeous handcrafted style. Note that you can't download Redfall to Xbox One consoles, but you can stream the Series X version if you're on Ultimate.Ĭoming May 4 is Ravenlok (cloud, console, PC), another day-one Game Pass release. The hook here is that there are four playable characters with different superpowers, and you can play in the open world in either solo or co-op modes. Related: Microsoft's Activision buyout could be blocked for 10 years
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