RIP Google Stadia: the latest news on the discontinued cloud gaming service
Google announced on September 29th, 2022, that its Stadia cloud game streaming service will be terminated in late January 2023. You can no longer make purchases through the platform, and notably, Google is offering refunds to gamers for everything that they might have purchased during its three-year existence: controllers, games, and all.
Despite coming to a close (which many predicted given Google’s tendency to kill projects instead of letting them fizzle out), Google arguably succeeded at delivering on its promise of bringing cloud game streaming to a bunch of screens before Microsoft, Sony, and Amazon had formal plans to do the same. It was also novel in the industry for being a platform that didn’t require any hardware buy-in on the side of the user; you could plug a controller you already owned into your computer and get started by launching Google Chrome. Here’s our original review from 2019, for old times’ sake.
We’re taking a look back and a look forward to dig more into Stadia while we still can. You’ll find all posts about the death of Stadia — and possibly the remnants of it that will live on — rounded up in this StoryStream.
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Jan 13, 2023, 9:23 PM UTCTom Warren
Google’s Stadia Controller is getting Bluetooth support
Google’s Stadia developers are also adding one last game to the service just five days before it’s due to shut down. The tool to enable Bluetooth on the Stadia Controller arrives next week.
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The Verge T-minus one week until Google Stadia shuts down.The cloud gaming service is going away for good on January 18th at 11:59PM PT, so you’ve got a few more days to play your games. Certain titles and publishers will let you carry over your progression to other platforms, so if you want to do that, check out our guide.
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Jan 7, 2023, 6:00 PM UTCJay Peters
Google Stadia is shutting down soon, so transfer your games and saves while you can
On January 18th at 11:59PM PT, Stadia will be gone for good, but you’ll be able to continue playing some games on other platforms.
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External Link Ubisoft is officially starting to hand out PC copies of purchased Stadia games.People who bought Ubisoft games on Stadia games recently began seeing PC copies appear in their Ubisoft Connect accounts, and now Ubisoft has shared some official details about the process. In short: if you own an Ubisoft game on Stadia, you’ll get a PC copy for free (with five exceptions, according to an FAQ).
If you want to keep playing your games in the cloud, Ubisoft is throwing in a month of GeForce NOW Priority Membership access for “all Ubisoft customers on Stadia.” But if you want to play them on Stadia, you’ll have less than a month to do so: the service shuts down for good on January 18th.
Information about Ubisoft games on Stadia | Ubisoft Help[www.ubisoft.com]
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Dec 19, 2022, 3:30 PM UTCJess Weatherbed
Ubisoft has started transferring games from Google Stadia to PC
Games purchased via Google’s cloud gaming platform have automatically appeared on Ubisoft Connect for some users.
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Dec 15, 2022, 7:05 PM UTCJay Peters
Hitman players about to be abandoned by Stadia will be able to transfer their progress
A week before Stadia shuts down in January, you’ll be able to initiate a one-time Stadia Progression Carryover for your work in Hitman.
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Nov 30, 2022, 6:38 PM UTCJay Peters
Google Stadia hardware refunds will be issued within two weeks
If you bought Stadia hardware on the Google Store, you’ll be getting your money back.
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The Verge Google starts rolling out Stadia refunds in Europe and Canada.Google started processing Stadia refunds in the US last week ahead of its imminent shutdown, but now it looks like they’re starting to arrive for users in other parts of the world.
A report from 9to5Google indicates that people in the UK, Canada, Italy, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Poland, and other European countries are starting to get their money back on Stadia subscriptions, games, and add-ons.
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Nov 9, 2022, 5:00 PM UTCJay Peters
Google is starting to process Stadia refunds
Check your email — you might see notifications of refunds for software transactions on the Stadia store.
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Oct 21, 2022, 1:35 AM UTCMitchell Clark
Bethesda’s letting people rescue their Elder Scrolls Online games from Stadia
After Google announced that the service was shutting down, developers have had to scramble to let people transfer their purchases and save data.
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Oct 12, 2022, 1:06 PM UTCJay Peters
Cyberpunk 2077 Stadia saves can be carried over to PC, but you’ll have to use Takeout
Stadia is shutting down, and if you want to continue any Cyberpunk 2077 progress you made on Stadia, you can download your save files using Google Takeout and bring them to PC
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Sep 30, 2022, 9:00 PM UTCJay Peters
Stadia’s shutdown shocked developers, too
News that Google would be closing down Stadia was a big surprise for everyone, including the developers making games for the platform
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Sep 30, 2022, 6:12 PM UTCMakena Kelly
I fell in love with Stadia right as it shut down
Stadia made MMORPGs like the Elder Scrolls Online fun for me for the first time in years. Without it, I’m not sure I’ll keep playing.
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Sep 30, 2022, 5:55 PM UTCJay Peters
Ubisoft will let you transfer your Stadia purchases to PC
If you bought an Ubisoft game on the soon-to-be-discontinued cloud gaming platform, you’ll be able to get a copy on PC
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Sep 30, 2022, 11:30 AM UTCTom Warren
I’m going to miss Google Stadia
Stadia was a good beta test for the future of gaming
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Sep 30, 2022, 11:00 AM UTCMitchell Clark
Remembering all those times Google said it was committed to Stadia
People have been wondering if Stadia would stick around basically since it launched. Google had offered plenty of reassurances, but turns out that they didn’t mean much.
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Sep 29, 2022, 10:23 PM UTCJay Peters
Google Stadia never mattered, and it never had a chance
Google had big plans for its cloud gaming service, but it never tipped the scales. Soon, Google will be shutting it down.
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Sep 29, 2022, 4:15 PM UTCJay Peters and Alex Cranz
Google is shutting down Stadia
Google is refunding hardware, software, and DLC purchases.