Google’s Stadia gaming service is launching tomorrow. And although the Stadia launch has so far been faced with a lot of criticism, mostly due to Google failing to deliver on some of its promises. But now, Google is giving early adopters of the service something to be happy about.
Last Monday, the company announced the list of games that will be available with the initial launch of Stadia on November 19. At the time, the company had only announced 12 games for the service.
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Now, it’s nearly doubling the amount by adding 10 new games, meaning Stadia will be launching with a total of 22 titles tomorrow. The day one launch line-up titles now include some big names, including titles like NBA 2K20, Final Fantasy XV, and more.
Here’s the original list of games coming to Stadia: Assassins Creed Odyssey, Destiny 2: The Collection, GYLT, Just Dance 2020, Kine, Mortal Kombat 11, Red Dead Redemption 2, Thumper, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, and SAMURAI SHODOWN.
And now, with this week’s updated list, gamers will also get the following:
The addition of 10 new titles is a nice push for Stadia, but it still won’t be enough. Google will need to keep launching more big titles frequently for Stadia to be relevant, and considering Microsoft just announced support for 50 games on xCloud, there’s a lot for Google to catch up to.
saturn
<p>So I’m curious did Google Stadia suddenly start working with these 10 extra titles or (more likely) did Google decide to push these titles that were likely meant to be released over the first few weeks of Stadia to show a “growing” lineup but realised it’s better to have them at launch rather than scattered across time? Maybe it’s as simple as distribution rights got approved. I’m sceptical though and I agree that this still doesn’t make Stadia appealing in the slightest.</p>
Lateef Alabi-Oki
<p>You are comparing apples to oranges. Today, Xcloud remains 720p 30 fps streaming only on Android. And there have been mixed results regarding the quality of its streaming. </p><p><br></p><p>Stadia is 4k 60 fps HDR low latency streaming today on any screen you currently have including Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS, Android, and eventually iOS, and that includes displayz that have a Chromecast Ultra connected to it including TVs and monitors. Project Stream, Stadia's public beta run, was reported to be a success. </p><p><br></p><p>I'm sorry Xcloud in it's current state is still not competitive to Stadia regardless of the number of games it is purported to have. The fact of the matter is Google designed Stadia from the ground up for low latency streaming.</p><p><br></p><p>Meanwhile, Xcloud compared to Stadia still looks like a hack to stream Xbox games from the cloud. Games that were neither designed for the cloud nor low latency streaming. There is a big difference.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Lateef Alabi-Oki
<blockquote><em><a href="#490020">In reply to Nicholas_Kathrein:</a></em></blockquote><p><br></p><p>Great point.</p>