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This Week on Stadia: Destiny 2, Ben 10 Power Trip, and Free Play Days!

StadiaTeam
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As the days get shorter, the list of reasons to play Stadia just keeps getting longer. Check out what’s happening on Stadia this week:

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 Destiny 2 Season 15: The Festival of the Lost

The roar of #TeamDino heralds the start of the Festival of the Lost today! Dress your dino best while you hunt for the new Jurassic Green Pulse Rifle, new masks, and a crypt’s worth of spooktacular cosmetics. Brave new tales of terror in the Haunted Sector activity and complete the new Book of the Forgotten.

Go on a power trip with Ben 10 

On October 21st, Ben 10: Power Trip launches on Stadia, and what a trip it’s gonna be! Ben and his family are enjoying their European vacation, until the evil magician Hex unleashes the power of four mysterious crystals! As Ben, you’re the only one who can break the curse. You’ll transform into powerful aliens to battle enemies, solve puzzles, and freely explore an exciting 3D world. Get it on Stadia for $29.99 USD.

Mayhem, get yer’ no-cost mayhem here! 

News flash: We’ve got Borderlands 3 Free Play Weekend coming your way from October 14 at 9 AM PT to October 18 at 9 AM PT. For Stadia Pro subscribers, the original shooter-looter is yours to play as much as you want during this mayhem-fueled, guns-blazing adventure. Blast through new worlds and enemies as one of four Vault Hunters – the ultimate treasure-seeking badasses of the Borderlands, each with deep skill trees, abilities, and customization. Play solo or join friends to take on insane enemies, score loads of loot, and save your home from the most ruthless cult leaders in the galaxy. If you’re not a Stadia Pro subscriber, you can become one here.

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Try direct touch, available now as a new way to play directly on iOS and Android phones, supported today within HUMANKIND.

Direct touch input method now available to play with on iOS

Direct touch is the Stadia input method released in August on Android, allowing you to interact directly with a game using your phone’s touchscreen. Now, it’s available for Stadia players on iOS. Direct touch allows players to control the game by tapping, sliding, and pinching the screen. Try it now in HUMANKIND where you can create your own civilization using just your fingers.

Check out the new Party feature on Stadia

Parties are expanding with a new way to meet up with players – in addition to private parties, we’re introducing public parties. Find players who like playing the same games as you and connect with them.

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That’s about it for this week. See you soon on Stadia!

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By: Stadia Team

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44 Comments
Bender76
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

That was fast this week!! :smiling_face_with_heart_eyes: 

Warpanox
Founder
Founder

Good week! 

Commotus
Founder
Founder

Folders

RAF10
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Public party could be a neat feature. Depends on uptake in the coming months but could increase engagement loads!

ravenanime
Founder
Founder

Nice update pika 

Polidoro
Founder
Founder

Party feature is SOOOOO awesome. Even raids on destiny 2 are possible! 

HatDroid
Platinum Stadia Guide
Platinum Stadia Guide

Public parties is a great addiction!

HelixPlaysGames
Founder
Founder

The public parties have been great for finding new players! :clapping_hands: 

CGD
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

And the wait continues for SAR :loudly_crying_face::loudly_crying_face::loudly_crying_face:

HellMonkey88
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Will Ben 10 be available in 4K with our pro sub?

saRge
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

We love stadia. 

 

keep it up ! 

MiksteR_RdY
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

And still not Stadia 2.0. And you keep wondering why you're losing so many users.

WireSpy
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Very poor. 

Sander140
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Hitman 3 on sale - finally!!! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

 

Christendom
Founder
Founder

We're getting there! 

We still need better games. I was hoping we would really have some AAA games by now! 

My vision for Stadia is one place where I can buy the games I want: games like Uncharted, Final Fantasy, Destiny 2, God of War, Zelda, and Ratched and Clank.

One day this will happen!

LukeySixx
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

The Public Party feature is awesome :thumbs_up:

MrVacca
Platinum Stadia Guide
Platinum Stadia Guide

The new Find a Party feature is not getting the hype and attention it deserves!  It's worked beautifully and helped me connect with other Stadia players across the world.  Thanks for all your hard work!

Krampus
Founder
Founder

Bravo on the find a party feature!

Z3M0G
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Any hint of future games supporting Direct Touch?  It's a complete GAME CHANGER but we need MORE games that support it ASAP!  :slightly_smiling_face:

PF01
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Very curious about the party feature, haven't tried it yet.

Still, I hope some more AAA games will be announced in the near future. COD, NHL22, GTA Trilogy, ...

jdeslip
Founder
Founder

Ooh. Ben 10! Also loving public parties! Great job on that. I count 218 games on Stadia now, including 64 AAA!

RagingJacob
Founder
Founder

Looking forward to more of those juicy features :fire::smiling_face_with_sunglasses::open_hands:

SQUiDzzz
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Woohoo destiny 2 spooky stuff man! Can't wait to see all the crazy costumes! Wow ben10?! Sweet stuff and love the Android party feature! Now if we can get voice to pick up in Android with YouTube integration! Keep up the hard work @StadiaTeam Thankzzz :squid::zzz:

joshjohn77
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Idk about anyone else, but private parties aren't even working for me right now. Joining/hosting a private party and playing a game at the same time (specifically Ghost Recon Wildlands on a chromecast ultra--haven't tried anything else yet) causes my controller to immediately disconnect, reconnect without any audio to or from my headset, and then repeat this endlessly until I quit the game or the party. Game chat works fine though. And this is after updating/resetting my router, chromecast, and controller. Really sucks to not be able to be in a party.

Bebop84
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

This week on Stadia:

  • No GTA Trilogy announcement
  • No Back 4 Blood
  • NO Battlefield 2042 announcement
  • NO NB 2k22 and f122 on the horizon
  • NO Alan Wake
  • NO Guardians of the Galaxy
  • NO Crysis Remastered

 

 

 

 

SRBearcubJeff
Founder
Founder

My son is a big Ben 10 fan even at 18 so he is happy!

You does not like free to play weekends!!!

Thank you so much Team Google for another awesome week!!!!!

Keep up the great work!!!

Hutchy1990
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

WHERE IS GTA Trilogy stadia if you don't get this game and GTA V I am sorry to say that this platforms not going to survive its the world's most selling game and you guys are over looking it we want Grand Theft Auto Trilogy and Grand Theft Auto V sort it out before we all wave goodbye

VixenEye1
Founder
Founder

Direct Touch Input and the Expanded Parties System sounds like such a good Quality of Life update for Stadia!

I'm really enjoying this update. Thanks a bunch!

carlthewinner
Founder
Founder

Borderlands 3 is super fun. Highly recommend trying it out :slightly_smiling_face:

4ScarrsGaming
Founder
Founder

Love the continued support from Outright Games! The party feature is awesome! I've been waiting for this!! Rainbow Six Siege players don't forget to check out Doktor’s Curse the in game vent from Oct 12 to Nov 2nd!!

Chufu
Platinum Stadia Guide
Platinum Stadia Guide

Really love the parties feature.

Cool news as well about the games! This time I think I'll try out Borderlands 3, let's see how it goes!

MisterMarcoo
Founder
Founder

Direct touch is not live on my iPad. Still the game controller overlay... Hope it's here soon

rolexdpracer
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I love the idea of the public party!

Chiram
Founder
Founder

THANK YOU for the party features by the way. Got to meet some interesting new people over the weekend. 

 

iamchilp
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal multiplayer in public parties placase….

pb_
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I really don't like this new trend of putting the base game and the dlcs on sale but not the gold/complete pack.

Seen it with Assassin's Creeds last week, now with Hitman 2&3...

SephirothRising
Founder
Founder

Good post

TuputtShakur
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Really wish we had an option to thumbs down a comment! Seriously, I'm so tired of all the negativity. The majority of gamers have multiple devices/platforms to play games on. I know that I currently treat this platform as a supplemental one in hopes of it completely replacing all the obvious downsides of the OLD way to play video games! Could this platform grow faster and with more aaa games, possibly. But people coming on here and other forums and constantly complaining don't help Stadia grow as a platform. It does exactly the opposite, which will only have an adverse effect on getting exactly what the complainers want in the first place, growth! Stadia is fighting a uphill battle trying to get people to convert to a fairly new technology as opposed to continuing to use the OLD legacy way that is entrenched with decades of success selling everyone a device. It's kinda similar to physical games vs digital downloads. It took a long time for many to convert. 

Long Live Stadia!

MisterMarcoo
Founder
Founder

Was really waiting big time for touch control in Humankind on iOS, but for some reason, it's not available on my iPad.

Any idea why? Or are iOS and the OS on iPad not the same?

I like Android waaaaay more, but the tablets from other manufacturers really stink and since Google never sells there Pixel stuff here I am forced to buy from Apple 

ExtraRen
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Hey @Hutchy1990,

The GTA games will get a remastered bundle version soon, maybe those will hit the stadia store. I recommend that get in contact with rockstar games and let them know that, there's clearly a playerbase that want the GTA games on Stadia.

PredTom01
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Star Wars - Battlefront 2, the new one and Gears of War, e.g. 5, please

Hutchy1990
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

@ExtraRen I already have contacted them multiple times and take2. I also post here and everywhere else stadia and rockstar will see it aswell stadia already knows the number to call to get a port from rockstar so that's why I pressure them as well.

I am one guy we need to all work together!

Gol
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

This October patch broke the dragging action for touch control on Humankind on Android. Tested both with the Pixel 4 and Galaxy Tab S7+, I used to be able to drag Humankind's on Stadia map before the October patch but not anymore. I use on screen touch control

 

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Founder

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