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This Week on Stadia: Marvel’s Avengers, the NBA, free games with Pro, and Free Play Days are here.

StadiaTeam
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There’s a LOT happening on Stadia this week: superheroes, the NBA, six more games to play with Stadia Pro, and a free weekend of The Crew 2! Let’s start with one of the biggest games of the year. 

Marvel’s Avengers assemble on Stadia

Suit up as Ms. Marvel, Thor, Iron Man, Black Widow, Hulk, and Captain America on Stadia TODAY! The Avengers are scattered and the Inhumans are on the loose after the A-Day calamity brings massive devastation to San Francisco. Now earth’s mightiest heroes must clear their names and take down the secretive new force known as A.I.M. Assemble your friends and team up to take on MODOK, Taskmaster, Abomination, and many more.

Grab your Android phone in one hand and the enchanted hammer Mjionir in the other and become the mighty Thor while your teammate becomes Black Widow on their laptop! Play instantly with all your friends across devices: TVs, tablets, PCs, or mobile – all without waiting for downloads!

Play Marvel’s Avengers first on September 1 with the Timed-Limited Deluxe Edition and get an exclusive Deluxe Limited Edition Marvel Legacy Outfit pack and nameplate, as well as the Obsidian Outfit pack for your Avengers, and six exclusive Obsidian-themed nameplates to further customize your gameplay.

The Timed-Limited Deluxe Edition is only available to purchase on Stadia now through September 4, so buy it today for $79.99 USD and start playing.

After September 4, you’ll be able to buy Marvel’s Avengers on Stadia for $59.99 USD, or opt to pick up Marvel’s Avengers Deluxe Edition (including Obsidian content, but without the launch-exclusive Marvel Legacy Outfit pack/nameplate) for $79.99 USD.

NBA 2K21 tips off this week

NBA 2K21 on Stadia brings the NBA instantly to your phone, your tablet, your laptop, and your TV. Choose where your loyalties lie: Lakers, Clippers, Celtics, or your own hometown, and then live out all the passion of LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, and Jayson Tatum as you take on other elite teams for the NBA championship. Create your own rising star in MyCareer and challenge all-time greats like Giannis Antetokounmpo and Steph Curry while you forge your own legacy. No long waits or big downloads – start playing NBA 2K21 instantly on Stadia the second you purchase it! Buy it on Stadia September 4 for $59.99 USD. Other editions will also be available, including NBA 2K21 - Mamba Forever Edition Bundle for $99.99 USD.

HITMAN 2 hits Stadia today

Use disguise, stealth, and deception to take down targets in HITMAN 2, available to purchase on Stadia today. Even better, HITMAN 2 also includes a Stadia-exclusive orange pinstripe briefcase, stylish and lethal in equal measure. Buy HITMAN 2 on the Stadia store starting September 1 for a special launch week price of just $29.99 USD for Stadia Pro subscribers, or $35.99 USD for non-subscribers. And we’ve got more HITMAN news to share this month on Stadia Pro.

Six free games available starting today with Stadia Pro

That’s right! Six more games are joining the free Stadia Pro lineup this week:

  • Super Bomberman R Online: Bomberman’s biggest multiplayer ever launches today with up to 64 players! Play it First on Stadia, for free, with your Stadia Pro subscription. Right now, Super Bomberman R Online is exclusive to Stadia Pro. Claim it now and keep it as long as you’re a Stadia Pro member.
  • HITMAN: Complete First Season: Your favorite stealth-action series is back and oozing with style. HITMAN on Stadia features cross-progression with existing HITMAN accounts, and a Stadia-exclusive explosive rubber duck. Pick it up free with Stadia Pro today.
  • Gunsport: You and a partner take on a pair of rivals in a fast-playing sport that’s kind of like volleyball, but with trick shots! Gunsport launches today.
  • Hello Neighbor: Sneak, survive, and solve the mystery around the most mysterious house on the block.
  • Metro Last Light Redux: A single player shooter with an intense and terrifying story set in the shadows of post-apocalyptic Moscow.
  • Embr Early Access: Team up with friends in this quirky take on firefighting. Start playing Embr right now in Early Access and you’ll continue to get updates as the developers add new content and features.

All six of these games are free to claim today with Stadia Pro. If you’re not a Stadia Pro member, try Stadia Pro free for one month and get them all, as well as 20 other great games like Destiny 2: The Collection, PUBG, Just Shapes & Beats, and many more.

Stadia Free Play Days are back!

Play The Crew 2 free all weekend long on Stadia. Thursday September 3 at 9 AM PT through Sunday September 6 at 11:59 PM PT, jump onto Stadia and you can start racing your way across the USA instantly with your Stadia Pro subscription. Stadia Pro members can log in to Stadia.com or they can launch the Stadia app on their compatible phone or tablet and be ready to play. Start playing instantly with no game downloads or updates required.

One Hand Clapping gets new content

One Hand Clapping has been available to play in Early Access for a while, and it just got three times the content. The unsung hero returns in the Duet Desert update, which adds a lot of new things to do and places to explore. Buy One Hand Clapping in Early Access now for the very low price of $2.99 USD.

Get Stadia Premiere Edition for less!

Bring Stadia to your TV with Stadia Premiere Edition. With the included Chromecast Ultra and Stadia Controller, you’ll be able to play your games instantly on the biggest screen in your home. Save 10% on Stadia Premiere Edition when you buy it on the Google Store between September 4 and September 10.

That’s the news for today. Be sure to follow Stadia on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube for up-to-the-second updates. See you on Stadia.

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By: Stadia Team

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TripleSuperStar
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Awesome,looking forward to the free play days!

ark
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Friendly reminder to everyone that Ubisoft enables abusers at every level of their company and does not deserve your hard earned money, even when their games are on sale.

Deleted User
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I've been playing Super Bomberman R Online all morning and I highly highly recommend checking it out. The controls take a few matches to get used to but it grows on you! Do the tutorial!

What a great month for Stadia. Let's goooooo

SephirothRising
Founder
Founder

Epic update!!!!

Trichinas
Founder
Founder

@ark: Keep politics out here. Ubisoft employees aren't like pigs going to the butcher. They are free to leave.

TheNerfReport
Founder
Founder

As if Google Stadia didn't have enough games for you to play this week with 6 new Stadia Pro Games, Marvel Avengers, NBA 2K21, but The Crew 2 will be having a Free Play Weekend!!! That is awesome news! What a fantastic week for Stadia!

sicario
Founder
Founder

Woohoo amazing update thanks Chris from Google and the Stadia team.  Things are picking up and the stadia potential is finally started to be unleashed!!

I prayed marvel avengers would come to Stadia and its here! Whilst dreams are coming true can I be cheeky and ask that you also bring final fantasy VII remake to Stadia too? :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: You can do it Google!!!

 

Classic-Rando
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

You have to concentrate more on the "buy able" games, rather than the "Pro" side of Stadia, I'm going to say something similar until the perception of "who" Stadia is for changes from kids who live off a subscription, to adults with money to spend. 

We still can't pre order AC Valhalla, and it seems like you've put all your metaphorical eggs in that's (and BG3, Cyberpunk 2077 and a couple of other games) basket! 

KyleTheLamb
Founder
Founder

If I get the standard edition of Avengers when it becomes available, do I still get the legacy outfit pack (pre-order bonus)? 

TheWebTech
Founder
Founder

Amazing start to the month great work Stadia team keep it up

MisterMarcoo
Founder
Founder

Dear Google,

Awesome update, thanks for it? 

But since Stadia is such a new platform I think it would be wise to share more about "work in progress" features. Why wont you tell us more about all the features that are missing since LAUNCH?

StellarSteve
Founder
Founder

It really sucks that we can't pre-order the Standard Edition of Avengers on Stadia to get the Marvel Legacy Outfit pack. Will users who buy the game within a limited time window after launch get those pre-order bonuses, sort of like what Bethesda did with Doom Eternal? It's a bit of a bummer to hear that we may not get these things...

@GraceFromGoogle @StadiaTeam Can anyone shed some light on this?

IPGG
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

So avengers and NBA will be free for pro players or am I wrong I just wanted to know

Classic-Rando
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

@IPGG

"So avengers and NBA will be free for pro players or am I wrong I just wanted to know"

No, Avengers is most definitely not free it's £79.99

blockfighter
Founder
Founder

Will it be possible to buy Bomberman at some point without becoming a Pro subscriber? 

badkenbad
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Friendly reminder to everyone that Ubisoft enables abusers at every level of their company and does not deserve your hard earned money, even when their games are on sale.

 

@ark valid concern, and it's the reason Assassin's Creed Valhalla will be the first Assassin's Creed game I don't buy.

However, it's hardly fair to Crew franchise developer Ivory Tower. Their studio has nothing to do with the abuse that has been going on. It's not reasonable to expect them to break their contract and fire their publisher.

 

bchilds
Founder
Founder

I need to know. Is NBA2k going to be the current-gen verision or Next-gen?  should I be saving for Ps5 or is the stadia going to be on par with next-gen systems? When I became a founder I thought Graphics for the stadia would be able to improve over time, was I wrong about that?

Chufu
Platinum Stadia Guide
Platinum Stadia Guide

Amazing thanks a lot for the free games!!

Also it sounds great that One hand clapping got a lot of updates recently. I am missing that a bit for Get Packed :disappointed_face:

Just mentioned to a friend to buy Stadia as well as he wants to be able to play Cyberpunk 2077 in November but doesn't have the money for a new PC, so your 10% discount on the Stadia Premiere edition comes at the right time! Thanks a lot.

SteamedHaams
Founder
Founder

Keep it coming, I'm loving Stadia right now.

Schauschau
Founder
Founder

Whats up with dbd?

September is okay, but far away from amazing :face_with_tears_of_joy: - hey, u can jump not only one time, u can yump two Times!!!! - Amazing

Classic-Rando
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

@Schauschau

"Whats up with dbd?

September is okay, but far away from amazing :face_with_tears_of_joy: - hey, u can jump not only one time, u can yump two Times!!!! - Amazing"

Most of the people who post here just cheer and say everything is awesome and amazing, regardless of its actual amazingness or lack thereof. 

Seriously, just post "Awesome, thanks Stadia and team" about anything, and people will "kudos" it. 

Schauschau
Founder
Founder

Amazing would be a Fall guys - > perfect stadia game at this stage! Short games, u can play it everywhere and it has a huge playerbase with twitch/Youtube views - > more people would come to stadia - > stadia is much more intresting for developer - > ports would be better and more - > more gamer - > end so on.

Such a title is missing :confused_face:

bluebobz
Founder
Founder

@StellarSteve if you buy the deluxe edition for $79.99 you will receive the "pre-order" bonus of the legacy outfit.

 

"Play Marvel’s Avengers first on September 1 with the Timed-Limited Deluxe Edition and get an exclusive Deluxe Limited Edition Marvel Legacy Outfit pack and nameplate, as well as the Obsidian Outfit pack for your Avengers, and six exclusive Obsidian-themed nameplates to further customize your gameplay.

The Timed-Limited Deluxe Edition is only available to purchase on Stadia now through September 4, so buy it today for $79.99 USD and start playing."

Don't forget to read the article before commenting. :slightly_smiling_face:

Classic-Rando
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

@Schauschau

"

Amazing would be a Fall guys - > perfect stadia game at this stage! Short games, u can play it everywhere and it has a huge playerbase with twitch/Youtube views - > more people would come to stadia - > stadia is much more intresting for developer - > ports would be better and more - > more gamer - > end so on.

Such a title is missing :confused_face:"

But remember, the genius, faceless suits that run Stadia know far better than people who have been gamers since the first home console and computers existed about what "gamers" want, also, it isn't like Google have billions to get games, and to pay devs to port them over to the platform. 

 

Classic-Rando
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

"Play Marvel’s Avengers first on September 1 with the Timed-Limited Deluxe Edition and get an exclusive Deluxe Limited Edition Marvel Legacy Outfit pack and nameplate, as well as the Obsidian Outfit pack for your Avengers, and six exclusive Obsidian-themed nameplates to further customize your gameplay.

 

The Timed-Limited Deluxe Edition is only available to purchase on Stadia now through September 4, so buy it today for $79.99 USD and start playing."

 

Can we assume that this is going to be the same for all pre order bonuses from games that other platforms are already accepting orders for, if so, then this is legitimately epic news? 

NateWill
Founder
Founder

I can't find 2k21 !!! In the store !! Lol I need it 

 

Comes out September 4th ! My bad lol 

 

truferblue22
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I've always been a fan but it feels like Stadia is really starting to turn a corner, which is awesome! Even my gf bought a controller when she got her 3 free months on her new Chromebook, lol. Keep it up, guys!

StellarSteve
Founder
Founder

@bluebobz I did read the article. If you want the Marvel Legacy Outfit pack it seems you must get the Limited-Time Deluxe Edition for a much higher price. The Deluxe Edition that comes out on Friday will include the other pre-order bonuses "without the launch-exclusive Marvel Legacy Outfit pack/nameplate" as it states.

For every other platform, regardless of which edition of the game you pre-order, you get all the Marvel Legacy Outfit pack.

What's more, if you go into the Stadia store and inspect the Marvel Avengers Preorder Pack, it just says that you must own the game - it doesn't explicitly say it's tied to any one version:

"Description
Purchase Marvel’s Avengers for a Marvel Legacy Outfit pack, and a nameplate."
 
This leads me to believe that the pre-order bonuses WILL be given to those who buy the Standard edition, like Bethesda did with Doom Eternal this past March since we can't pre-order on Stadia. Some official clarification from a non-social media team member would be great because they often get their info wrong.
JumboWizard
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I immediately spent too much time playing Hitman. Plays great, fun and makes me interested in getting avengers

Eddicus
Community Member

Is avengers cross play with PC or any other platform?

kingv84
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

@ark  You need to stop with this spam on every article. Am going to buy whatever game I feel like if the sale is good.

Bucciarati
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

When Call of Duty?!?! 

AndroiFy
Platinum Stadia Guide
Platinum Stadia Guide

Hello Neightbor :smiling_face_with_heart_eyes:

I was looking from few days and my gf will be really happy to play with me.

Thanks @StadiaTeam 

Wotifink
Community Member

@StadiaTeam Can we get a Retro game package, maybe with gaming history, with games like, Pong, Space invaders, Galaxian etc. Check this out for some ideas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_games

Classic-Rando
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

"@StadiaTeam Can we get a Retro game package, maybe with gaming history, with games like, Pong, Space invaders, Galaxian etc. Check this out for some ideas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_games"

@Wotifink

This, ^^ Stadia needs this, also it would be very easy to do. Wotfink, you sir, are a genius! 

vilvei
Founder
Founder

I don't understand this pricing. $80 on Avengers is ok, not bad. In Europe it's €90. But Euro is stronger than USD; with currency rate of today, $80 ~> €68. So there is €22 ($26) extra on Europe? Pretty steep on virtual license. Maybe I need to wait discounts just because of this.

Classic-Rando
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

@vilvei

"I don't understand this pricing. $80 on Avengers is ok, not bad. In Europe it's €90. But Euro is stronger than USD; with currency rate of today, $80 ~> €68. So there is €22 ($26) extra on Europe? Pretty steep on virtual license. Maybe I need to wait discounts just because of this."

As much as I agree with you, I'm not at all surprised, Google and Amazon have set the precedent for charging the same £, $, and € price for their products for years, most, if not all physical Google home stuff followed the pattern set by Amazon and the Echo devices, once people accepted it, it soon became industry standard, and makes absolutely no sense at all.

I bought my Sonos system, TVs, Fire TV cubes and a few other bits all from American amazon, I saved was more on the base cost of the items than I paid in extra shipping to the UK, it's a problem that really needs to be addressed. 

heavensword
Founder
Founder

I am now past the point where I can keep up with my game catalog here. Well done Stadia team!

Speaking of keeping up... I can't keep up with the number of captures in my account. I have done a couple of takeouts and gone through to delete videos. It's a painful process. Please prioritize an export and cleanup tool. I would love for all my captures to show up in Google Photos or be able to download & delete from my phone.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/2V45Kf2tCSHvKpbg6 

 

ChariotMan
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Stadia just continues to keep getting better and better! And I'm loving it.

lordkensal
Founder
Founder

The goodness just keeps on a comin'. Loving it. 

markieth24
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Times like this are exactly why I purchased Stadia over consoles. Cheaper upfront cost, the $10/month Pro subscription is more than worth it, outstanding graphics, the ability of Stadia to improve and keep up with the capabilities of the gaming industries current juggernauts, no download times, and now the library expansion. Well worth the wait and investment. 

Mjonceagain12
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

When we gonna get Crowd Play for everyone and can you work on a search button for the Stadia Store plz

HUNTER27
Founder
Founder

Is the cod cold war is coming too

Jorge37
Community Member

Haber si fuera posible el forza motorsport 7 y el número de a todo gas gracias 

Shambolic
Founder
Founder

Is the  Crew 2 free for the weekend in the UK as I can only see it on sale and wouldn't mind trying it out??

Fosojr1855
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

The Crew 2 free play was awesome I even purchased it  the gold edition that was a awesome free play 

Mamainthehouse
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I been trying to play 2K21 but the park empty stadia need more people 

 

Classic-Rando
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

@Mamainthehouse

"I been trying to play 2K21 but the park empty stadia need more people"

It's because most of the people who were on the platform have left, and few new people are joining because the platform has essentially fixed zero of its problems since release. 

Still no text chat

Voice chat is terrible

Controller can't power good headphones, and we can't use Bluetooth headsets

Can't use controller mic for chat

Games list is growing slower than a glacier, and most of the games are garbage

I could go on, but I think my point stands, people have asked me what evidence I have that people are leaving the platform, out of around 50 of my friends who started on the platform, I'm the only one left, and my friends list (different people, I was keeping in contact with my irl friends through discord) now consists of about 20 people, 3 of whom are active.

That's almost 70 people I know personally who've dipped their toe into the Stadia pool, and thought not for me, I want a finished product with a good games catalog.

I'll probably pre order a PS5 today (if they actually come out for pre order) and if by November Stadia haven't fixed a lot of stuff, and got a lot more games, I'll be done with it too. 

Classic-Rando
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

@Mjonceagain12

"When we gonna get Crowd Play for everyone and can you work on a search button for the Stadia Store plz"

It's things like this that makes me feel like stadia want to fail, how hard can it be to put a search box in the store? 

Do better Stadia. 

jonathan27
Community Member

I am playing HITMAN 2 over the last couple of weeks and really enjoying it. Keep on bringing such excellent games on Stadia :slightly_smiling_face: