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This Week on Stadia: New year, new games – and we want to hear from you!

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The holidays are over and the forecast is cloudy with a 100% chance of video games – so naturally, we’re back in action! Let’s dive into what’s going down on Stadia:

Wait… where are you going with that fire axe?!

Watch out, Respondrs! The Embr Secret Hosr update is available now at no additional cost. Your latest mission has been infiltrated by corporate spies! A Hosr Agent is among you, quietly working to burn down the building, keep your clients in danger, and blow the place sky-high by detonating bombs. Oh, and did we mention you need to defuse the bombs?

Starting tomorrow (1/12), PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS is available to play at no additional cost!

At no added cost to players new and old, you can land, loot, and outwit your opponents to become the last player (or squad) left standing in PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, the adrenaline-pumping game filled with unexpected moments.

Stay inside the Blue Zone, take down enemies, taste that sweet, sweet Chicken Dinner – all without dropping a single dime! Drop into the action on January 12th.

Take control in Far Cry 6: PAGAN: CONTROL

Players will embody Pagan Min, the iconic villain from Far Cry® 4, in a brand-new experience inspired by the roguelite genre taking place in the depths of the villain’s troubled psyche. Blending intense action and storytelling, Pagan: Control will provide a unique opportunity for players to explore Pagan’s mind, learn more about his past, and face off against familiar faces as he struggles to break free from his cycle of guilt and regrets.

Available as part of the Season Pass or as a separate purchase, Pagan: Control is the second of three AOC chapters focusing on Far Cry villains. Vaas: Insanity, starring Far Cry 3’s Vaas Montenegro in a warped re-imagining of the Rook Islands, is also out now, and Joseph: Collapse, featuring Far Cry 5’s Joseph “The Father” Seed, is coming soon.

Far Cry 6 owners can grab Pagan: Control and dive in starting today, so dust off your best pink suit and get ready to see Kyrat through the eyes of the man who held it in an iron grip.

Stadia :handshake: Samsung Gaming Hub

In case you missed it at CES 2022, Samsung unveiled the Samsung Gaming Hub, which will come to their 2022 lineup of smart TVs and monitors later this year.

Players will be able to natively play Stadia games in up to 4K resolution on compatible Samsung screens without the need for any additional Chromecast device! Just grab a Stadia controller and jump in. With the number of screens on which you can play Stadia continuing to grow, Stadians are winning.

This month on Stadia Pro is PACKED

Who needs new year’s resolutions when there are new year’s games to play on Stadia Pro?

:white_heavy_check_mark:Darksiders 3
:white_heavy_check_mark:Bloodstained
:white_heavy_check_mark:Shantae: Risky’s Revenge
:white_heavy_check_mark:Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
:white_heavy_check_mark:DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of the New Riders

Drop a comment below (or hit us up on social) to tell us which you’re playing first!

New year, new us – and we want to hear from you!

As we kick things into gear this year, we wanted to check in with you, our beloved Stadians, to learn about what you want to see from This Week on Stadia!

Sound off in the survey here.

That’s it for this week! Keep it here for more Stadia news, and as always, be sure to follow us on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for up-to-the-minute updates.

And remember: It’s okay if your head is in the clouds. There are video games here. See you on Stadia!

 

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118 Comments
Shant
Founder
Founder

AN UPDATE OF SOME SORT! 

WireSpy
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

There are no NEW games as you claim. The disappointment is constant. 

Exar
Founder
Founder

A roadmap of feature or a schedule of AAA games to come this year would have been good !

Rudiggz
Founder
Founder

I am slowly going thru bloodstained, but its not really my style of game, DS3 seems a little dated when playing now, still having fun with Mafia 3 from a couple months back, the others are also not my style, but my library keeps growing, and I am curious about the future of games for stadia this year 

MrVacca
Platinum Stadia Guide
Platinum Stadia Guide

This might be the best month of Pro games yet! So many games, so little time!

Simba
Founder
Founder

Its a good start of the year for wanting to hear from the Community. This is going to get some great discussions going. Kudos!

KillaTeam
Founder
Founder

Best part of this was the survey, glad to know you want to hear from the community

Leon2165
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Liked Darksiders III, but I gotta say, I'm still playing Animal Royale haha. 

KyleTheLamb
Founder
Founder

You guys gotta figure out some way to get the titles that the other consoles are getting. I don't expect you to get Sony exclusives, or Xbox exclusives, but when big games like GTA, Fortnite, and Call of Duty are available everywhere else except Stadia, it makes it hard to be drawn to it.

 

I'm a Founder, and I've had my subscription since the beginning, but I don't think I've played Stadia in 6 months. 

KonquererDon
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

So where are these new games?

xGonza84
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Grand Theft Auto 5, Skyrim, Minecraft, Elden Ring, Dying Light 2, etc

HashTagMediaGuy
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Thanks for the update guys!  Amazing moves on the tech side with LG and TCL among others!  Can’t wait for Mad Streets and Far Cry Primal!  Stadia is winning 

Simba
Founder
Founder

I am craving some GTA games on the platform, mostly GTA 5. 

MOO
Founder
Founder

Welcome back Stadia hopefully you guys and ladies had an awesome holiday break. 

This is very broad but I would like to see Stadia push for the next level in cloud gaming this year. Maybe new hardware announcement even if it isn't releasing this year, better roadmap of games and maybe surprise us with some big AAA titles that have been stubborn to make their way to cloud. 

 

Thanks and have an awesome day!

Rolfey
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

The problem with the update is updating subscribers over a week after the pro games have dropped isn't really news any longer. We want a roadmap, we want to know what's coming, games, hardware, improvements. 

TheArkhamKnight
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Batman Arkham titles, suicide squad: KTJL, Hogwarts legacy, Gotham knights.

Gfan08
Founder
Founder

I haven't started any of this month's pro games yet, but will likely play Darksiders 3 first.

Vernificus
Founder
Founder

A lot of people need to make sure they fill out that survey.  Putting your wishes/complaints in a comment probably isn't very helpful.  

Blackgem
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Title "new games", but I don't see any ...

DrSpaceman
Founder
Founder

Weak. The Stadia I bought into has fallen long ago.

Chupacabra
Founder
Founder

Thank you so much!  I was a little disappointed mainly because I've been hoping beyond hope to see Elden Ring show up... but otherwise, I'm excited for 2022, and really looking to sink fangs into Bloodstained once I get all the FFXIV out of my system.  I'm also on the tail-end of 100%'ing Grime, so that needs to be wrapped up first!

Oni
Founder
Founder

I understand the need for growth of the platform, but I find games like Fortnite and CoD boring, I used to play them a lot but they've lost their charm, just the same old same old. I like the refreshing games that Stadia shows me.

Beasts
Community Member

Stadia has generally been great. But please do work on the basics, like games library sorting and hiding games or unclaiming games so they don't appear in your library.

LovecraftTapes
Founder
Founder

Thanks for the update (glad to have you back!) and for the chance to sound off in the survey. Here's to a glorious 2022!

chubbichibbai
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

You ask what people want to see? Take a look at the community. Reddit. YouTube. Discord. Filled with your passionate fans all asking for the same thing. We want a clear roadmap. Plans for the future. We want to know that new AAA are coming to the platform. Cloud gaming is going to be a billion dollar market and we just want to know if Google is as dedicated as we are....because it really doesn't feel like it... Don't waste your headstart in this field. 

Luiz
Founder
Founder

My 3 wishes for stadia 2022:

- Yearly membership (£54.00 per year for the same benefits or £100.00 per year with £50.00 of Google Play Credits).

- Google Play credits as a Rewards for purchasing and playing games on Stadia.

- Quick Resume (same as Xbox Series), which is when I load a game to be where I left it off.

TheArkhamKnight
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I won't be buying any game on stadia in 2022 since there won't be any AAA Ubisoft release this year, guess that all my money will go to Xbox this year 🤷‍:male_sign::money_mouth_face::money_with_wings:

Scarlet
Founder
Founder

Thanks for opening a survey! I hope everybody's responses will help you know what the players want. Keep trucking on Stadia :purple_heart:

EFF
Founder
Founder

Wow. This is just bad. Hopefully the survey will promote some change. 

sn0wf0x333
Founder
Founder

I filled out the survey too, hopefully feedback is taken seriously and we see more exciting news and growth for Stadia! Stadia can be so much more than it is today, let's keep building it together

TheArkhamKnight
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Whishes:

  • All or most WB games coming to the platform
  • Android tv app to load faster
  • Stadia to expand to more countries ASAP

 

 

cim
Founder
Founder

A wild survey appears!

Kelshir
Founder
Founder

Jesus this is pathetic and even below my expectations of nothing.

And for the survey, anyone actually expecting anything is fooling themselves.

nana
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Great 

OnTheBus
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

3 Wishes:

1. A version of Destiny 2 with no removed content. I don't have to worry about storage on the cloud so why not leverage that?

2. Activision and Blizzard games. If you put Warzone on this thing IT WILL MOVE UNITS

3. Remove arbitrary Bluetooth blocks for things that aren't Google products, that's an anti-consumer practice and its **bleep**ty. 

Turtlehead34
Founder
Founder

TWOS! Stuff you all knew about last week!

Honestly, TWOS is so stale that I no longer get excited for it. It no longer disappoints me though, you can't disappoint me when I have no expectations.

Insight into discounts (new and leaving) would be great, same as you typically do with pro titles. After a week of convincing myself, I finally decided to buy Far Cry 6. I opened the store to see that it is no longer on sale (missed it by 1 day). Had I known it was losing it's discounted price, I would have made my decision sooner. I'm not paying $80, stadia lost a sale (I'm probably not the only one).

ray3473
Founder
Founder

OMG! Pagan Min in FarCry6 is awesome! 

Pedder
Founder
Founder

Man i wish i could see what you all wished for!

Great to see stadia opening up to hear more from the community. 

Got to say though, based on the comments i read in here every week, this is VERY brave! 

MrMCG
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Stadia needs to compete, graphically speaking, with GFN RTX 3080 tier. Having games like Far Cry 6 in 30fps is a let down.  I want my games to be next-gen games as well, like FIFA is. Have to get devs on board to give Stadia the best of the best. The tech on Stadia is amazing. It can run next gen stuff. We just need the next-gen version of games on the platform. No reason Stadians shouldn't be enjoying games like FC6 in 4k/60fps+/HDR. I have big hopes for Stadia this year! 

TigerTitan
Founder
Founder

To everyone leaving their wish list here:  Fill out the survey.  It will have a better chance of being seen/taken into consideration

pablothedolphin
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Let us know the results of the survey and what you aim to deliver on in a future blog post!

carlthewinner
Founder
Founder

I love Stadia. I love that I can play at home, work, from my phone with my Backbone attached. It is awesome!

I hope to see performance improvements this year. I wish it were my most powerful console option. I was gifted a PS5 and XBOX Series S. (Very fun) These are now my most powerful consoles. The benefits that I love from Stadia are slightly marred by the fact that I get better performance out of my home hardware.

I only have a 1080p TV so I don't care about 4K, but I LOVE 60 FPS. When I can choose the awesome Farcry 6 on Stadia or Farcry 6 on PS5, I picked to go with the PS5 version since the Stadia version doesn't have 60 FPS. But I loose out on the cool features of Stadia, when I play on my console instead.

If I can get ray tracing on my PS5, but not on Stadia, again, I may choose the more performant version and loose out on the awesome cloud features of Stadia.

I know the common comeback "60 FPS doesn't matter." or "You don't notice when you are engrossed in the game". I know. I get it. But when the competition does do those things, when I go to pay $60 or $70 for a game, I want the best version I can play.

I hope my Stadia blades get to the point where they are more powerful than my PS5 at home. I had a great experience with Stadia where we had a bunch of family that wanted to play games one Saturday. Different members of the group play on PC, XBOX, PS4, PS5, and Switch. I convinced them all to try a month of Stadia Pro and play with me there instead. We didn't have to coordinate wait for downloads or coordinate who has which games. We just got on together and played. We played Bomberman, we played Sniper Elite 4 together and other games. We had a great time! I even had my "Non-Gamer" sister in law play Orcs must die 3 with me! We had an excellent time together. Only made possible by the power of Stadia!

Thanks Stadia! Can't wait to see what happens this year!

Stadia Wishlist:
- Improved performance. (Sometimes it runs like it is siting in my house, other times even though speed tests show my speed is 100Mbps down and 10Mbps up, I still have performance issues).
- 60 FPS+ on all games.
- Ray Tracing.
- Suspended game support like I have on PS5 and XBOX Series S.
- SSD drives for faster load times.
- Open world cloud based game only possible in the cloud :slightly_smiling_face: (I want real freeway traffic :slightly_smiling_face: )

Settus
Founder
Founder

When does stadia start? I am waiting since nov 2020. .-)

SRBearcubJeff
Founder
Founder

Happy New Year


Welcome to 2022!!

Survey completed!!

Great post as always!

See you in the next one

lorne69
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Awesome 

IHaveAllTheWhea
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Any word on if Stadia is trying to get Hogwarts Legacy on our platform. Would love to play it on Stadia. Knowing how well AOC Odyssey worked on Stadia, I imagine Hogwarts Legacy would be perfect on here.

serci
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Stadia  Love 

 

EcoNomad
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Everyone who wants a roadmap put it in the survey they put in the blog. 

Rolfey
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I could not agree with @carlthewinner more on his post, we need that upgrade now Stadia, it's time. I also took note of the earlier post advising us do the survey, so I have

4ScarrsGaming
Founder
Founder

Great post to start out the year! Anyone reading this comment, please fill out the survey near the bottom of the blog post. This will allow us (the community) to shape what we see contained in the blog posts in the near future. This is another way that shows Google is listening to the community and a big big win in my books! Keep up the good work everyone! Looking forward to a fantastic 2022 for Stadia!