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

StadiaTeam
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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
BeepBopPro
Community Member

Time to advertise (new) FREE games. It's nice that we have a few free games and a few trials but it would be even nicer for Stadia to add more free games. Fortnite, Apex Legends, Splitgate, Call of Duty Warzone, Warface, Warframe, etc etc.I want Stadia being able to promote stating "Hey! Stadia has FREE games. "

ladube
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Actually trying out xbox cloud... close to pull the plug on my pro subscription; not because of the performances, but for the actual catalog.

TheRigger
Founder
Founder

I love Stadia since the beginning.. And I play it regularly, but please, please upgrade Stadia hardware! Cloud gamepass is getting very exciting with series X as hardware... we can't expect the newest games to run on Stadia if you can't support raytracing or be comparable to this generation of PC or console 

SQUiDzzz
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Very nice touch to add the feedback survey! This should help get an idea of what we would like to see on the platform! Also PUBG free?!?! New embr content!! haha why do I get the feeling death carnival is coming soon too and a stealth drop??? hehe who knows!  Also PUBG was free early! Wowie you guys are too kind! Keep up the hard work! Shout out to @StadiaTeam 

Tioraro
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Call of. Duty, Battlefield o Star wars battle front. I need it :slightly_smiling_face:

NooBiSi
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Road map for 2022? If you want us to invest in Stadia talk to us....another useless post.....two weeks late.

Rodzilla8735
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I take issue with many of the things addressed already and will sum up. The Stadia team needs to be more open about gaming prospects, updates, and Stadias general direction. No news is not always good news. 

Krokodillentran
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I love stadia, I truly do. But please, try to get more AAA games onto your platform, or else it will sees its demise very soon, I reckon. I mainly game on my Xbox series S, but if Stadia committed more than they're currently doing, I am willing to sell my Xbox. Until then, I'll be patiently waiting. 

iluminate
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Still waiting on Far Cry 4, Far Cry Primal, and Far Cry Blood Dragon to come to the Platform.

Also, bring more SEGA games like Lost Judgment, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, and others!

Alexpi
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I NEED CRASH BANDICOOT 

RagingJacob
Founder
Founder

@4ScarrsGaming Good eye Jon! Great call to action! Together we can pave the way for Stadia's future ! 

Great post to start out another year full of more 'This week on Stadia's

 

 

Geraldo
Founder
Founder

Hello Stadia team :video_game::cloud:

May you pleas entry to get CD Project RED to bring the Witcher 3 remastered to Stadia?

 

I would LOVE to jump in the game again, this time on Stadia! I haven't touched my PS4 since November 19th 2019 when Stadia released in Ireland and I am not about to go back to it! I am staying in the cloud :red_heart:

Bender76
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Nice blog this week guys!!

I really hope you do listen to us and our prayers. 

Can't wait to  see Stadia succeed and feel that my investment, few Premiere packs, being a PRO member since the beginning... I love Stadia!!! 

Samugarsiaa7
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

GTA 5,Fortnite y Call of duty.Esos son mis 3 deseos

Cadiafan64335
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

the games in the pass are very boring there's only a couple of good games,,and games like Mafia 3 are there buggy as **bleep**, I mean remove it do something, and im tired of mostly only Ubisoft games come on we NEED big titles , you are so rich Google , get Warzone, Gta games, and stop filling the pass with boring indie games

Cadiafan64335
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

the games in the pass are very boring there's only a couple of good games,,and games like Mafia 3 are there buggy as hell, I mean remove it do something, and im tired of mostly only Ubisoft games come on we NEED big titles , you are so rich Google , get Warzone, Gta games, and stop filling the pass with boring indie games

Hyde99X
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

As much fun as I'm having with Stadia so far, as far as games though I'd definitely like to see more of the following:

More horror games (other RE games, Outlast, SOMA, Amnesia, etc) // Visual novels (such as Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!, Katawa Shoujo, Corpse Party [2021], etc // More stealth games like the MGS franchise, the rest of the AC games, Splinter Cell, Thief, etc

Reasons I suggest games like those is because they exist on multiple platforms already and shouldn't be too hard to get the licensing for, plus porting them wouldn't be overtly difficult from what I can imagine. Other than that, more hardware upgrades, please. 30fps is functional, but far from ideal with todays games. Much of this is reliant on developers, sure, but voicing those concerns to them would be great. Keep on improving graphics if you're able, and Dolby Surround Sound. Those shouldn't be too much to ask either, especially if you want to be taken seriously as a viable platform from the general public. Better marketing would help, but these would help more.

GeorgAnatoly
Founder
Founder

With so few new titles released per month and with apparently no new larger publishers hopping on board it looks like Stadia might be in a stalled holding pattern with no real plan to increase users or publishers. It's not a good look that's for sure. I'm sure Stadia was planned with x number of years of no revenue but there's no way they're hitting projected growth targets. Anyway, hopefully with the increased number of devices Stadia is available on they can start putting resources into the platform in other ways to distinguish it from other distribution platforms and begin enticing new users to those new devices.

Cadiafan64335
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Every single months I've been pro I played about 3 or 4 games on the pass, most of them are fillers

ChariotMan
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

More New AAA Games is what I'm looking for. Well. Must of us is looking for. But this is a Start.

Falcon
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Just finished Darkside Detective from the backlog and excited to do the next one. Also direct touch on Hundred Days.  Can’t wait to try it again! 

Squeak_Easy
Founder
Founder

Nice to have a survey to speak our mind.

I'm under no delusions it will be heeded but at least I've vented my opinion.

Simply existing and accepting whatever developments comes it's way will NOT be enough, Google, you have to do better.

Marc2000
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I am disappointed with this entry. Nothing new.

AlphaBridge
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Samsung gaming hub... Dope!

Czapla
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Cross-playing with PC for all online games (Red Dead Online, etc.)

Daggre
Founder
Founder

I would like to see 3 things:

  • Upgrade the backend GPUs to support 4K 60fps WITH RAY TRACING.  The games need to look as good on Stadia as they do on Series X and PS5. 
  • After shutting down the AAA studio effort, Google needs to quash the rumors of abandoning Stadia by re-launching the service and committing to a whole generation of gaming. Something along the lines of a commitment to 5 years or more that the service will stay online and new 3rd party AAA titles throughout. 
  • Cross save on every title. 
SmithOnline
Founder
Founder

CALLING ALL STADIA PLAYERS

Welcome to Stadia UK, we have an ever-growing community of UK Stadia Players, we are here to help each other in game & our Discord Server. We have events, game guides, tips, news & more...

We also welcome members worldwide.

TO START:
Join us below:
https://discord.gg/2jHCCYa

Ogtone718
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Really trying to hang on with yall but it's hard. These titles you're putting out are just very old . Think I'll just be using xbox game pass for now . It's been real.  

Rolfey
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I think @StadiaTeam  what you need to do is tell the people on sub reddit, and this blog post your going to respond to the survey, because if there is no response you will lose even more trust, people are on the edge already. You need to share the results of this survey to show what the biggest request are and then update your consumers on what's possible and when you're doing it. If you do nothing, expect to lose people. 

Shark950
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Petit a petit l'oiseau fais son nid! Continuer ainsi stadia cool Statia sur samsung tv

 

Whito
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

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Don’t be sad, this is just how it works out sometimes.

Rolfey
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I keep getting this same email from you over and over, I know what got released on the 1st, it's old news. We are all waiting for feedback from this survey, I bet we hear absolutely nothing. I was naive to think we would.

Nixxotine
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I would really love it if FFXIV online came to Stadia!

It’s probably the only game holding me back from using Stadia exclusively for my gaming needs.

Wrtdu
Community Member

friend :pensive_face::pensive_face::pensive_face:

Daggre
Founder
Founder

I made an earlier comment but want to add that if Rainbow Six Extraction is actually good, this will be exactly the kind of game I'd like to see on Stadia.  Essentially a LAN party with all client instance computers at the same site (hopefully) the lag between clients should be imperceptible.  Cross-save is a MUST have and Cross-play is a MUST have unless Stadia gets to 10m subscribers actively playing - this kind of game is the kind to get there.  PubG, Destiny2, Division 2 - etc. all great examples of MP games that are phenomenal on Stadia.

Stadia should absolutely strike a deal with Bungie and make everything Destiny-related - EVERYTHING free for every Stadia subscriber.  It would make Stadia THE place to play Destiny 2 because it's so flipping expensive on other platforms to buy the add ons and figure out what you actually own vs. need to buy - I love the game but I'm done with it because of all the add-on nonsense and now they're doing it again with The Witch Queen DLC.  Just make it ALL free for Pro subscribers.

Short of that, we just desperately need a GPU refresh to bring real 4k 60fps and ray tracing to games like CyberPunk, Division and AC:Valhallah.  Right now those games look better on PS5 and Series X and that's just not OK.  Stadia needs to be "Gaming PC Quality" not "almost Console quality".

Rockadaddy
Founder
Founder

We need a yearly membership like PS now, e.g. and "Genshin Impact". :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

 

Happy New Year, Stadians! :sparkler::flexed_biceps::video_game:

shiizo
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

still waiting for a monster hunter game but i don't think this will happen because google have to pay millions for capcom to release a game on stadia. :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:lol what a joke:rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:

RikiTiki
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I've recently started my 3 month demo of Stadia Pro... Gotta say I'm pretty underwhelmed. The platform itself is great -- but where are the games??? There's not a single thing on offer that would hold my attention for more than 30 minutes. Dirt is nice and good for a game or two once in a while, but I don't love racing games... Hitman might be good for a few hours, but again, not really my style.

Where are games like RDR2?? How many years old is it now? Call of Duty? AC... nothing of any value at all appears to come with Pro...

They say after a year of Pro you will have accumulated thousands of dollars worth of games -- in theory maybe, but my initial feeling so far is that I will have paid $120 for games which -- taken together -- I personally wouldn't have spent $10 on... We'll see.

I was just at my cousin's house on his XBox game pass... I could play literally almost anything imaginable that I wanted...

Is Google really going to charge us $10 a month for worthless games that no one really wants to play?

Whito
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Well you actually pay $10 for 4K HDR 5.1

Stadia's free tier is 720p at very low-end blurry and pixelated graphics.

4K will give you 1080p and medium graphics rescaled for clarity.

HDR will remove artifacts in dark areas by having a higher bit rate, but your CCU is overheating easy, so I would never use the app on your TV.

5.1 will give you clear sound without metal explosions or whale singing.

PRO games are a giveaway where they usually include indy games, bad ports, or low-selling games.

It will also give you access to discounts that you cannot get for free.

Honestly the ONLY way STADIA can survive right now is to give free 4K tier to anyone who buys a game and it would go down to PRO 4,99$ including ALL of the platform's library, only 2 or 3 annual AAAs I don't see the problem or the loss of great sales, STADIA needs users, neither the hardware UPGRADE nor the roadmap nor more games will bring users.

Because it is difficult for me to understand who would play in the free level or who would continue to use the platform with such a low level graphically.

I also don't understand who designed this high-end paid platform to play on smartphones.

This is a suggestion, I can't be out anymore, currently the complaints and the fight on my part are over.

The last survey I did asked for a metaverse in the same way as Playstation HOME, then John Justice ended up on Facebook for Meta and Playstation renewed the Home license so I won't give you any more ideas, other than the suggestion of how to make it attractive use of the service that I have made.

WISHES?

I wish you the best of futures where I may reconsider using your service again.

Happy 2022.

Hollymood
Founder
Founder

Road Map and AAA games that every other platform has like Fortnite, Minecraft, GTA, COD, etc.

This community and prospective Stadians don't need anything else.

 

Phil Harrison silence communicates "bad news" coming. Let me him go or let him talk.

Grafspee89
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

So you want to hear our opinions how to improve Stadia. Ok, let's check it. 

First of all I really like stadia. It turned available about 13 months ago in Hungary,

You can play games even on a really old computer. When the consoles started to become better with Xbox 360 and PS3 I've really hoped that will be a console where you can play games with keyboard & mouse. Stadia is the Virtual Gaming Console for PC and Console players also. So I'm glad that somebody finally made this and I'm really glad for this is possible. 

We cannot feel the imput lag. For me the the video quality is ok. There are some bugs SOMETIMES for example with the sound and at nights there are lag spikes but I can tolerate theese also. 

About the prices of the Game's. Well I think it's not bad with the normal and pro discounts and without it it's not much more expensive than the prices in steam. 

I think the only disadvantage could be the game libary.

It's not the fact that you have to rebuy your games to be able to play with them on stadia because for example I won't rebuy Alien Isolation IF thay game would be available because my PC is strong enough to play with it.

We need much more AAA games. The popular older and newer ones also for example GTA 5, Call Of Duty games, Need For Speed games and we need a chart also about that when the games will be available. (Mafia Definitive Edition Games Published to come to Stadia much more than a year ago but for now Only Mafia III: Definitive Edition is playable)

You have the technical advantage with Stadia. You only have to invest into games. You can gain advantage from this situation also when there are not enough PS5s available, not enough Xbox Series Xs available, the Video Cards IF those are available you can buy them with a horrible price. With these things if there's a Stadia would be there with an acceptable game libary and you don't have to invest into an Expensive PC or console, than a lot of people will change their former platforms to you. 

 

Marc2000
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

YO Stadia Team. Thank u for PUBG :video_game::smiling_face_with_heart_eyes::video_game:

Crisp
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Now that microsoft has taken over Activision its probably save to say that cod won't be coming to stadia, but what about battlefield or gta? There are allready some other games available by the devellopers of these games so whats taking so long...i find myself standing on a crossroad with 3 options xbox , playstation or stadia.....and i'm guessing  i'm not the only one....so they got there work cut out for them...

wiseman
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Wat is going on news never updated till today and now cant do survey its dated the 11 this is the 19 wat the. man this is the first time time stadia has pissed me off

wiseman
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Make me laugh when people say stadia need to do more to get AAA games wen its the developers not whiling to convert to Vulcan they have said they are investing in making porting easyier and are makeing a studio for porting to help developers. so hopefully this year we will see some good games 

Pospesel
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

In addition to the comments about major titles like Fortnite, Rocket League, and other free games just to get users on the platform to begin with, you NEED to get rid of the requirement to use a credit card to sign up. It's so hard to get people to play games with me on the service that should be all about convenience. It'd be amazing if people that have an existing gmail account can just sign in, pick a username and picture, and get a list of free games to add to their library and go. I'm trying so hard to get more people on the platform but I cannot understand why you put so many hoops to jump through to get people to start playing.

As for the other point PUBG instead of Fortnite is a step in the right direction as much as giving me an Echo instead of a Google Home for Christmas is a step in the right direction. Hint: I'm typing this on a Chromebook while listening to music on my Pixelbuds, my Google Home just reminded me to make a phone call a few minutes ago; i.e. an Echo is the right idea but the wrong choice, as is PUBG. You just need to let Epic Games go without paying fees on the Play Store like they offered you before and the service will be instantly resurrected JUST by running this advertisement with Fortnite instead of PUBG and making it easier to access the free tier.

Once you have the numbers that will bring to the platform then you can get AAA titles. Even though many of them will be free to play only, they will bring friends with them that aren't. It's not like Google is going to go broke from not collecting Play Store fees from Epic Games. Throw money at Epic until you can get the games that people actually want or just go ahead and kill Stadia.

Edit to add: I don't play Fortnite. I do play Rocket League. But this is about being realistic about what will draw users. Get those addicted Fortnite addicted squeakers whose mom took their xbox on the platform and you will instantly have numbers that AAA developers will actually care about.

SteveBorough
Founder
Founder

Truly baffled why Google would release Google Play Games on Windows and not Stadia. Flooding Stadia with thousands of mobile games you can play on a myriad of screens (with a free play pass) would be a killer app for the platform. It's like they dont talk to other departments! Hopefully Microsoft's side of the deal is helping to improve Wine (Direct X on Linux) architecture so that Stadia porting becomes more streamlined!!

SirideanSloan
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Promising start into 2022 in regards to the survey. I hope that it shows the Stadia team what the community really wishes for even though those wishes are mentioned all over the place here on the blog as well as on social media. I'm also slightly confused about the wording since you ask what the community wants form "This Week on Stadia" so is the survey only about this blog or Stadia in general?

Those Pro additions are great! Will try all of them, but the first one probably will be Darkside Detective :slightly_smiling_face:

Fragman
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Battlefield COD Star Wars, why not older titles too like wolfensteins put in the old Doom that looks 8 bit, what about a Bundai namco retro arcade like Ms Pac-Man galaga 

 

 

 

yandelenka
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I'd love to see Stardew Valley & Binding of Isaac.

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