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The Microsoft and Activision Blizzard deal is being scrutinized for the wrong reasons

Microsoft's ongoing $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard deserves to be scrutinized, but many regulators are doing so for the wrong reasons.

Windows Central

Microsoft's Activision deal is being punished over Google Stadia's failure

Google Stadia's failure left one less big player in cloud gaming, and now Microsoft's Activision deal is being punished over claims of dominance.

Windows Central

Shutting down arguments about Xbox Game Pass 'sustainability'

Since Xbox Game Pass came along, pundits lined up to take shots at the strategy. The disruptive service has given Xbox a foothold in the competitive gaming market, but questions of sustainability keep popping up.

Windows Central

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It's the final end of an era: Former Stadia boss Phil Harrison has left Google

Harrison joined Google in 2018 to head up its cloud gaming initiative.

PC Gamer

Shadow’s Virtual Booth Wants To Reinvent Playable Game Demos by Streaming Them

Shadow, makers of the streaming cloud PCs for gamers and enterprises, are announcing Virtual Booth, a streaming video game demo experience, at GDC 2023. Their pitch: no downloads, no waiting in long lines at conventions, and smooth playback right in the web browser on any device.

Inverse

Amazon’s Shrinking Luna Catalog Proves Its Game Streaming Days Are Numbered

With Stadia gone and a shrinking game library, the reasons to move on from Luna only seem to be growing for Amazon.

Inverse

How to use your Google Stadia controller as a Bluetooth gamepad for Mac and PC

Google's Stadia game streaming service is gone, but with a few simple steps, you can use your defunct Stadia controller to play games on Mac and PC.

Inverse

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Google Stadia refunds are finally available. Here's how to get yours.

The end of Stadia, Google’s cloud-based gaming service, is official with Google starting to send out refunds for the hardware.

Inverse

Seizures, deaths, depopulation: CheckMate looks into claims made in new anti-vax film Died Suddenly

A new conspiracy-laden film that baselessly alleges COVID-19 vaccines are causing large numbers of deaths has been viewed more than 10 million times in 10 days.

ABC News

How to get a Stadia refund from Google

With the game-streaming service ending, here’s how to secure a refund on game purchases and more

Evening Standard

Pushing Buttons: Why did Google Stadia fail?

Google Stadia had good tech but it’s become the latest casualty in the cloud-gaming realm. Plus, the creators of Monument Valley are back with a gorgeous game of feelings-dodgeball

The Guardian - UK

Stadia shutdown shows Google's struggle to innovate

The search giant, famous for shutting down underperforming projects, hasn't had a breakout hit in a long time.

Axios

Google reportedly cancelled Stadia-exclusive Death Stranding sequel

Kojima’s single-player vision for Death Stranding 2 reportedly didn’t sit well with Google execs

USA Today Sports Media Group

Google Stadia’s closure has left developers unsure of what to do next

Google Stadia is shutting down, which is bad for gamers, but worse for indie developers who were depending on a Stadia launch.

USA Today Sports Media Group

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Evening Standard

Google Stadia shuts down — what now for game streaming?

Google confirms its gaming service is ending. Here’s what it means for consumers

Benzinga

Google To Shut Down Gaming Service Stadia: Analyst Says Demise Also Casts Doubts On Amazon And Meta's Forays

Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google is shutting down its consumer gaming service Stadia as it didn't gain traction with users, the company said in a sta

Wales Online

Google shuts cloud gaming service Stadia and refunds users

Google has promised refunds by mid-January to players who purchased its Stadia controller as well as any games

Inverse

Google kills Stadia, but drops a hint about its future gaming plans

Google Stadia is shutting down for good, but the company is surprisingly attempting to do right by its customers.

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Daily Mirror

Google Stadia game streaming service is shutting down with players to receive refunds

Google is ending its support for its troubled game streaming service after just three years and will be issuing refunds to players.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Google Stadia cloud gaming servers will shut down in 2023

Google Stadia is coming to an end, after Google’s cloud streaming platform failed to catch on like the search engine giant hoped for

Daily Mirror

FIFA 23 will have shared FUT transfer Market for PlayStation and Xbox but not PC

Latest news from the Mirror on FIFA 23 as EA confirm a shared transfer market between Xbox, PlayStation and Stadia.

GamesRadar

The 10 best Tomb Raider games of all time

The best Tomb Raider games since Lara Croft's arrival in 1996

USA Today Sports Media Group

The Quarry and High On Life reportedly began as Stadia exclusives

Google was apparently behind two of this month's hottest games at one point.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Resident Evil Re:Verse reappears after year-long delay

Stadia ratings show the multiplayer spinoff might not be dead.

The Guardian - UK

Sony to launch PlayStation rival to Xbox Game Pass

Subscription offers games for low fee as tech firms compete to establish Netflix-style streaming service

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