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Today, Google went back to YouTube to show off an impressive list of games coming to their Stadia game streaming service, which we already know is powered by Debian Linux and Vulkan.

As a reminder, Google said not to see Stadia as if it was the "Netflix of games", as it's clearly not. Stadia Base requires you to buy all your games as normal, with Stadia Pro ($9.99 monthly) giving you a trickle of free games to access on top of 4K and surround sound support.

Focusing on some newly announced games that will be coming to Stadia, along with fresh trailers for previously announced titles, today's Connect event packed quite the punch. Here's some more titles that were mentioned:

  • Attack on Titan 2 Final Battle - Omega Force
  • Borderlands 3 - Gearbox
  • Cyberpunk 2077 - CD Projekt
  • DOOM Eternal - id Software
  • Darksiders Genesis - Airship Syndicate
  • Destroy All Humans! (remake) - THQ Nordic
  • Farming Simulator 19 Platinum Edition - Giants Software
  • GRID - Codemasters
  • Gods and Monsters - Ubisoft
  • Kine - Gwen Frey
  • Mortal Kombat 11 - NetherRealm Studios
  • Orcs Must Die 3 - Robot Entertainment
  • SUPERHOT + SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE - SUPERHOT Team
  • Samurai Showdown - SNK
  • The Elder Scrolls Online - ZeniMax Online Studios
  • Watch Dogs Legion - Ubisoft
  • Windjammers 2 - DotEmu

You can see the cut-down recap below:

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Or if you prefer it, the full 40 minute presentation is available here.

Stadia is going to launch in November, with access being granted to around 14 countries. Currently, the only way to actually get in is to purchase the Founder's Edition with everyone else getting access next year. The Founder's Edition comes with a Chromecast Ultra, three months Stadia Plus, an exclusive Night Blue Stadia Controller and more. It's not cheap though, at around $129/£119.

How do you feel about Stadia currently, will you be giving it a go? Since it will work on Linux in any Chrome browser, I remain quite interested to try it out even if I have plenty of reservations about the service itself. Either way, it's yet another way to play AAA titles on Linux.

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scaine Aug 19, 2019
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I honestly thought Stadia was just a glorified Steam Link that worked over the internet? So while the box you buy might be Linux-based, I always assumed there would simply be a farm of PCs running Windows in a datacentre somewhere and you tapped into that resource to place your game.

It feels like an ecological nightmare to be honest. And the implications for bandwidth are horrific.

No support for this from me. I realise that I'm not their target demographic, but... nope. No interest.

Edit: Ecological piece seems pretty legit actually: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Stadia/comments/cjivzb/for_those_wondering_if_googles_stadia_will_impact]


Last edited by scaine on 19 August 2019 at 7:26 pm UTC
Mar2ck Aug 19, 2019
Quoting: scaineI honestly thought Stadia was just a glorified Steam Link that worked over the internet? So while the box you buy might be Linux-based, I always assumed there would simply be a farm of PCs running Windows in a datacentre somewhere and you tapped into that resource to place your game.

It feels like an ecological nightmare to be honest. And the implications for bandwidth are horrific.

No support for this from me. I realise that I'm not their target demographic, but... nope. No interest.

Edit: Ecological piece seems pretty legit actually: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Stadia/comments/cjivzb/for_those_wondering_if_googles_stadia_will_impact]

The stadia server farm is confirmed to run on linux and all games will use vulkan
Liam Dawe Aug 19, 2019
For those who still don't believe Stadia as a whole is running on Linux: https://stadia.dev/about/

Mentions it all there pretty clearly.
apocalyptech Aug 19, 2019
Definitely zero interest in actually using Stadia over here, but like the rest of y'all I'm hoping that it'll end up leading to more "official" native ports getting released. There's obviously a world of difference between coding for one specific well-defined platform (Stadia) than it is to put something out on a public storefront, where you'll have to contend with users attempting to run your game on all manner of distros and hardware, but I can't imagine that it won't lower the bar for companies to think, "huh, maybe we should do a little more polish and release this officially."
melkemind Aug 19, 2019
This raises more questions for me. Let's say I already own a copy of Elder Scrolls Online. Can I just log into Stadia and start playing, or will it require a separate copy? Also, if I buy Cyberpunk 2077 on Stadia, will that also give me access to a downloadable copy through GOG or some other store?
EagleDelta Aug 19, 2019
Quoting: Salvatos
Quoting: EikeI came here to say that they won't release the games to Linux, but...

QuoteStadia Base requires you to buy all your games as normal

... this does sound like they might have to.
Do we know if we can buy them from Google (so there's no need for a public release)?
AFAIK you’re just buying streaming licenses from Google. Not actual software as you seem to be inferring.

Unfortunately, the way most software/gaming/media vendors see it today, you only buy licenses to use their product. So, unless you have physical media and an unconnected blu-ray player, your access to the license can be revoked at any time. Stadia doesn't change this at all.
kuhpunkt Aug 19, 2019
Quoting: melkemindThis raises more questions for me. Let's say I already own a copy of Elder Scrolls Online. Can I just log into Stadia and start playing, or will it require a separate copy? Also, if I buy Cyberpunk 2077 on Stadia, will that also give me access to a downloadable copy through GOG or some other store?

Nope to Cyberpunkt. Elder Scrolls Online might work, depending on what deal Bethesda made with Google.
haspadar Aug 19, 2019
Afair from the previous presentation at least DOOM Eternal was ported natively to Stadia (Linux). I wonder if it will be available for Linux outside of Stadia.
TheBard Aug 19, 2019
We might have a chance to see Borderlands 3 and Destroy All Humans on Linux finally ? But I highly doubt we'll get the other as Zenimax and CDPR are not Linux friendly.

At least Stadia will force these studio to have Linux developers, to develop for Linux (Debian+Vulkan), and learn how to release on Linux.

I find it unbelievable that one-person studios like SupraGames (Supraland) can manage to have a working port but big AAA studio can not. Would it be that these one-person studio are actually be made of skilled devs while big studio are only composed of juniors?
Shmerl Aug 19, 2019
So, Cybperpunk 2077 is confirmed for Stadia. Now CDPR have no excuse not to release for Linux proper :)


Last edited by Shmerl on 19 August 2019 at 8:35 pm UTC
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