If you own the Founder's Edition of Google Stadia then you can invite your friend to play with you for free using Buddy Pass:
If you own the Founder’s Edition of Google Stadia, then you are able to use Buddy Pass.
Google Stadia’s official Twitter account posted this news today, & they provided instructions on how to offer free access to a friend using your buddy pass or how to redeem it if your friend has selected you as the recipient.
Some adventures are better with a friend!— Stadia (@GoogleStadia) November 27, 2019
Whether you’re gifting a Buddy Pass or are the lucky recipient of one, here’s everything you need to know to begin playing on Stadia. pic.twitter.com/Rf5PqzZXAB
The Buddy Pass allows you to send 3-month free trial of the Stadia Pro subscription to a buddy. After trial period terminates, you can select to cancel subscription or continue with the normal monthly charge.
Farming Simulator 19 & Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition are free games for Stadia Pro owners:
Farming Simulator 19 & Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition are 2 free games that every Stadia Pro owner can access in December. Also Destiny 2: The Collection & Samurai Shodown are other free games out now.
Those who bought these games can
get back their money. All you need to do is to request for refund if you have
bought either or both of these games.
And also if you don’t pay to re-subscribe when the free limited period terminates in 2020, you won’t be able to play both games, & you will lose 4K streaming as well.
Google Stadia Controller, Price, Internet Speed, Founder Edition, Premier Edition, Buddy Pass, Family Sharing, 4K Streaming, Achievements, Games & More:
Stadia has announced 12 launch games last week, & most of the games were already released on other platforms months (in some cases, years) ago. 10 new games are announced now which is a good news for Stadia users. You can check out all new launch games for Stadia below:
- Farming Simulator 2019
- Attack on Titan: Final Battle 2
- Football Manager 2020
- Final Fantasy XV
- Metro Exodus
- NBA 2K20
- Trials Rising
- Grid 2019
- Rage 2
- Wolfenstein: Youngblood
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey
- Destiny 2
- Gylt
- Just Dance 2020
- Kine
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider
- Samurai Shodown
- Thumper
- Tomb Raider
Google’s cloud gaming service, Google Stadia is available. You will need a hardware in order to play games when Stadia service is first available.
The concept of Google Stadia is that games run actually at a Google data center, & you will receive video on your browser. The inputs from your controller are sent back to the data center which means you can play graphically intensive games on any platform including PC, tablets or mobile, & you are allowed to start from where you have left your game on any of the platform you want. But, at least at release you must purchase the hardware to play games on Google Stadia.
Also you will be able to play games without using any hardware later. Google says that this service will be available in 2020.
The wireless controller that you can buy to use with Stadia does not need a console, & it can only work on the Chromecast Ultra. If you want to use this controller on any other device, then you will need a USB cable to provide input until wireless capability is offered on more devices too.
Google Stadia won't support family sharing, buddy pass, achievements, 4K streaming & more features at launch:
Google Stadia - Family Sharing
Stadia won’t support family
sharing until early 2020. If you want to play a game with family members now,
then you have to purchase another copy of the service. Stadia won’t support
buddy pass at release, & Google expects to take around 2 weeks to enable
this feature after Founder Edition has shipped. Buddy pass allows you to
share your service with another player.
Achievements won’t be available
at release too. Stadia will take time to complete achievements.
It looks like current Chromecast
Ultra devices won’t be ready for Google Stadia when the service launches.
You won’t be able to stream games
in 4K / HDR on your PC. This feature will not be available until 2020.
Google wants to create multiple first party studios:
Google hired Ubisoft & Electronic Arts industry vet Jade Raymond to lead a studio but the company wants to create more
studios too. Google wants to develop Stadia exclusive games like games that can
do different things such as complete physics simulations or integrating the
Google Assistant to be the voice of the non-playable characters in video game.
According to Google, those who pre-ordered Stadia unit near to Founder Edition sell out date must wait up to 2 weeks after launch date in order to get access:
The launch date of Google Stadia
is 19 November 2019 but you may not be able to play games on day one even if
you pre-ordered Founder edition of Stadia. According to Google, users will
receive units on first come first served basis so if you pre-ordered near to
sell-out date, then you need to wait for 2 weeks after launch date in order to get
access.
Google Stadia will launch on 19
November 2019 at 9 AM PT but not every user who pre-ordered one unit will get
access. After Founder edition was sold out then Google launched its Premier Edition but it won’t launch on 19 November.
Users can play Red Dead Redemption 2 which is a launch Stadia title.
Google Stadia - Cloud gaming platform
Google Stadia is a cloud gaming platform which allows you to play AAA games on any device which can run internet such as mobile, tablet, laptop, PC & smart TV.
Price of Google Stadia:
Purchase Stadia Pro subscription for
$10 / month. It will be available this year & in next year Google will
release Base subscription model that will stream games in full HD for free.
Stadia Pro includes a big
library & additional games will be added to it & it can play games at the
max. quality that Stadia can provide 4K / 60 FPS / HDR. Stadia Pro users will get access to free games on a regular basis. The first free game is Destiny 2 The Collection which includes the base game & all of its DLCs. Apart from free games you will need to pay full money to buy games. Also Stadia Pro subscribers can receive discounts such as buy games at low prices.
Stadia's Founder Edition which costs $129 contains Stadia
Controller (costs $69 if you buy it separately), Google Chromecast Ultra (costs
$69 if you buy it separately), 3 months of Stadia Pro subscription, 3-month
buddy pass to offer Pro access to a friend, & a free Destiny 2 game with
all DLCs.
Founder Edition of Google
Stadia has sold out. Founder Edition is replaced by Premier Edition which is a
similar package but it does not include a few key elements. No buddy pass is
included in the Premier Edition or ability to secure a username, & the controller
available with Premier Edition is clearly white instead of night blue. Premier
Edition will launch after Founder Edition. Premier Edition also costs $129.
Internet Speed:
Google Stadia - Internet Speed
Google Stadia Games:
All confirmed games that will be available when Google Stadia releases, & also all games that will release by the end of this year are added below:
Google Stadia Release Games
- Farming Simulator 2019
- Attack on Titan: Final Battle 2
- Football Manager 2020
- Final Fantasy XV
- Metro Exodus
- NBA 2K20
- Trials Rising
- Grid 2019
- Rage 2
- Wolfenstein: Youngblood
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey
- Destiny 2
- Gylt
- Just Dance 2020
- Kine
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Thumper
- Tomb Raider
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider
- Samurai Shodown
- Google Stadia 2019 Lineup
- Attack on Titan 2: Final Battle
- Borderlands 3
- Darksiders Genesis
- Dragonball Xenoverse 2
- Farming Simulator 19
- Final Fantasy XV
- Football Manager 2020
- Ghost Recon Breakpoint
- Grid
- Metro Exodus
- NBA 2K20
- Rage 2
- Trials Rising
- Wolfenstein Youngblood
We will update this post when we
receive more information about Google Stadia.
43 Comments
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when the service will go live?
ReplyDeleteHello Lucas!
DeleteStadia servers will go live today at 5 PM GMT in UK, or if you live in the US then the servers will go live at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET.
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Stadia pak mai kaam karta hai???
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DeleteStadia is not available in Pakistan but it may release in Pakistan later. Google is expanding its coverage but at launch the service will be available in 14 countries including Canada, Belgium, Denmark, France, Finland, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Ireland, Norway, Spain, United Kingdom, Sweden & the United States.
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I like Google Stadia. Can't wait for it.
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Requirements are v. high
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i can't wait to play on Stadia. My Premier edition of Stadia hasn't arrived yet
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waiting 4 next year when stadia becomes free
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Stadia should have provided all features they had promised. It has spoiled their image
ReplyDeleteHi Marcus!
DeleteMany companies make mistakes when they begin working in a new field. Google's idea is good & they are one of the best companies in the world which means they have the potential to improve Stadia. Google said that they will provide the missing features soon. Let's wait and see what happens.
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Stadia is fast. I am playing NBA 2K20 on Stadia & don't have any issues with controls so far.
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DeleteYes you are right. It can provide same performance as consoles.
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Performance of Stadia is not satisfactory. The system or controller freezes sometime. At the moment I don't recommend Stadia.
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People had high expectations from Stadia but it lost the battle in the first phase
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Stadia is better than my expectations
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When Stadia will come to Pakistan?
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Stadia lost the race by a big margin
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i'm an owner of premier edition so i have to wait :(
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