[ad_1] In its final form, Geforce Now is a subscription service with a free and a paid tier. The free option allows folks to connect to NVIDIA’s servers and play for one hour at a time. After an hour, these players will need to reconnect, and potentially wait for a spot to open up on […]
Category: cloud gaming
Stadia Pro’s free January games are ‘Rise of the Tomb Raider’ and ‘Thumper’
[ad_1] The shuffle will bring Stadia Pro’s total bonus catalog to five games. That’s certainly better than what Google offered on launch, but it still leaves a core problem unaddressed: the selection of freebies isn’t particularly strong. There’s neither an abundance of games nor any must-haves. Of course, that’s part of why Stadia will have […]
Google Stadia’s Assistant button starts working in ‘early access’
[ad_1] When Google unveiled Stadia, its cloud-based streaming games platform, it showed off a button on the controller that linked directly to its Google Assistant AI helper. The idea is that players will be able to easily pull up tips and relevant information without even losing their game, however it wasn’t quite ready for the […]
Stadia vs. xCloud: How these game-streaming services stack up
[ad_1] Most of the testing I’ve done has been on my home WiFi network, which averages 30Mbps to 40Mbps down and just under 10Mbps up. This is just within the connectivity ranges that both Google and Microsoft recommend for high-quality streams. Stadia runs on a handful of platforms: Pixel phones, tablets and laptops via the […]
Id Software built a framework to make streaming video games better
[ad_1] Robert Duffy is Chief Technology Officer at id Software, a subsidiary of Bethesda and the studio behind legendary shooters like Doom. He debuted the software on-stage at E3, and afterward, he had this to say about Orion in a press release: “We leveraged our extensive experience in game engine technology to tackle streaming from […]
Console gaming is at a crossroads
[ad_1] Microsoft is taking the right fork. This one doesn’t have game discs at all: The latest Xbox, revealed just this week, is called the One S All-Digital Edition and it’s designed for online, download-centric gaming. It doesn’t have an optical drive. Sony, meanwhile, is staying the course. The path forward is clear and well-trod, […]
Microsoft reminds everyone about Project xCloud with a live demo
[ad_1] As the host played Forza Horizon 4 streaming from one of Microsoft’s datacenters to a phone it certainly looked similar to the usual console experience. With a standard controller connected to the phone via Bluetooth, it still played as intended, but we’ll need some time on the sticks to see how latency and picture […]