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As Chrome OS has evolved, the gaming scene has come along with it. With game streaming, web games, Android games, and upcoming Steam game support, Chromebooks are becoming a go-to place for casual gamers. As it evolves, we're tracking along with that development and you can see it all here on Chrome Unboxed.
![[Updated] PSA: Runescape is one of the best mobile games you should be playing and it’s now in the cloud](https://chromeunboxed.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Runescape-3-GeForce-NOW-Feature.jpg)
Update: Runescape 3 was launched on Steam last month and was recently made available on Nvidia GeForce NOW. Simply visit GeForce with the button at the bottom of this article and add it to your library to begin playing! Because it’s free to play, there’s no need to first ‘collect’ the game in your Steam […]
If you missed your chance to claim a free Stadia Premiere Edition bundle last week when Google was practically using a T-Shirt cannon to give them out, there is another way to get your hands on one at no extra cost before everyone else’s presents arrive – that is, if you’re interested in Cyberpunk 2077 […]
Having been restricted from launching their apps on Apple’s store and being cited for breaking the rules of the platform, Stadia and GeForce NOW are both circumventing the tech giant by launching their services on iOS devices via web applications instead! In their recent talk with Business Insider, Apple says that the reason Stadia and […]
![[Update: Available] Destiny 2 will be Stadia’s very first absolutely free to play game!](https://chromeunboxed.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/destiny2-play-for-free-stadia-1.jpg)
Update: Destiny 2 is officially available to all Stadia gamers! Perfectly timed to Stadia’s first birthday. In just two days, on November 19 at 9 am PST or 12 pm EST, you can begin playing Destiny 2 absolutely free – a Stadia Pro subscription will not be needed! As a reminder, Stadia is a free […]
Hackers have breached Capcom’s internal servers and siphoned out over 1TB of data. In addition to exposing the personal details of several employees and other previously unreleased details on upcoming games and bundles, it’s been revealed that Google is reportedly paying Capcom $10 million to get Resident Evil VII and Resident Evil Village on Stadia. […]
Stadia gamers now have a dedicated profile page featuring a number of the platform’s most useful features. To visit it, just click on your profile image at the top right of the website and click on the larger version of the image that pops up. Once there, you will see your username, status, games, and […]
The popular ‘roguevania’ from publisher Playdigious is on sale on the Google Play Store right now for just $5.99 and for that price alone, you get over 30 hours of gameplay! For those of you who didn’t get it for free as a Chromebook perk a few months ago, now is the best time to […]
The closer we get to Stadia’s first birthday, the more they seem to be layering the icing on their cake. Having recently breached a hundred games on their store, given away free Stadia Premiere Edition bundles, launched Family game sharing, and added several other new features to the service, they’re now rolling out their long-awaited […]
Back before we brought all of the content from Gaming Unboxed over to its new home here on Chrome Unboxed, we discussed an awesome extension called Stadia+, which provided several added benefits to Google’s cloud gaming platform. Lately, many Stadians have been upset by the fact that Google has yet to add a native search […]
News broke over the last few days that Google was generously giving away new, free Stadia Premiere Edition bundles to existing YouTube Premium subscribers in the UK. Cool news, right? Shortly after, it was learned that Google was expanding the same giveaway to US customers of YouTube Premium as well. Of course, as a US […]
![[Update: US too] Youtube Premium subscribers in the UK can claim a free Stadia Premiere Edition bundle right now](https://chromeunboxed.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Stadia-UK-Bundle-Feature.png)
Update: US subscribers who meet the criteria below can also claim the bundle! Google is well known for offering free stuff to their users lately – just look at the Chromebook Perks page, for example, and you’ll see that they’re giving out 3 free months of Stadia Pro, Youtube Premium, NVIDIA GeForce NOW, Disney+, and […]
![[Update: Available] Those Aren’t Real Vikings! Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is Coming to Stadia](https://chromeunboxed.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Assassins-Creed-Valhalla-release-date-october.jpg)
Vikings are All the Rage It seems that the latest trend in pop culture – closely following zombies, of course – is Vikings. After playing God of War on my PS4 and binging The Last Kingdom on Netflix, I’m certainly not going to complain as I find myself particularly drawn to this aesthetic and time […]
