Ubisoft is launching a new Family Feud game in just a few days on November 12, 2020 for Google Stadia and as excited as I want to be about it, I’m not. My family loves Steve Harvey and the long running game show, but the only thing more odd than the game not even featuring […]
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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.
Play GeForce NOW through the Chrome browser on any operating system with this awesome extension
Chromebook gamers know how convenient it is to play GeForce NOW straight through their web browser ever since the company pledged support for Google’s OS a few months ago. Instead of having to download the GeForce NOW application as you do with Windows and Mac, you can just visit a URL and click ‘Play’ on […]
Continue ReadingPlay F1 2020 for free right now for a limited time with Stadia Pro’s ‘Free Play Days’
As a part of Stadia’s Free Play Days weekends, where they promote a game by letting Pro subscribers play it for free for a few days in hopes of increasing sales, you can now play F1 2020 until 2 pm EST on November 9, 2020. If you choose to participate, you’ll get access to the […]
Continue Reading[Update: Ary Released] Ary and the Secret of Seasons, Cake Bash, and Phogs announced for Google Stadia
Update: Ary and the Secret of Seasons has finally released on the Stadia Store for $39.99 and is eligible for Family Sharing! ‘PHOGS!’ released a date reveal trailer that shows the game is coming on December 3, 2020. Stadia hit a stride this week as it announced 13 new games in the last two weeks […]
Continue ReadingFamily Sharing finally arrives for Google Stadia and it’s a really big deal
At long last, Google Stadia is getting Family Sharing! Coming up on their first birthday on November 19, 2020, Google’s cloud gaming platform has faced many doubters, but they’ve done a lot to keep their promises. They said that they would have 124 games before the end of the year and while they had a […]
Continue ReadingStadia will soon use less data thanks to AV1 compression codec, but these other Google services will too
Google has been utilizing a codec called AOMedia Video 1, or AV1 for a few years now in order to reduce the bandwidth needed to stream video content from their services so that users with less bandwidth can benefit from them without reduced picture quality. AV1 has already been built into Youtube, Google Duo, Chrome, […]
Continue ReadingState Share for captures, a Pro trial without a payment method, and more coming soon to Stadia
An APK insights report by 9to5Google reveals several new and interesting tidbits in version 2.42 of the Stadia app. The ability to pair a Dualshock 4 Playstation controller or Microsoft’s Official and Adaptive Xbox controllers via Bluetooth or USB on Android and more strings related to the incoming text-based messaging system can be found within. […]
Continue ReadingFar Cry 5 and New Dawn are now available on the Stadia Store with heavy discounts for Pro subscribers
Thanks to a recent blog post by Ubisoft, we recently learned that their popular Uplay+ service would be headed to Google Stadia before the end of the year as Ubisoft Plus. With it, several of their games are due to hit the service for download. As of now, we’re still waiting for Watch Dogs 1 […]
Continue Reading[Update: Claim now] Stadia gives away six more Pro games, releases two big titles on their store and more
The Stadia team doesn’t seem to know the meaning of ‘quit’ and it’s filling me with joy months before Christmas. They got quite a bit of scrutiny for a certain Twitter mishap that we won’t keep talking about, and according to many, they were slow to roll out lots of promised features, but it seems […]
Continue ReadingDeal Alert: Play Blair Witch for free with GeForce NOW on your Chromebook this Halloween
There are a lot of great deals going around right now to get people into the Halloween spirit. You can still grab the Nightfire audio horror short stories via Google Play Books and there are several haunting movie deals available to you from $4.99 too. You can also do spooky stuff with Google Assistant. This […]
Continue ReadingBoom Slingers – Battle Cards is a ridiculously fun time sink full of nostalgia
Don’t let this simple, cute looking game deceive you – it’s actually a really fun and quirky time sink that I stumbled upon completely by accident. I was browsing the Play Store on my Lenovo Chromebook Duet (totally not a shameless plug, right?) when I came across it in the Early Access section. Boom Slingers, […]
Continue ReadingTeach your kids the basics of programming on their Chromebooks with Rabbids Coding
Learning to code on a Chromebook is an often under-appreciated activity. Google’s laptops can be nice little devices for sinking time into the craft as they’re lightweight and have long battery life. While you or your kids may not be spending hours looking at lines of code at a Starbucks, they may want to explore […]
Continue ReadingStadia to receive UPlay+ as Ubisoft Plus by end of year with new Ubisoft Connect service
We’ve been waiting for quite some time to hear word of Ubisoft’s popular UPlay+ service coming to Stadia, but with each passing event, Google left us high and dry for information. We knew that Ubisoft already had plans to launch it on Stadia and Amazon Luna before the year’s end, but they were vague on […]
Continue Reading[Update: Delayed] Cyberpunk 2077 will launch on Stadia on the same day as PC and consoles
Update: Cyberpunk 2077 delayed to December 10, 2020. The game will still launch on Stadia alongside other consoles, because the game was delayed across the board. The delay is an additional 21 days. Update: A Reddit user by the name of Alex_03003 has found an exclusive Stadia Pre-order Easter egg in their email. Cyberpunk 2077, […]
Continue ReadingNew referral program gives you a free month of Stadia Pro under one condition
In just under a month, Stadia will be a year old. In that year, they’ve made lots of improvements and released tons of features and games. Aside from their unwanted attention last week, I would say they’re doing alright for being new to the game. Most of what people don’t like about the cloud gaming […]
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