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Why Google Stadia and Amazon Games Seem Doomed to Fail

Recent news that Google has decided to shut down its internal game development studios comes on the heels of a report by Bloomberg that suggests Amazon’s own game division is burdened by issues that it could prove to be insurmountable. On the one hand, you want to be surprised by these revelations. There’s certainly a degree of surprise that comes naturally when you hear that two of the largest companies in the world have seemingly botched their entries into the video game industry so soon after they started. There was this idea that both companies would stay in the game…
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Google Stadia Developer Suggests “Streamers Should Be Paying Developers”

Alex Hutchinson, Typhoon Studios co-founder and Google Stadia developer, has suggested on Twitter that video game streamers should pay developers for the rights to stream their games. The real truth is the streamers should be paying the developers and publishers of the games they stream. They should be buying a license like any real business and paying for the content they use.— Alex Hutchinson (@BangBangClick) October 22, 2020 Hutchinson’s tweet seems to be a response to Twitch’s controversial handling of DMCA takedowns which have impacted their streaming partners’ ability to play licensed music and other licensed audio content on their…
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Fortnite Removed From Google Play Store

Google has removed Fortnite from the Play Store following Apple’s recent decision to also remove the popular gaming app from its App Store. “The open Android ecosystem lets developers distribute apps through multiple app stores,” Google says in a statement explaining their decision to remove the Fortnite app. “For game developers who choose to use the Play Store, we have consistent policies that are fair to developers and keep the store safe for users. While Fortnite remains available on Android, we can no longer make it available on Play because it violates our policies. However, we welcome the opportunity to…
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Link Tank: Why Orcs Must Die! 3 Is the Best Google Stadia Has to Offer So Far

Orcs Must Die! 3 is possibly the best exclusive game Google Stadia has to offer—although that may not be enough to save the console. “Orcs Must Die! Is an influential tower defense series where players build traps and other structures in order to fight off hordes of titular orcs, as a new villain with a connection to a classic Orcs Must Die! Unchained‘s Cygnus emerges. The third entry in the franchise takes things to new heights thanks to the unique processing power of Google Stadia.” Read more at Inverse. Is there anything better to a story than a fitting or…
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Sekiro, NBA 2K21, Super Bomberman R Online, and More New Games Coming to Google Stadia

Stadia has been out for almost a year now and Google continues to improve and add new titles to the cloud gaming service. During its July 2020 Connect broadcast, Google announced quite a few things coming to Stadia in the next few months. New games and features were highlighted in the 18-minute announcement video. Among the highlights are Stadia ports for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (Fall), Dead by Daylight (September), Hitman (September), Hitman 2 (January 2021), NBA 2K21 (Fall), and the upcoming Outriders (Holiday 2020). Also coming to the service is Super Bomberman R Online, a new installment in Konami’s…
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