Google Stadia has had more details revealed today, including a bombshell literally everybody saw coming: It won’t be coming to Australia…yet.
Stadia is coming this November and will indeed be a subscription service, but not a mandatory one. ‘Stadia Pro’ will set you back a cool 9.99 USD a month, adding ‘regular content’ to your Stadia library. Games can also be purchased individually, but you’ll need a subscription to do it (for now). However, if you buy the game from Google you can play it on Stadia’s no-cost base tier:
The ‘Founder’s Edition‘, valued at 129.99 USD, includes a limited-run version of the Stadia controller, a Chromecast Ultra allowing you to stream in 4K, three months of Stadia Pro for you and a friend, and Destiny 2: The Collection. It’ll also be the only way to play Stadia at launch until the Free tier is released ‘next year.’
You can also buy a regular controller, in one of three colours, for 69 (nice) USD. Well, you could. If it worked in Australia. Which it doesn’t.
Games-wise, Stadia will launch with the following:
- Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (Yes, really!)
- Borderlands 3
- The Crew 2
- Darksiders Genesis
- Destiny 2
- The Division 2
- DOOM Eternal
- Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
- The Elder Scrolls Online
- Farming Simulator 19
- Final Fantasy 15
- Football Manager 2020
- Get Packed
- Ghost Recon Breakpoint
- Grid
- Gylt (exclusive)
- Just Dance 2020
- Metro Exodus
- Mortal Kombat 11
- NBA 2K
- Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid
- Rage 2
- Samurai Showdown
- Thumper
- Tomb Raider Trilogy
- Trials Rising
- Wolfenstein: Youngblood
Stadia’s minimum requirements are 10mbps download and 1mbps upload; at least 35mbps is necessary to stream in 4K. It’ll launch in 14 territories, including the US, Canada, the UK, and Ireland. It’ll work on a variety of devices like home computers and laptops, tablets, Google Pixel 3 phones and any Chromecasts you happen to own. More phones are slated for adaption later, as is Australian functionality.
Arana blames her stunted social skills and her general uselessness on a lifetime of video games. Between her ears is a comprehensive Team Fortress 2 encyclopedia. Her brain remains at large.
