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  • Google announce ‘Stadia’, their new cloud gaming service built on Linux and Vulkan

    Google have now finally unveiled their new cloud gaming service named Stadia, offering instant access to play games in Google Chrome.

    What they joked was the worst-kept secret in the industry (no kidding), sounds like quite an interesting service. Certainly one that could eventually end up redefining what gaming is. A little hyperbolic maybe? I'm not so sure considering how easy this should be to jump into a game. On top of that, they very clearly talked about how it's built on Linux (Debian specifically) and Vulkan with custom GPUs from AMD.

  • Google’s Stadia Is “Netflix For Games” — Play Any Game Without Installation

    everaging the network of its highly efficient and scalable server infrastructure, Google has finally launched its much-anticipated game streaming service called Stadia. The announcement took place at the company’s keynote at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

  • Stadia is Google’s New Gaming Service Powered by Linux & Open-Source Tech

    Stadia, a brand new game streaming service from Google, has been revealed — and it’s powered by open source technology.

    Long rumoured, but only formally announced at Games Developer Conference (GDC) 2019, the cloud gaming service promises to let gamers game from pretty much anywhere they want.

    There’s no Stadia console; no box you buy and hook up to your TV. Instead, games run from a datacenter and are streamed to you via the internet. Games can be streamed at up to 4k at 60fps, depending on your connection, of course.

    So folks, the dream of playing AAA games on Stadia on your crummy downstairs TV; your mid-range Android; or a potato laptop running Linux and Google Chrome, is now real.

  • Stadia Is Google's Cloud Gaming Service Using Linux, Vulkan & A Custom AMD GPU

    Google used the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC 2019) to officially unveil "Stadia" as their cloud-based game streaming service formerly known as Project Stream.

    To little surprise these days, the Google Stadia streaming service is built on Linux servers. Also to not a lot of surprise, Vulkan is their graphics API of choice for streaming right now up to 4K at 60FPS while they plan to expand to 8K at 120FPS in the future.

  • The Humble Curve Digital Bundle is out with four nice Linux games

    Now that the dust has settled on the Google Stadia news, here's something entirely different: the Humble Curve Digital Bundle.

  • Atari VCS Release Delayed – But There’s a Good Reason Why

    Remember the Atari VCS, aka the crowd-funded Linux-based games console that is totally not vapourware and will absolutely be released?

    Well, its release just got delayed.

    Those who backed the (very successful) IndieGoGo campaign won’t receive their units until late 2019 at the earliest. The console had originally planned to ship to backers in the summer of 2019, and go on general sale soon after.

    But although this delay is disappointing development for fans of this particular vintage gaming icon, there is an upside.

    Yup, it turns there is a very good reason for the delay…

On "Atari" and "Stadia" (later links)

  • So about that Atari reboot console... you might want to sit down. It's going to be late, OK?

    The project still appears to be in the hardware design phase and it's been decided that the machine will now be powered by a "14nm AMD processor featuring high-performance Radeon Vega graphics architecture and two 'Zen' CPU cores". The original "Bristol Ridge" family planned for the box is apparently so 2017, and that shiny Ryzen tech is just too appealing.

    Oh, and those July 2019 estimated delivery dates still shown on the Indiegogo funding page? Not happening. If you're one of the punters that contributed to the more than $3m raised in order to bask in the nostalgia of something that looks a bit like the Atari 2600 of old then you'll be waiting until the end of 2019 due to "this decision to upgrade".

  • Stadia Is Google’s Cloud Based Game Platform; Powered by AMD, Linux and Vulkan, Due in 2019

    Google Stadia is the company’s entirely cloud-based game platform. Announced today at the Game Developers Conference 2019, it’s focused on creating a centralized experience for both gamers, creators and developers.

    For example, after you’ve watched a gameplay video on YouTube, you’ll get the chance to play that game in just five seconds via streaming. That’s regardless of the platform you are using, be it a laptop, desktop, television, phone or tablet. The magic happens in the cloud, of course, with Google leveraging its considerable network of data centers to be able to maintain low latency regardless of where the player is located in the world.

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