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Stadia Savepoint: December updates

It’s time for another update to our Stadia Savepoint series, recapping the new games, features, and changes for Stadia in December.

Last month, the Stadia live hangout was hosted by YouTube creators Austin Creed and Katie Wilson and revealed new games and features for players to explore. That included the launches of Outcasters and Submerged: Hidden Depths from Stadia Games & Entertainment within Stadia Pro, as well as the publisher’s new partnership with Thunderful Games. The showcase of Crowd Play beta within Super Bomberman R Online and Dead by Daylight demonstrated how live stream viewers can play alongside creators through YouTube. With the launch of Immortals Fenyx Rising, as well as Super Bomberman R Online becoming free for all players on Stadia, it was a December to remember.

Cyberpunk 2077 now available on Stadia.

Cyberpunk 2077 is now available for purchase on the Stadia store.

Let’s not forget Cyberpunk 2077, the long-awaited action role-playing game that launched December 10. With Stadia, players jumped instantly into Night City, without having to wait for patches or downloads. Plus, our Cyberpunk 2077 promotion helped bring the adventure to more TVs with a free Stadia Premiere Edition.

December also brought the Ubisoft+ beta to US players, allowing players to link their Ubisoft+ accounts and play their favorite Ubisoft games on Stadia—no Stadia Pro required. Support for more regions is coming next year!


Crowd Play beta

With Crowd Play beta, YouTube live stream viewers have the chance to jump into the Stadia game they’re watching and play alongside the Creator.


Stream directly to YouTube

Live stream your gameplay and voice within game chat directly through Stadia to your YouTube channel. Learn how to get started.


Play Stadia on iOS

Play Stadia games on your iPhone or iPad within our public iOS test by signing in to Stadia.com on your Safari iOS browser and adding the Stadia web shortcut to your home screen (more details).


Stadia available now in eight new European countries

Now, more players in Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Switzerland can play games on Stadia just by signing up on Stadia.com.


New homepage on web

The refreshed look of the Stadia Home page makes games easier to find, purchase or claim, or play.


Stadia Pro updates

December content launches on Stadia

New games coming to Stadia announced in December

That’s all for December—we’ll be back soon to share more updates. As always, stay tuned to the Stadia Community Blog, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter for the latest news.

Stadia Savepoint: November updates

It’s time for another update to our Stadia Savepoint series, recapping the new games, features, and changes for Stadia in November.

The month marked one year since Stadia launched. In the past year, we’ve quadrupled our library on the Stadia store and significantly increased the number of free games offered in Stadia Pro. In addition, we’ve introduced new ways to play like the ongoing exclusive demo of Immortals Fenyx Rising or Crowd Choice in Baldur’s Gate 3 and Dead by Daylight on YouTube. Our anniversary brought a new promotion for Cyberpunk 2077 with a free Stadia Premiere Edition, plus Destiny 2 arriving free for all Stadia players with Click to Play.

To top it all off, we announced that in the next few weeks we’ll be rolling out the first phase of iOS support to play Stadia games. The future of Stadia also holds an expansion to more countries in Europe, and the first full implementation of State Share in Hitman 3.

November was a huge month for games on Stadia, with players conquering a massive open-world in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, taking on 63 other players in PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle, and mastering their Jedi training in Star Wars™ Jedi: Fallen Order. All of these games, plus many others that arrived this month, are now available for purchase on the Stadia store. For players that are subscribed to Stadia Pro, they received instant access to a library of more than 30 games in November, with even more available on December 1.


Family Sharing

Share games that you’ve purchased on the Stadia store (or claimed within Stadia Pro) with your Google family. Learn more in our Help Center article.


Messaging on Stadia

Players can now message their friends to coordinate, cooperate and celebrate. Or use smart replies for quick responses when using a gamepad. Learn more in our Help Center article.


Capture sharing and audio improvements

Share your in-game screenshots and video captures on mobile and web by generating links. Plus, your own voice within game chat is now recorded in video captures.


Stadia profile enhancements

The Stadia profile now includes information such as game activity and a friends list, plus shortcuts for quick actions like adding players as a friend.


Stadia Pro updates

November content launches on Stadia

New games coming to Stadia announced in November

  • Chronos: Before the Ashes
  • Everspace
  • Into the Breach
  • Secret Neighbor

That’s all for November—we’ll be back soon to share more updates. As always, stay tuned to the Stadia Community Blog, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter for the latest news.

Stadia Savepoint: November updates

It’s time for another update to our Stadia Savepoint series, recapping the new games, features, and changes for Stadia in November.

The month marked one year since Stadia launched. In the past year, we’ve quadrupled our library on the Stadia store and significantly increased the number of free games offered in Stadia Pro. In addition, we’ve introduced new ways to play like the ongoing exclusive demo of Immortals Fenyx Rising or Crowd Choice in Baldur’s Gate 3 and Dead by Daylight on YouTube. Our anniversary brought a new promotion for Cyberpunk 2077 with a free Stadia Premiere Edition, plus Destiny 2 arriving free for all Stadia players with Click to Play.

To top it all off, we announced that in the next few weeks we’ll be rolling out the first phase of iOS support to play Stadia games. The future of Stadia also holds an expansion to more countries in Europe, and the first full implementation of State Share in Hitman 3.

November was a huge month for games on Stadia, with players conquering a massive open-world in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, taking on 63 other players in PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle, and mastering their Jedi training in Star Wars™ Jedi: Fallen Order. All of these games, plus many others that arrived this month, are now available for purchase on the Stadia store. For players that are subscribed to Stadia Pro, they received instant access to a library of more than 30 games in November, with even more available on December 1.


Family Sharing

Share games that you’ve purchased on the Stadia store (or claimed within Stadia Pro) with your Google family. Learn more in our Help Center article.


Messaging on Stadia

Players can now message their friends to coordinate, cooperate and celebrate. Or use smart replies for quick responses when using a gamepad. Learn more in our Help Center article.


Capture sharing and audio improvements

Share your in-game screenshots and video captures on mobile and web by generating links. Plus, your own voice within game chat is now recorded in video captures.


Stadia profile enhancements

The Stadia profile now includes information such as game activity and a friends list, plus shortcuts for quick actions like adding players as a friend.


Stadia Pro updates

November content launches on Stadia

New games coming to Stadia announced in November

  • Chronos: Before the Ashes
  • Everspace
  • Into the Breach
  • Secret Neighbor

That’s all for November—we’ll be back soon to share more updates. As always, stay tuned to the Stadia Community Blog, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter for the latest news.

Stadia Savepoint: October updates

It’s time for another update to our Stadia Savepoint series, recapping the new games, features, and changes for Stadia in October.

This month we celebrated some Good Stuff on Stadia, teaming up with YouTube Creators Lamarr Wilson and LaurenZside who revealed free and exclusive week-long demos for PAC-MAN™ Mega Tunnel Battle and Immortals Fenyx Rising, plus an OpenDev Beta for HUMANKIND. We can’t wait for these amazing games to launch on Stadia, starting with PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle on November 17. Over three days we also revealed new games and content coming to Stadia including the Drastic Steps expansion for Orcs Must Die! 3 (Nov. 6), Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Nov. 24), ARK: Survival Evolved (early 2021), Hello Engineer (2021), Young Souls (2021), and Phoenix Point (2021).

NEW Games on Stadia + Three FREE Demos | Official Recap

Throughout October, players explored a Dungeons & Dragons adventure in Baldur’s Gate 3 Early Access, fought against a surveillance state in Watch Dogs: Legion, and carved their path to vengeance in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. All of these games, plus many others that arrived this month, are now available for purchase on the Stadia store. For players that are subscribed to Stadia Pro, they received instant access to a library of 29 games in October, with even more available on November 1.

Stadia Games Available Now and Coming Soon

Crowd Choice now available

Crowd Choice, available in Baldur’s Gate 3 and Dead by Daylight, changes how games unfold when live streaming on YouTube. Viewers have the power to vote on decisions made by the player in each game.

Play Stadia with mobile data

Mobile data gameplay has graduated from Experiments and is now a fully supported feature on Stadia to play games using 4G and 5G. Data usage may use up to 2.7GB/hr. Gameplay is service-, network-, and connection-dependent, and this feature may not be available in all areas.

Referral rewards for friends and family

Refer someone for a free trial of Stadia Pro and they’ll get an extra free month of games. Plus, if they subscribe after their trial is up, you’ll get an extra free month of Stadia Pro as well. Terms apply.

Push notifications on mobile

Receive notifications in the Stadia app on Android and iOS devices about Stadia Pro games, incoming friend requests, and more.

Stadia Pro updates

October content launches on Stadia

New games coming to Stadia announced this month

That’s all for October—we’ll be back soon to share more updates. As always, stay tuned to the Stadia Community Blog, Facebook and Twitter for the latest news.

Stadia Savepoint: August updates

It’s the end of August, and that means it's time for another update in our Stadia Savepoint series, detailing the additions we’ve made to the Stadia platform this month.

In August, players experienced the best of professional golf in PGA Tour 2K21, battled demons on Mars in DOOM and explored a beautiful hand-drawn adventure in Spiritfarer, in addition to many other new games now available for purchase on the Stadia store. Stadia Pro subscribers gained instant access to 23 games this month, the most free games we’ve offered yet--plus access to the first Free Play Days event for Borderlands 3. Our partners revealed new games coming soon to Stadia, including Larian Studios who announced that Baldur’s Gate 3 will be arriving in Early Access on Sept. 30.

Stadia Games Available Now and Coming Soon

The games we’ve already announced, with many more to come later this year.

We also introduced new deals for players featuring Stadia Pro and products:

  • Get $10 off when you purchase the Claw and the Stadia Controller together on the Google store to play Stadia on your mobile device. Offer ends Aug. 31, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
  • If you’re not yet a Pro member, get three free months of Stadia Pro as a perk with any eligible Chromebook released after June 2017.

Game volume slider on Chromecast and web

We’ve added a separate game volume slider to all audio settings on the Stadia platform. You can adjust the sliders for max volume, game audio and voice chat independently on Chromecast and in a Chrome browser.

Stadia Pro updates

Recent content launches on Stadia

That’s all for August—we’ll be back soon to share more updates. As always, stay tuned to the Stadia Community Blog, Facebook and Twitter for the latest news.

Stadia Savepoint: June updates

With June coming to an end, it's time for another update in our Stadia Savepoint series. Here are the updates we’ve made this month to the Stadia platform:

Touch controls on mobile

Access touch controls within any game on your mobile device when a controller is not already connected.

Expanded OnePlus compatibility

Stadia is now compatible with OnePlus 5, OnePlus 6, and OnePlus 7 series mobile devices. More info here. 

Per-device resolution settings

Added the ability to set your preferred resolution on each device that you play Stadia on. 

Experiments tab supports additional mobile devices

Any Android phone that can install the Stadia app can play games using the Experiments tab in the settings menu. 

Wireless Stadia Controller functionality on mobile

We’re rolling out support for wireless play using the Stadia Controller on your mobile device. Just link your Stadia Controller to your phone by following the linking code shown on your screen.

This month, players adventured across the lands of Tamriel in The Elder Scrolls Online and learned how to pull off trick combos on boats in Wave Break, in addition to many other games now available for purchase on the Stadia store. We also announced new games coming to Stadia, including the survival adventure Windbound on August 28 and a chance to enter a world inspired by classic JRPGs with Cris Tales on November 17.

If you sign up for Stadia, you’ll get one free month of Stadia Pro and instant access to eighteen games, including PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS, Zombie Army 4: Dead War, Destiny 2: The Collection, and The Elder Scrolls Online. In addition, if you’ve ever signed up for Stadia Pro, you’ll receive $10 off on your next purchase of any game from the Stadia store. 

Start playing Stadia on your TV for $99.99 with the new Stadia Premiere Edition, complete with a Stadia Controller and Chromecast Ultra. 

Stadia Pro updates

Recent content launches on Stadia

New games coming to Stadia

That’s it for June—we’ll be back soon to share more updates. As always, stay tuned to the Stadia Community Blog, Facebook, and Twitter for the latest news.

Stadia Savepoint: May updates

We're back with another update in our Stadia Savepoint series—here's what happened in May. This month, our community started playing Embr, Jotun: Valhalla Edition, Sundered: Eldritch Edition, DOOM 64, and many other games that arrived for purchase on the Stadia store. We also announced new games coming this year, including The Elder Scrolls Online on June 16th, PGA TOUR 2K21 on August 21st, and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla in Holiday 2020. 

On June 3rd, we'll update our current Stadia Pro offer from two free months to one free month for new users. So if you haven’t already signed up, head over to Stadia.com before June 3rd to claim your two free months of Stadia Pro.

Stadia Pro updates

  • Get six new games for free with Stadia Pro in June: Get Packed, Little Nightmares, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, SUPERHOT, Panzer Dragoon Remake, and The Elder Scrolls Online (June 16).
  • 12 existing games still available to add to your Stadia Pro collection: Destiny 2: The Collection, PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS, GRID, Serious Sam Collection, Spitlings, Stacks On Stacks (On Stacks), SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech, SteamWorld Dig 2, SteamWorld Heist, Zombie Army 4: Dead War, The Turing Test, and GYLT.
  • Ongoing discounts for Stadia Pro subscribers: Check out the web or mobile Stadia store for the latest.

Recent content launches on Stadia

New games coming to Stadia

  • Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

  • CHORUS

  • Little Nightmares

  • Mafia 2 Remastered

  • Mafia 3 Remastered

  • Metro 2033 Redux

  • Metro Last Light Redux

  • Panzer Dragoon Remake

  • PGA TOUR 2K21

  • Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid

  • Serious Sam 4

  • SUPERHOT

  • The Elder Scrolls Online

Wireless Stadia Controller functionality on web

We added support for wireless play using the Stadia Controller in a Chrome browser. Just pair your Stadia Controller on Stadia.com by typing the linking code shown on your screen.

1440p on web

Players with an active Stadia Pro subscription plus the necessary hardware and network speeds can now play Stadia at up to 1440p resolution in their Chrome browser.

That’s it for May—we’ll be back soon to share more updates. As always, stay tuned to the Stadia Community Blog, Facebook, and Twitter for the latest news.

Stadia Savepoint: April updates

We're back with another update in our Stadia Savepoint series—here's what happened in April.

This month we welcomed everyone within our 14 launch countries to Stadia and gave gamers two months of free games with Stadia Pro. Stadia is now free and open to anyone who wants to create an account. Our most recent Stadia Connect revealed that you can click here to play PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS on Stadia, plus new info on First on Stadia titles Wave Break, Crayta, and Get Packed. 

Stadia’s Phil Harrison also revealed: “We are bringing five games from Electronic Arts to Stadia as part of our partnership. It all starts with Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order™ coming this fall followed by EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL and FIFA. We are excited to bring these hugely popular franchises to our players on Stadia in 2020 and beyond. We’ll have more news to share about EA games on Stadia later this year.

Stadia Connect Official Recap In 3 Minutes | 4.28.2020

Stadia Pro updates

  • Get new games for free as part of Stadia Pro in May: PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS, Zombie Army 4: Dead War, The Turing Test and SteamWorld Heist.

  • Existing games still available to add to your collection: Destiny 2, GRID, GYLT, Serious Sam Collection, Spitlings, Stacks On Stacks (On Stacks), SteamWorld Dig 2, and SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech.

  • Act quickly: Thumper leaves Stadia Pro on April 30.

  • Ongoing discounts for Stadia Pro subscribers: Check out the web or mobile Stadia store for the latest.

Recent content launches on Stadia

New games coming to Stadia

Stadia games

Play Stadia Pro for free

Click to Play on web
Click here to instantly play PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS in your Chrome browser with an active Stadia Pro subscription.


5.1 surround sound on web 
We added support for 5.1 surround sound when playing games on your Chrome browser with an active Stadia Pro subscription.


On-screen keyboard on web
Access an on-screen keyboard in your Chrome browser when you have a gamepad connected and require text input.


Mobile connection notifications 
Receive notifications about connection quality while playing on mobile devices.


Connection status updates
The connection status icon now only reflects connection strength, following user feedback.


Mobile captures
While playing on mobile devices, press the Capture button on your Stadia controller to save gameplay screenshots and clips.


OnePlus compatibility
Stadia is now compatible with the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro mobile devices. More info here.


That’s it for April—we’ll be back soon to share more updates. As always, stay tuned to the Stadia Community Blog, Facebook, and Twitter for the latest news. 

Stadia Savepoint: March updates

We're back with another update in our Stadia Savepoint series, providing a summary of recent news on Stadia.

This month we added seven new games to the Stadia store including DOOM Eternal and Lost Words: Beyond the Page, a First on Stadia title. With Serious Sam Collection, Spitlings and Stacks On Stacks (On Stacks) being added to Stadia Pro on April 1, subscribers can claim and build their library of games, playing for free as part of their subscription.

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Stadia Capture Library on Web

Web Capture Library

Access captured gameplay screenshots and clips on your laptop or desktop and download them from your library.

4K on Web

Players with an active Stadia Pro subscription plus the necessary hardware and network speeds can now play Stadia at up to 4K resolution on the web in their Chrome browser.

Recent content launches on Stadia

  • Borderlands 3: Guns, Love, and Tentacles: The Marriage of Wainwright & Hammerlock Expansion

  • DOOM Eternal

  • Lost Words: Beyond the Page

  • Serious Sam Collection

  • SteamWorld Quest

  • SteamWorld Dig

  • SteamWorld Dig 2

  • SteamWorld Heist

  • The Crew 2

  • Tom Clancy’s The Division 2

  • Tom Clancy’s The Division 2: Warlords of New York Expansion

New games announced for Stadia

  • Monopoly

  • Monster Jam Steel Titans

  • MotoGP20

  • Relicta

  • The Turing Test

Stadia Pro updates

  • New games that are free to claim for Stadia Pro subscribers in April: Serious Sam Collection, Spitlings, Stacks On Stacks (On Stacks).

  • Existing games still available to add to your collection: Destiny 2, GRID, GYLT, Metro Exodus, SteamWorld Dig 2, SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech and Thumper.

  • Act quickly: Metro Exodus and Thumper leave Stadia Pro on March 31.

  • Ongoing discounts for Stadia Pro subscribers: Check out the web or mobile Stadia store for the latest.

That’s it for March—we’ll be back soon to share more updates. As always, stay tuned to the Stadia Community Blog, Facebook and Twitter for the latest news. 

Stadia Savepoint: February updates


With February coming to a close, we’re back with another issue of our Stadia Savepoint series, giving you a summary of recent news on Stadia.

This month we announced nine new games coming to Stadia, featuring three games launching First on Stadia. That included “Spitlings,” the chaotic multi-player platformer which launched earlier this week and is the focus of our first developer Q&A with Massive Miniteam. 

Stadia on new phones

Stadia on Samsung, ASUS, and Razer phones.

Expanded Android support

We’ve added Stadia compatibility to 19 new phones from Samsung, ASUS, and Razer, bringing the ability to play our entire library across tens of millions of devices. See here for more info. 

New games coming to Stadia

  • SteamWorld Dig

  • SteamWorld Dig 2

  • SteamWorld Heist

  • SteamWorld Quest

  • Lost Words: Beyond the Page

  • Panzer Dragoon: Remake

  • Serious Sam Collection

  • Stacks on Stacks (on Stacks)

  • The Division 2

  • Doom Eternal

Recent content launches on Stadia

  • Spitlings

  • Monster Energy Supercross - The Official Videogame 3

  • Borderlands 3 - Moxxi's Heist of the Handsome Jackpot

  • Metro Exodus - Sam’s Story

  • Mortal Kombat 11 - The Joker

  • Mortal Kombat 11 - DC Elseworlds Skin Pack

Stadia Pro updates

  • New games are free to active Stadia Pro subscribers in March: GRID, SteamWorld Dig 2, and SteamWorld Quest.

  • Existing games still available to add to your collection: Destiny 2, Farming Simulator 19 Platinum Edition, Gylt, Metro Exodus and Thumper.

  • Act quickly: Farming Simulator 19 Platinum Edition leaves Stadia Pro on February 29.

  • Ongoing discounts for Stadia Pro subscribers: Check out the web or mobile Stadia store for the latest.

That’s it for February, we’ll be back soon to share more updates. As always, stay tuned to the Stadia Community Blog, Facebook, and Twitter for the latest news.